Research Technician

4 weeks ago


Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom University of Leicester Full time

Vacancy terms: Fixed term for 12 months

Hours per week: 35

Advert closes midnight on: 22 May 2024

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Leicester Cancer Research Centre within the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology as a Research Technician. The post holder will provide infrastructure and help to deliver key grant milestones for the multicentre phase 2/3 COLO-PREVENT clinical trial, which will recruit patients from the NHS Bowel Screening Programme that have a high risk of colorectal polyp recurrence. This post will support day to day management of incoming samples and ensuring documents and sample management areas are maintained and audit ready. Training of staff and students with sample processing will also be an important component of this role.

Working with Professor Brown's team, you will provide support and advice on sample management processes, working with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders to ensure research is maintained and delivered to GCLP standards.

About you

Experience of working in a technical or laboratory setting supporting the handling and analysis of clinical samples is essential. You will need to have an excellent understanding of regulatory requirements around the human tissue act and be able to confidently write SOPs and support knowledge transfer within the COLO-PREVENT team for all staff and students working within Leicester Cancer Research Centre.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Professor Karen Brown on

As part of the University's ongoing commitment to professional development, this role will also be considered on a seconded basis for existing staff members. Please ensure this is discussed with your line manager prior to applying.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people's lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you'll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We're committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

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