Senior/ Principal Bioinformatician

3 weeks ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom Wellcome Sanger Institute Full time

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.

We have an exciting opportunity for a **Senior/Principal Bioinformatician**, who is passionate about understanding the role of the respiratory microbiome in health and disease to join the research group led by Prof Stephen Bentley.

**About the Role**:
We are seeking a talented, motivated bioinformatician with a keen interest in the microbiome. As a member of the team, you will play a key role in the successful delivery of project goals by advancing our understanding of the respiratory microbiome in pathogen dynamics and disease susceptibility. Through our partners in lower/middle-income countries (LMICs), you will have unparalleled access to structured samples and metadata to address fundamental questions around disease susceptibility and transmission with the microbiome.

**About Us**:
You will join a dynamic and collaborative multi-disciplinary team with expertise in pathogen genomics associated with pneumonia, meningitis and neonatal sepsis for research and laboratory microbiology. The Bentley team will provide you with opportunities to develop your skills and career through a series of training provided by Sanger and mentorship in the team.

**About You**:
As a member of the team, you will join a team engaged in generating, processing, analysing and interpreting genomic data at scale. You will be passionate about science and motivated to make an impact on generating knowledge on the respiratory microbiome. You will gain strong experience in bioinformatics and connect with like-minded scientists.

Senior/Principal depending on experience.

**Senior Bioinformatician**:
**Technical Skills**:

- MSc in statistical genetics, microbial genomics, metagenomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, infectious disease epidemiology or a related discipline
- Demonstrated expertise in the management and analysis of large datasets
- Demonstrated knowledge of at least one relevant programming language
- Experience in developing bioinformatic pipelines (e.g. Nextflow, Snakemake)

**Competencies and Behaviours**:

- Self-motivated to work independently and also collaboratively as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills and proven ability to interact professionally and productively with other members of a team
- Detail-oriented and highly organised
- A good problem solver

**Principal Bioinformatician**:
**Technical Skills**:

- PhD qualification or equivalent working experience in statistical genetics, microbial genomics, metagenomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, infectious disease epidemiology or a related discipline
- Demonstrated expertise in the management and analysis of large datasets
- Demonstrated expertise in building bioinformatic pipelines (e.g. Nextflow, Snakemake)
- Demonstrated knowledge of at least one relevant programming language
- Proven track record of publishing in reviewed journals

**Competencies and Behaviours**:

- Proven independent working style, technical problem solving, data analysis and generation of novel ideas
- Proven ability to influence
- Effective written and oral communication and proven ability to work in a collaborative environment
- Detail-oriented and highly organised
- Motivation and ambition to make a personal contribution to GRL research
- Demonstrates inclusivity and respect for all
- Coaching and mentoring

**Application Process**:
**Hybrid Working**:
We have adopted a hybrid working model to allow for flexibility between office and remote working. We can discuss this further with you at interview stage.

**Salary range**:(Dependent on skills and experience)**:
**Grade 1 **Principal Bioinformatician £52,152 to £61,000

**Grade 2 **Senior Bioinformatician £43,597 to £51,000

**Contract Type**: 3 years fixed-term (with likely extension)

**Closing Date**:24th October 2023

**Working at Wellcome Sanger**:
Our flexible-hybrid working environment is designed to support a healthy work-life balance. This means you can work flexibly with a combination of working from home, and working from our Campus to allow you to focus on being productive and part of the team while enjoying the benefits of working flexibly.

We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world. We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness. The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work. That's why we're committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.

**Our Benefits**:
We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme. The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.

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