Ra04 General Research Assistant

2 months ago


Penicuik, United Kingdom Green Bioactives Full time

**General Research Assistant** (Plant Biotechnology / Plant Cell Culture)**

**Full-time**

**Job ID**:RA04**

**About Green Bioactives Ltd.**

**What we are looking for**

**Key Roles and Responsibilities**
- Supply our R&D and production teams with sterile materials, glassware, cell culture media, and reagents for daily activities, using both in-house autoclave capacities and core autoclave service.
- Manage media, reagent, and solution stocks.
- Sterilisation of labware and biological waste for safe disposal.
- Manage routine quality control tests of cell culture media and chemical solution stocks and optimise the associated processes.
- Ensure safe operation and monitoring, together with optimal functioning of glassware washing machines, autoclaves, and other core service equipment.
- Preparation of culture media (e.g. LB, LB-agar, etc.), plates, and general lab stock solutions/buffers (e.g. NaCl, PBS, EDTA, TBE, TAE, Tris-HCl pH 7.4, RNA-grade solutions, etc.) and aliquoting of common reagents, buffers, and reference stocks.
- Supporting research staff in key aspects of general lab management and organisation.
- Complying with company quality management system policies and procedures.
- Complying with company health and safety policies and procedures.

**Qualifications and Key Skills**

**Essential Criteria**
- Prior experience working in a similar role, especially in wash-up and media preparation, ideally in a biomedical research/production setting.
- Ability to follow protocols accurately and systematically.
- Practical knowledge of autoclaves and autoclave operation.
- Ability to adhere to high health and safety standards.
- Attention to detail while performing routine or repetitive tasks.
- Basic IT skills (including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook).
- Able to take the initiative and work in a fair and responsible way.
- Reliable and flexible.
- Good time management skills to keep up with the pace of a busy research and production environment.
- Able to follow instructions, either verbally directed or from scientific resources and/or SOPs.
- Able to communicate clearly and effectively across multiple teams.

**Desirable Criteria**
- BSc or equivalent in biology, biotechnology, plant science, plant biotechnology, and/or related disciplines.
- Knowledge and experience with molecular biology.
- Critical thinking, ability to follow and optimize research procedures.
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, multi-tasked environment.

**Additional information**
- **Job title**:Research Assistant.
- **Reports to**:Head of Production.
- **Job location**:Edinburgh.**:

- **Job type**: Full-time.
- **Hours of work**: Core working hours are between 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 40 hours per week including 1-hour lunch break per day.
- **Salary**: £25,000 - £30,000 per year depending upon experience.
- **Benefits**: 28 days holiday (inclusive of 8 public holidays), pension scheme, EMI share options.
- **Right to work in the UK: Essential.**:

- **Reference**:Upon request.

At Green Bioactives we value and encourage diversity and are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and eliminating discrimination. We are committed to offering support and making reasonable adjustments to allow full participation in the recruitment process. Please let us know of any requirements you have and we will consider any reasonable adjustments.

**Application Instructions**

If you are excited about plant biotechnology and meet the above criteria, we would be happy to hear from you.


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