Study Director

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Study Director to join our team at Moredun Scientific Limited, a commercial subsidiary of the Moredun Foundation. As a Study Director, you will be responsible for leading studies evaluating vaccines, therapeutics, and other fish health products for use in farmed fish.

Moredun Scientific is a contract research organisation specialising in animal health and aquaculture product development and biosafety testing of biopharmaceuticals. For more information about Moredun Scientific, visit our website.

The post will be based at Moredun Scientific, Pentlands Science Park, near Edinburgh with regular travel to an aquaculture research facility in Aberdeen required.

You will act in the role of Study Director/Investigator for studies appropriate to your level of experience. In addition, you will be required to play a supporting role in other studies with requirements ranging from those of routine laboratory and live-phase support to those where the job holder is expected to develop areas of expertise and in turn assume responsibility for these specific work areas.

You will be required to participate in a weekend rota, for which additional payment is made.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead studies evaluating vaccines, therapeutics, and other fish health products for use in farmed fish
• Develop and validate relevant research models
• Play a supporting role in other studies with requirements ranging from routine laboratory and live-phase support to developing areas of expertise
• Participate in a weekend rota

Requirements

• A biological degree
• Contract Research or Project Management experience
• Biological expertise in fish health
• Experience of working with finfish (preferably salmonids) in a research setting
• Experience of working in a biological laboratory environment
• A good understanding of research quality management systems (eg VICH-GCP, GLP)
• Knowledge of the aquaculture industry
• A good understanding of fish infectious diseases and the use of challenge models
• Good interpersonal and communications skills and effective organisational abilities
• A driving licence and right to work in the UK

Desirable Qualifications

• Home office individual licence holder training
• Knowledge of regulatory guidelines for safety and efficacy studies for veterinary medicinal products