Logistics Coordinator

Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.

Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.

We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.

We are looking for a Logistics Coordinator based on a 6-month fixed term contract to oversee and manage information across emails and multiple platforms, ensuring logistics transactions are accurate and completed on time.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with both internal and external stakeholders, supporting the inbound movement of samples, maintaining key records and reports, and contributing to smooth, efficient operations across the supply chain and logistics team.

Everyday responsibilities include:

• Coordinate all aspects of Sample Operations, Logistics, and Supplier meetings, including scheduling, preparing agendas and presentation materials, taking minutes, and tracking follow-up actions.
• Monitor and follow up on assigned actions to ensure timely completion, providing clear progress updates to relevant stakeholders.
• Manage the day-to-day organisation of JIRA tickets, including triaging, assigning tasks, and tracking progress through to resolution.
• Maintain consistent categorisation, tagging, and status updates of tickets to support smooth and efficient workflows.
• Prepare and update presentation materials for key forums such as the Monthly Working Group, Monthly Operations Meeting, and Steering Group meetings, ensuring follow-up actions are captured and communicated.
• Gather and organise data, metrics, and operational updates from relevant teams to create clear, visually engaging slides and summaries.
• Assist with invoice and purchase order activities, as well as ordering essential consumables and supporting ad hoc shipment needs for Generation study sites.
• Log, track, and resolve logistics related queries promptly, helping ensure smooth operations and timely issue resolution.

Skills and experience for success:

• Highly organised with strong administrative and coordination skills, experienced in using tools like JIRA, operational dashboards, and tracking systems to keep workflows smooth and efficient.
• Proactive and self-motivated, effectively managing multiple priorities to ensure projects and tasks move forward seamlessly.
• Resourceful problem solver, able to quickly identify challenges and implement practical solutions.
• Confident and collaborative communicator, building positive relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

No formal qualifications are required.

Salary from: £33,700

Please note due to the nature of this role we require the successful candidate to come to the London office minimum once per week.

Closing date for applications: Saturday 6th December.

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we're continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: 

• Generous Leave: 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10%, however you can contribute more if you wish), Life Assurance (3x salary), and a Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
• Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace 

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background. 

Genomics England's policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.  

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties. Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity. 

We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process, we encourage you to discuss this with us. 

Culture

We have four key behaviours that represent what we would like Genomics England to feel like and the culture we want to encourage, in order for us to achieve our mission. These behaviours help us all work well together, deliver on our outcomes, celebrate our successes and share feedback with each other. You can read about these and other aspects of our culture here Culture | Genomics England

Blended working model

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to, however, some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g., lab teams, reception team. 

Our teams and squads have, and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

Onboarding background checks

As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.