Total 6 Manager level Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2HU

What skills and experience we're looking for

Coleridge Community College is now recruiting for a Head of Computer Science. You will be teaching in a department which is ambitious about achieving the very best results for our students.

We are looking for the right person to join our team: we believe that our most important purpose is to teach young people things they would not learn outside school which empower them. We believe that ‘Knowledge Is Power’. We believe in teaching through explicit/direct instruction (Rosenshine and Engelmann) and utilising Walkthrus and TLAC 3.0 techniques. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. Our mission, therefore, is to bring out ‘the best in everyone’. We also believe in ‘Education with Character’ – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunity and prepared them for the ups and downs of life.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits

Here at United Learning, we are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued and appreciated. Because we are a group, we can reward you better than any school could alone, and this includes your employee benefits.

More pay, more time, and more support. We offer the best pay in the sector, three extra INSET days for planning, guaranteed personal days, great training for your career, and more. Teach with United Learning for a more rewarding career.

More Pay....

We pay an average of 5% above national scales – the best rates of pay in the sector

Cash towards medical treatment

Generous staff discount scheme

More time...

Three extra INSET days for planning

At least one personal day a year

And more support...

Great training for your career

Exceptional curriculum resources

Expert subject advice

Support for your wellbeing

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Are you passionate about exemplary Healthcare sector Design?

Do you understand Healthcare Technical Memoranda? (HTMs)

Are you either an experienced Design Manager or an experienced Healthcare designer?

Then we would love to hear from you!!

Laing O'Rourke has a proven and unparalleled track record of successful delivery in the healthcare sector. We have built 18 hospitals since 2010, delivering world-class facilities for clinical staff and patients, including specialist cancer care facilities. Most recently delivering the Louisa Martindale Building in Brighton, the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital, the Grange University Hospital in Wales, as well as the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool, and before that the Cancer Centre at Guy's & St Thomas in London.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and people focused Building Services Senior Design Manager with healthcare experience to join Laing O'Rourke's Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital Team.

This Senior Design Manager will lead the delivery of effective design across this single large-scale project. They provide a focus for, and lead the pre-construction phase design processes, liaising with the client, the design team, in-house bid team and the operations team. On live projects, they implement and lead the processes that enable the design to be challenged and interrogated within a collaborative team framework, to enable risks to be reduced.

This Senior Design Manager will be a senior member of the Design Job Family and Technical Function, which is there to ensure technical excellence, assurance and performance across all projects and opportunities from pre-project, early engagement and work winning through to detailed delivery. All our designers are part of our Engineering Enterprise which aims to maximise and realise the potential of design to increase certainty on our projects.

What will the role look like?

• Providing a focus for and lead the pre-construction phase briefing and design processes.
• Leads LOR's design management procedures, providing a functional link between the commercial and construction teams and the designers throughout the project life.
• Implements the processes that enable the design to be challenged and interrogated within a collaborative team framework.
• Implements agreed processes for the production, control and distribution of design information at different project stages.
• Ensures regular progress reporting of the design.
• Ensures design information is thoroughly reviewed: for buildability, safety and maintainability, 'completeness & compliance' and technical suitability before use.
• Assists the Design Leader in promoting innovation in design management, methodology, processes and practices.
• Assist the Design Leader in promoting the application and adoption of the Company's vision and values in all design management activities.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• Experience end to end in managing design - from concept to handover.
• First degree in Mechanical Engineering / Other appropriate construction related qualification plus design related experience.
• Healthcare sector specialism as well as deep and broad experience managing the design of construction or building services projects.

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

Wrong location for you? We have live healthcare projects across the UK plus a huge pipeline of work in the Healthcare sector and would love to expand our talent pools with passionate and technically brilliant people.

About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please get in touch.

Tissue Diagnostic Science Manager

12 Month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment

Join the team dedicated to Oncology, with an ambition to eliminate cancer as a cause of death. It's our big vision that unites and inspires us.

With multiple indications and high-quality molecules at all stages of our innovative pipeline, we keep pushing forward. Fusing ground breaking science with the latest technology to achieve breakthroughs. Backed by investment, we are seeking to deliver 6 new molecular entities by 2025.

A place built on courage, curiosity and collaboration - we make results-oriented decisions driven by patient outcomes. Empowered to lead at every level, free to ask questions and take smart risks that write the next chapter for our pipeline and Oncology team.

Pioneers of collaborative research we have built an outstanding scientific community both internally and externally. Fusing academia and industry, we have united some of the world's foremost medical centres.

Have the opportunity to build an exciting and meaningful career as part of the team committed to improving the lives of millions with cancer.

Precision Medicine and BioSamples within AstraZeneca focuses on matching medicines to those patients who will benefit from them most and delivers companion or complementary diagnostic assays that align with the drug development process and enable personalised healthcare approaches within our clinical portfolio.

As a Manager, Tissue Diagnostics Science you will use your knowledge of tissue based diagnostic assays including immuno-histochemistry (IHC), in situ hybridization (ISH) and other ground breaking technologies and approaches (multiplexing, multi-immunofluorescence, Digital pathology and artificial intelligence etc.) to provide scientific and technical expertise to deliver innovative tissue diagnostic approaches to AstraZeneca's clinical portfolio, through strategic partnerships with leading diagnostic companies.

If successful, you would be part of multidisciplinary teams implementing and delivering diagnostic tests to match the right patients to the right drugs. Specifically, you would be:

• Delivering diagnostic testing to clinical studies as agreed with project leaders including tissue (IHC, ISH assays) diagnostic test establishment in partner laboratories, establish innovative diagnostic tests (e.g. tests relying on machine learning/AI), monitor diagnostic test data for quality control, provide scientific troubleshooting when necessary and preparation of study reports with presentation at appropriate meetings.
• Accountable for the operational, scientific and regulatory aspects of establishing and controlling diagnostic tests used to identify patients who are eligible to enter drug clinical trials.
• Performing technical due diligence of potential external partners (e.g. start-up companies, diagnostic manufacturers, laboratories) in scientific area(s) of expertise.
• Leading projects across internal and external partners in a global multi-disciplinary environment, applying scientific, technical and operational expertise.
• Accountable to scout and evaluate emerging technologies in your area of expertise aligned with mid and long term strategic priorities of Precision Medicine.
• Identify opportunities, propose solutions and work across boundaries in the scientific area(s) of expertise that will enable drug development projects and diagnostics labelling.
• Generating scientific evidence from a variety of data-types (e.g. images, real-world evidence, clinical trial data) to enable companion diagnostic test selection, regulatory submissions and diagnostic test life-cycle management.
• Delivering diagnostic data work packages to enable regulatory submission and approval inclusive of studies to enable market adoption and life cycle management, including statistical data analysis.
• Building and maintaining a knowledge of current and emerging diagnostic technologies in area of expertise.
• Accountable for the delivery of scientific evidence enabling the development of new diagnostic tests, their regulatory submissions and commercial launches.
• Driving continuous improvement in the scientific area(s) of expertise, aligned to Precision Medicine strategic objectives of increasing project success, adding value to projects and delivering better medicines to patients.
• Being accountable for the time and quality of agreed work.
• Providing updates on the progress, risks and opportunities of the agreed work to the appropriate governance bodies for review, challenge and issue resolution.
• Taking on small supervisory or skills transfer / training roles

Essential Minimum

• BSc or equivalent experience in relevant subject
• Experience of working in collaborative or multi-functional initiatives
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of tissue-based biomarker assays, such as immunohistochemistry (IHC) and/or in situ hybridisation (ISH), including troubleshooting and QC
• Operational experience of clinical trial set up, documentation and QC / monitoring of tissue testing

Desirable

• Advance degree or equivalent experience in a relevant area
• An understanding of clinical and diagnostic development and commercialisation.
• Knowledge of clinical testing procedures and applicable laboratory testing regulations such as Good Clinical Practice, CAP/CLIA, Good Clinical Practice and Quality Systems Regulation.

Why we love it

If your passion is science and you want to be part of a team that makes a bigger impact on patients' lives, then there's no better place to be. Here we truly understand science and apply it every day to strengthen and grow our pipeline.

This role can sit at our UK, Cambridge or Poland, Warsaw locations

Cambridge Biomedical Campus (1 position); Warsaw, Poland (1 position)

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you.

Where can I find out more?

Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/

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A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic communications and engagement manager to join the R&D Communications team.

You will be leading on communications and engagement projects related to the use of health data in research, with particular responsibility for delivery of communications aspects of the East of England Secure Data Environment project.

This role can either be office based (Barton House) or combined office/home based.

Produce content related to the EoE SDE and contribute to content on a variety of health-data and/or research related projects through R&D.

Identify and develop links with other health data research projects taking place on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Support the development of internal and external communications, where required, by regular contact with partners, stakeholders and the R&D communications team.

Develop outputs including text, images, video and audio to reach target audiences and increase visibility with prospective followers.

Monitor new trends across the health data and translational research spaces, responding as appropriate to manage reputations.

Support the development and delivery of public engagement events, in collaboration with our partners.

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 11000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 4th January 2024.

Interviews will be in the week commencing 12th January 2024.

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Informal discussions about the post are welcome using the details below.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.


This advert closes on Thursday 4 Jan 2024

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities. This vacancy will close at midnight on the 4th January 2024. Interviews will be in the week commencing 12th January 2024. Benefits to you We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel. Informal discussions about the post are welcome using the details below. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. 1. Support researchers by providing PPI expert advice and coordinating service user and carer research advisory panels to assist the development of research funding applications and research proposals. This will also include organising and facilitating meetings of mixed lay and expert representation.2. Work with R&D colleagues to coordinate high quality PPI review of research projects sponsored and supported by CPFT3. Support the Service User and Carer Research Group, a group of people with lived experience of mental health issues and dementia, interested in getting involved in CPFT research. This will include advertising involvement opportunities and providing appropriate training, advice and mentoring.4. Coordinate recruitment of service users and carers to be actively involved in R&D activities. This will include developing appropriate and informative advertisements, role descriptions and agreements for people wanting to be involved in research.5. Develop and deliver PPI training for researchers, service users and carers and co-ordinate events that support the PPI R&D programme6. Deliver talks about the role of PPI in research as required by the Department and at the request of researchers7. Develop links with the local community to promote PPI in research and foster engagement of a diverse and wider community in CPFT research activities.8. Develop appropriate information and guidance documents for service users, carers, and researchers to communicate and promote PPI and PPE in research9. Liaise with researchers, service users and carers to identify good PPI practice in research, draft positive stories and facilitate effective communications through various media sources including websites, newsletters, events and conferences10. Embed diversity and inclusion best practices into CPFT research involvement activities.11. Coordinate day-to-day aspects of PPI activity12. Collate information to monitor and understand involvement practices and their impact through the life course of research projects and include information in the R&D annual report13. Keep abreast of developments in PPI including Government, regulatory and national funders expectations and requirements14. Provide expert advice and guidance to the Director of R&D and other senior figures around PPI in research which will influence discussions around CPFT research strategy and processes15. Contribute to the development of the PPI/PPE R&D strategy in line with national and CPFT strategies, and service users and carers needs16. Support the delivery of the R&D Strategy17. Collaborate and work with PPI leads across the healthcare and academic settings to develop and implement joint initiatives18. Attend the CPFT R&D Operations Meeting, CUHP PPI working group and provide regular reports and updates on the PPI/PPE activity19. Oversee and administer the PPI budget