KEY INFORMATION

Salary: Commencement on the salary range is subject to comparable skills and experience. Future progression is based on annual performance review.
Duration of Contract: The appointment will be on a fixed term contract and will be available for a period of 2 years in the first instance, with the potential to extend to 31st July 2030.
Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)
Location: Chelsea
Interview date: Thursday 26th June 2025
This role is eligible for ICR Sponsorship. Support will be provided for costs associated with Visa application. If you are considering relocating to the UK, further information can be found here.

KEY CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Hold a PhD in a life science subject
• Extensive knowledge of wet laboratory cancer research gained from working in a cancer research laboratory
• Knowledge of the academic/charitable industry funding system
• Knowledge of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology
• Proven scientific communication skills (written and verbal)

This role is therefore aimed at providing assistance to the Director, Deputy Directors and Principal Investigators by:

• Supporting our ongoing relationship with our main funder, Breast Cancer Now, by project managing the submission from the Centre of annual reports and our five year cross-programme grant renewal application
• Identifing new grant funding opportunities and supporting grant applications
• Identifying and project managing new commercial opportunities e.g. collaborations with pharma. and biotech.
• Working with the ICR’s Business and Innovation team to develop research agreements and commercial contracts that support collaborations with pharma. and biotech.
• Carrying out administrative tasks associated with the use of the selection and acquisition of equipment in collaboration with the Research Centre’s laboratory manager
• Carrying out administrative tasks associated with the use of scientific core facilities and CROs
• Carrying out supporting administration that is associated with interactions with scientific collaborators, including our colleagues within ICR, the ICR/Imperial College CRUK Convergence Science Centre, the Breast Cancer Now Research Unit at King’s College London and colleagues in the Royal Marsden Hospital and Guy’s Hospital
• Assisting with the composition and submission of research manuscripts from the Centre, including liaising with communications teams within ICR and Breast Cancer Now
• Managing our Patient Representatives programme
• Managing scientific content on external website pages and on internal wiki pages. Assisting with the implementation of our new laboratory lab management system. (SLIMs)
• Planning of scientific meetings and any scientific associated tasks that aid the delivery of research in the Centre & Division, including monthly Group Leaders meetings and retreat