Job Description

Ref Number

B02-09412

Professional Expertise

Research and Research Support

Department

School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

43,981-52,586

Contract Type

Fixed-term

Working Type

On site

Available for Secondment

Yes

Closing Date

25-Sep-2025

About us

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The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children's health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH's activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

About the role

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This post will support cutting edge research and have direct impact on patient outcomes, in a unit with an excellent track-record in both basic and clinical science. The facility has an MHRA manufacturing licence to manufacture investigational medicinal products (IMP) and works to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Currently we have 5 active clean room suites, located in the Zayed Centre for Research into rare diseases in children (ZCR). The post will primarily be involved in manufacturing CD34+ stem cell advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) that will be used to treat paediatric patients with rare diseases such as MPSII, ADA, AR-CGD, XLP and X-linked SCID. Working as a lead scientist the post will involve carrying out CD34+ stem cell culture, set-up, running and analysis of quality control and process validations and completion of all accompanying documentation to cGMP standard. This post is available until 31/03/2026 in the first instance, extension possible for further 6 months (duration of the post depends on the initial post holder's return from secondment).

About you

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An experienced highly motivated and capable individual with a strong track record in gene and cell therapy whom has had some prior involvement in GMP manufacturing.

What we offer

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As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: o 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) o Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme o Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) o Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan o Immigration loan o Relocation scheme for certain posts o On-Site nursery o On-site gym o Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay o Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service o Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on ich.hr@ucl.ac.uk quoting job reference