Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Salary in the region of £26,000 to £28,000 per annum, plus benefits We have a new opportunity for an experienced and motivated Administrator to join the Scientific Operations team. You will be joining a small group of administrators that work closely with the Scientific Operations Senior Management Team (SMT) and their areas to support operational delivery. You will provide high level administrative support to the Head of Cellular Operations and the Head of Strategic Relations and Delivery. This will include but will not be limited to: diary management meeting organisation and note taking travel arrangements budget tracking project coordination and support recruitment and HR support You will also be responsible for providing ongoing project support to our Quality Assurance Manager and coordinating with quality champions across all areas of Scientific Operations to support them in their roles. You will be a confident administrator with the ability to see the bigger picture, spot areas of improvement and relish being part of a small supportive team, and be a visible contributor to the wider Scientific Operations group. What we can offer you: In addition to a competitive salary and a variety of benefits you will have the opportunity to expand and develop your role over time, tackle new projects that excite and interest you, and contribute to the ongoing improvement of Scientific Operations. We value the insights of our support team and you will be invited to attend and be an active participant in our regular Senior Management meetings. There are a range of training courses facilitated on site throughout the year and opportunities to gain qualifications relevant to your role outside of the campus. Essential Skills: Proficient in diary management Minute taking, organisation of committee meetings and management of actions lists Excellent interpersonal skills and confident at communicating and establishing relationships with all levels of staff, verbal and written A can-do approach to supporting the senior members of staff Ability to organise and prioritise own workload A flexible approach and ability to manage priorities and to respond to changes in workload at short notice Ability to work as part of a team and independently Computer literacy to include the Microsoft Office Suite particularly Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook Experience in coordinating projects Other Information: Closing Date: 9th September, 2018 Scientific Operations comprises around a third of the Institute and is essential to the amazing science that happens on Campus. Activities within Scientific Operations include DNA sequencing, cellular generation, gene-editing, model organisms and software development amongst many others. Our Campus: Set over 125 acres , the stunning and dynamic Wellcome Genome Campus is the biggest aggregate concentration of people in the world working on the common theme of Genomes and BioData. It brings together a diverse and exceptional scientific community, committed to delivering life-changing science with the reach, scale and imagination to pursue some of humanity's greatest challenges. Our Benefits: Our employees have access to a comprehensive range of benefits and facilities including: Group Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance Group Income Protection Private Health Insurance 25 days annual leave, increasing by one day a year to a maximum of 30 Family friendly environment including options for flexible and part-time working, a childcare voucher scheme and Campus Nursery Two days paid Employee Volunteering Leave a year Employee Discount Scheme Campus Gym, tennis courts, cricket pitch and sports hall plus a range of dining facilities Active Campus Sports and Social Club Free Campus Bus Service Genome Research Limited is an Equal Opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and promoting equality in careers in science, we hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award and have an active Equality, Diversity and Inclusion programme of activity. We will consider all applicants without discrimination on grounds of disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. We are open to a range of UK-based flexible working options including part-time or full-time employment as well as flexible hours due to caring or other commitments.

Salary £47,773 to £57,806 per annum plus benefits The Sanger Institute is a world leader in bio-informatics research for the benefit of human health. Specifically, our scientific niche is in large-scale, high-throughput biology, often incorporating systematic genome-wide screens. These are enabled by major data generation platforms in DNA sequencing, cellular genetics and mouse genetics with an accompanying large IT platform supporting computational data analysis. To support a dynamic, wide-ranging and groundbreaking research community, the Sanger Institute has one of the world's largest life science IT facilities. Our facilities currently provide research groups with HPC clusters that deliver more than 20,000 compute cores, 15 PB of high performance Lustre file systems and data repositories exceeding 16PB. The recent addition of a Flexible Compute Environment, based on OpenStack and 100GB/s software defined networking, exceeds 6000 further CPU's and provides 1PB of high performance object storage to our customers. This new environment provides exciting opportunities to our research community both for collaboration and to embrace otherwise disruptive technologies as they come to market. Such flexibility is critical to our being able to adapt to the rapidly developing requirements of our scientific environment and remaining at the leading edge of technology will be key to our IT strategy over the forthcoming years. We are therefore happy to announce that we are looking for a new enthusiastic IT staff member. This role is to look 5+ years ahead to what may be possible, rather than technology that is available today. You will evaluate how it aligns with our developing scientific challenges. You will also engage with our strategic commercial and scientific IT partners to develop the solutions that we will need in the future. This is an outstanding opportunity to not just join a world leading genetics research institute but also to help craft our IT future! For such a blue-sky research position, you will require a mixture of talents and qualifications including : A strong and creative problem-solving mentality. An open and enquiring approach to IT and it's evolving landscape to overcome them. Highly self-motivated and with a will to share and disseminate information An ability to present new ideas and opportunities to a wider audience of both highly technical and non-technical audiences Provide contributions to wider audiences through peer review papers and conference presentations and posters. The ability to rapidly learn and evaluate new methods and tools Excellent written, verbal and numerical skills. Forward and independent thinking! We believe that this post would be ideally suited to someone with a high degree in a computation or mathematic or scientific background. Specific knowledge of cloud or HPC technologies is desirable but a deep understanding and ability to develop upon new and upcoming IT technologies, such as machine learning and associated computation approaches is more so. Closing date: 20th August 2018

Salary range £37,739 to £50,000 per annum depending on experience plus benefits An exciting Software Development opportunity has become available to further develop our scientic software infrastructure to further assit our scientific research teams in their migration toward a more cloud native environment. The position will be based in the Scientific Computing area of Sanger's core IT team, at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. This group currently provides >20,000 cores of traditional HPC compute and now an additional 6,000 cores dedicated to our internal OpenStack cloud. Specifically, the role will involve developing our OpenStack based virtualised compute infrastructure, including tools for its management, maintenance and R&D. It will also require working closely with our scientific community to provide coding advice, guidance on the best practice use of cloud compute in an efficient, adaptable and scalable fashion. This position would suit a Software Developer who enjoys developing software solutions for large scale data analysis, and would like to take on the challenge of an evolving devops environment. We are looking for an individual who enjoys working in a multi-disciplinary team environment to help solve complex IT issues with an open mind. Essential Skills: Good degree in the areas of Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Physics or Computer Science Software development skills Enjoy working as part of a team Ideal Skills: Experience of OpenStack, VMware or Amazon Web Services (AWS) Experience of any of the following technologies, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible and the HashiCorp Suite (Nomad, Consul, Vault, Terraform, Vagrant, Packer) Software development using a core language, preferably Python, Go or similar Experience of development in a Continual Integration environment Experience of workflow management IT systems LSF or Open Grid scheduling software Experience of working within an Agile orientated group. Happy to take the lead on new areas of emerging technology. Ability to work independently, organise own workload and meet tight deadlines Ability to communicate ideas and results effectively Keen to learn and share ideas and knowledge Closing Date - 20th August 2018

Salary range £45,000 to £50,000 per annum plus benefits We are seeking a Project Manager to join our Programme Management Office (PMO) at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, which is a world leader in genome research. In this role, you will lead a range of cross functional projects including Operations, Regulatory, Faculty, Legal, HR, Finance, Procurement and IT to deliver change to support our scientific programmes. You will be responsible for successful planning, managing, reporting and delivery. Additionally, you will support the development of project management, using a common framework and methodology, across the Institute. You will be: Flexible, professional, proactive, positive, resilient, resourceful, tenacious Someone who leads by example and takes ownership of problems We are interested in hearing from you if you have the following skills and experience: Consistent track record of leading and implementing change End to end project management experience Demonstrable record of success in delivering a number of complex projects through others on time, in budget and to agreed quality standards Ability to quickly assimilate and communicate relevant scientific and technical details at different levels Ability to work in a constantly changing environment Good leadership skills Highly developed excellent communication skills with experience of dealing with and influencing and negotiating with people at all levels successfully Closing date for applications - 24th August, 2018 Our Campus: Set over 125 acres , the stunning and dynamic Wellcome Genome Campus is the biggest aggregate concentration of people in the world working on the common theme of Genomes and BioData. It brings together a diverse and exceptional scientific community, committed to delivering life-changing science with the reach, scale and imagination to pursue some of humanity's greatest challenges. Our Benefits: Our employees have access to a comprehensive range of benefits and facilities including: Group Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance Group Income Protection Private Health Insurance 25 days annual leave, increasing by one day a year to a maximum of 30 Family friendly environment including options for flexible and part-time working, a childcare voucher scheme, Campus Nursery and Summer holiday club Two days paid Employee Volunteering Leave a year Employee Discount Scheme Campus Gym, tennis courts, cricket pitch and sports hall plus a range of dining facilities Active Campus Sports and Social Club Free Campus Bus Service Genome Research Limited is an Equal Opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and promoting equality in careers in science, we hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award and have an active Equality, Diversity and Inclusion programme of activity. We will consider all applicants without discrimination on grounds of disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. We are open to a range of UK-based flexible working options including part-time or full-time employment as well as flexible hours due to caring or other commitments.