Scientist

Scientist – GSK

The work location is based in either: Brentford, Stevenage, Ware, OR Weybridge

Duration 6 Month Contract

Pay rate is between £12 – £18 per hour based on level of experience  

Basic Qualifications:  

• BS and relevant experience in biology, biochemistry, gene/cell therapy, biopharmaceuticals, vaccines.
• Understanding of clinical administration procedures, techniques and risks/challenges relevant to biological or cell products.
• Ability to plan and conduct experiments internally
• Motivated and fast learner with track record of working with new technologies
• Good communication and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications:        

• In addition to the basic qualifications the preference is that you also have:
• Experience in formulation development of either: biopharms, vaccines,vectors, cell products or novel small molecule platforms.
• Demonstrate innovative thinking
• Hands-on experience with analytical techniques in studying viral vectors, cell based products, biopharms, or vaccines
• Basic understanding of regulatory requirements and cGMP guidelines

Scope of Responsibility:

• data interpretation tasks including recording results effectively in a laboratory notebook or computer with minimal supervision. (i.e., data collection and organization). Operates laboratory equipment with minimal supervision
• Work within the team to support development work across multiple programs, primarily for cell DP,
• Design, execute, analyse and report experimental work for cell formulation development
• Performs data management, data analysis and recording of experiments in laboratory notebook
• Identifies problems in the execution of experimental processes and in results.
• Communicates data and results in technical memos/reports
• Work closely with cell process development scientists to ensure formulations developed can be applied to the planned processes
• Provide analytical testing support to ongoing formulation and development stability studies.
• Reports to Team Leader, Formulation Dev, Cell & Gene Therapy PDS.

Key Expectations

• Willing to learn/adapt to change quickly
• Drive performance: Holding yourself and the team accountable for delivering quality results
• Work across the boundaries: Work collaboratively with other line members within C> team