Junior Group Leader

Junior Group Chief

Job Ref: MI/24/14

The Most cancers Analysis UK Manchester Institute seeks to nominate an impressive scientist to a brand new Junior Group Chief place. Functions from people with a powerful observe report in all areas of most cancers analysis can be fastidiously thought-about and we’re significantly inquisitive about analysis centered on the tumour microenvironment, tumour-host interactions, and tumour cell plasticity. We particularly encourage revolutionary functions utilizing novel applied sciences and analytical/computational approaches. We welcome functions throughout the spectrum of primary discovery science to scientific translation that synergise with current analysis strengths throughout the Institute (www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk ) and with scientific colleagues throughout the Mancunian analysis ecosystem (www.mcrc.manchester.ac.uk ).

Our location on The Christie NHS Basis Belief (www.christie.nhs.uk ) campus and alongside the CRUK Nationwide Biomarker Centre augments this unbelievable alternative for an formidable and gifted scientist (non-clinical or clinically skilled) to launch and/or develop their unbiased profession and to coach and mentor the following era of most cancers researchers. The Institute is core funded by Most cancers Analysis UK and supplies a stimulating and supportive setting selling primary and translational most cancers analysis inside a large collaborative community together with The Christie NHS Basis Belief and The College of Manchester (www.manchester.ac.uk ).

Core funding is offered to each group chief while they maintain their place on the Institute. As a Junior Group Chief you’ll obtain a big package deal of help, together with:

• 2 Postdoctoral scientists, a technician and a pair of PhD college students with working prices.
• Full entry to complete and cutting-edge core services.
• Entry to the Manchester Most cancers Analysis Centre Biobank which collects samples from NHS Basis Trusts throughout Manchester, together with The Christie.
• Excellent colleagues and wealthy alternatives for collaboration.
• Mentorship to raise grant success, and recommendation on laboratory and monetary administration.

What we provide:

• We offer as much as 7 years of CRUK core-funded help; appointed on a five-year mounted time period contract within the first occasion.
• A mid-term assessment at 4 years that influences profession development past 5 years.
• Consideration for promotion to Senior Group Chief at 6 years (depending on profitable mid-term assessment and Director approval).
• Wage vary £58,000 – £65,000 (dependent upon expertise).

           For clinically certified candidates, wage depends upon expertise and scientific duties (not anticipated to             exceed the equal of 1 clinic day per week).

• Top quality laboratory area.
• Sturdy mentorship from Senior School and Institute committees.
• Particular programs obtainable to help new Junior Group Leaders.
• With Director approval, scope for group growth by functions for exterior funding with grant assessment help offered by the Institute’s Grants Advisor and Grants Committee.
• Analysis Governance oversight and recommendation offered by the Institute’s Scientific Administration workforce which incorporates the Analysis Integrity and Coaching Adviser.
• A collegial setting and ethos of workforce science.

About you:

You should have a PhD in an space related to most cancers analysis, important and productive post-doctoral expertise, a confirmed observe report of impactful publications and ideally, some demonstrable success with funding utility(s). You can be extremely motivated and assured to ship an thrilling and revolutionary analysis programme with a steadiness of ambition and feasibility. It is possible for you to to speak clear, well-formulated and incisive analysis plans that result in vital primary most cancers analysis discoveries and/or ship utilized analysis with potential for translation to handle scientific unmet wants. Prior demonstration of analysis independence can be a bonus.

The CRUK Manchester Institute is dedicated to equality and variety within the office, and we encourage candidates who mirror range in its broadest sense. All appointments can be made on advantage.

Why select Most cancers Analysis UK Manchester Institute?

The Most cancers Analysis UK Manchester Institute, an Institute of the College of Manchester is a world-leading centre of excellence that sits on the coronary heart of the broader Manchester Most cancers Analysis Centre (mcrc.manchester.ac.uk). The Institute and the adjoining CRUK Nationwide Biomarker Centre (that was spun out from the Institute) are core funded by Most cancers Analysis UK (cancerresearchuk.org), the most important unbiased most cancers analysis organisation on this planet. In 2023, we relocated to the brand new state-of-the-art Paterson Most cancers Analysis Constructing with a bespoke design for workforce science with multi-disciplinarity at its core. The brand new constructing is already facilitating our ambitions of built-in primary and translational most cancers analysis, driving forwards analysis synergies throughout the Manchester most cancers analysis ecosystem. We’re partnered with The Christie NHS Basis Belief one of many largest scientific most cancers remedy centres in Europe (>19,000 new sufferers p.a.).  Our analysis philosophy along with the important mass of most cancers researchers on web site present an distinctive setting through which to pursue primary, translational, and scientific analysis programmes. Our analysis is benefited enormously by the MCRC Tissue Biobank linked to NHS trusts throughout Higher Manchester.

Manchester is an ever evolving, dynamic, vibrant metropolis providing distinctive requirements of dwelling with glorious nationwide and worldwide journey hyperlinks and delightful surrounding countryside.

How one can apply

To use for this place please go to our web site: http://www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/Alternatives/Alternatives-Residence

Software paperwork:

Casual enquiries could be addressed to any of the Institute’s Group Leaders or [email protected]

The deadline for receipt of functions: Tuesday 7 Might 2024.

Interviews scheduled to happen: w/c. 3 June 2024.