Job responsibilities
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
responsibilities, activities, and duties:
- To follow agreed protocols and policies in accordance with
the UKHSA policies and procedures.
- Perform manual and automated laboratory techniques following
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), with expertise in sequence-based methods
and techniques.
- To
participate and support molecular routine service delivery within the remit of
CSL.
- To understand and carry out all aspects of NGS and Sanger
sequencing on Illumina and Applied Biosystems platforms using automated liquid
handling procedures.
- To run the service autonomously when required, including
development and optimisation of services and organisation of workflows.
- To ensure the smooth flow of samples through the laboratory,
from receipt to testing.
- To carry out routine quality control procedures to ensure
that samples are being prepared, processed, recorded, and archived to a high
standard.
- To maintain equipment, including routine monitoring,
calibration and safety checks and maintain records of these.
- To facilitate the day to day running of the laboratory by
ensuring the availability of stock and reagents.
- To encourage the development of a flexible team by
supporting training, development, and rotation
Please review the Job
Description for a full list of responsibilities.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post
as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is
expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar
level that may be necessary.
Selection process details
STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT:
Your Statement of Suitability (1200 words maximum)
should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of
your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria
(outlined in the person specification section).
You will also be asked to provide information within the
Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is
equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your
career history.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an
interview.
STAGE 2 INTERVIEW
This stage will involve an Interview in-person.
The Success Profiles framework will be used to assess during
your interview.
The following behaviours will be used:
- Working
Together
- Developing Self and Others
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
The following Strengths will be used:
- Service Focused
- Team Player
Expected Timeline:
Advert close: 23:55hrs on 19th April 2024 unfortunately,
late applications will not be considered. Once this job has closed, the job
advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your
records.
Shortlist: w/c 22nd April 2024.
Interviews: w/c 6th May 2024.
Please note these dates could be subject to change.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to all external applicants
(anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal
applicants)
Nationality
requirements
Appointments to roles within UKHSA
will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can
be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- Nationals of
Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- Nationals of the
Republic of Ireland
- Nationals from the
EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for
either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement
Scheme (EUSS)
- Relevant EU, EEA,
Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- Relevant EU, EEA,
Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil
Service
- Certain family
members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as
outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes
equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS)
for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people
who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver
recruitment.
Security clearance level requirement
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring
security check. Successful candidates
must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of
security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard. People working with government assets must
complete Basic Personnel Security Standard checks.
For posts on UKHSA Civil Service terms and conditions, new
entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay
band. For existing Civil Servants and roles advertised across government, the
rules of transfer apply, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the
pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or
receive a 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the
highest.
Please Note
This role is to be appointed under
Civil Service Terms & Conditions. Full
details on the T&Cs are found https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/
Are you already a civil
servant, or employed by a Civil Service Commission accredited public body?
Please state home department on your application form.
Do you meet the
nationality requirements for this post? https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/
Complaint process:
The law requires that selection for
appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open
competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment
Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance
with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first
instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email:Complaints1@ukhsa.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from
the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil
Service Commission website.
