Ethics Internship

Join our team as an intern in ethics! 

We are thrilled to offer a unique opportunity for an undergraduate student (or recent graduate) to join Genomics Englands Ethics team for an 8week internship this summer.

If you are:

• an undergraduate student (or graduated less than a year ago)
• enthusiastic about ethics particularly research ethics in genomics and
• looking to gain some experience to develop in this industry

then we are looking for you!

During the internship you will have the opportunity to:

• Conduct deskbased research about emerging topics in genomic research ethics (to be discussed with your manager)
• Feed into the development of an internal learning module about this topic
• Present your research to the team at the end of your internship
• Help organise one of our recurring Journal Club sessions
• Shadow our team members and join our usual team meetings to gain an understanding of a corporate environment
• Receive a careers session with CV feedback and interview tips from our People Team.

Qualifications :

We are looking to offer this opportunity to someone pursuing an undergraduate degree or within 1 year of graduation.

Additional Information :

Advert closing date: Applications close at 5pm on Monday 21st April 2025. You will be notified soon after this date of whether you are invited to interview. We aim to interview in the weeks commencing 28 April and 5th May 2025 with a view to a starting in the first two weeks of June 2025. The interview will be held on MS Teams.

Application: You can apply for the role by clicking the link to do so you will be asked to upload your CV and you may add a cover note in note to hiring manager or add a separate cover note document. There are screening questions to respond to including: 

Screening questions:

1. Describe a topic in ethics that you are enthusiastic about! 100200 words)
2. Why do you think research ethics is important 100200 words)
3. How would this internship contribute to your future career aspirations 100200 words)

Hourly pay: This opportunity is paid at London Living wage 13.85/hour). Payment will be made on a monthly basis. We will reimburse certain outofpocket expenses incurred in connection with your internship in accordance with our expenses policy. Travel expenses can be discussed on a casebycase basis if travel to the office is required depending on the location of the intern.

Insight to working at Genomics England: Here you can find short videos to gain some insight into working here at Genomics England Culture Genomics England. Importantly we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Annual leave

Genomics England provide 2.5 days annual leave per calendar month. This is prorated in the case of starting or finishing midmonth. This is greater than the statutory requirement but Genomics England does not intend to confer any employment status in providing this benefit.

We appreciate that you may wish to make the most of your time at Genomics England and not make use of these days during your internship. If this is the case we will pay a sum equivalent to your annual leave in your final pay. Please discuss your preference with your manager.

Hours

There are no fixed hours of work for this internship but you can work with us for up to 37.5 hours per week. These will be agreeable with your manager on a weekly and monthly basis.

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace 

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability ethnicity gender gender identity religion sexual orientation or social background. 

Genomics Englands policies of nondiscrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people regardless of age disability gender identity or reassignment marital or civil partnership status being pregnant or recently becoming a parent race religion or beliefs sex or sexual orientation length of service whether full or parttime or employed under a permanent or a fixedterm contract or any other relevant factor.  

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination harassment victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary toour virtues undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity respect and integrity of all parties.  Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity. 

We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process we encourage you to discuss this with us. 

Blended working model

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to however some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g. lab teams reception team. 

Our teams and squads have and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf Cambridge and Leeds.

Onboarding background checks

As part of our recruitment process all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.