Senior Quantitative Geneticist
Senior Quantitative Geneticist
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Job Description
Grade UE08: 49559 - 60907 per annum pro-rata if part-time
CMVM / Institute for Regeneration and Repair / Centre for Inflammation Research
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: 2 years
The Opportunity:
We are looking for an exceptionally talented and motivated Senior Quantitative Geneticist to join the Baillie Laboratory () led by Prof Kenneth Baillie at the Baillie Gifford Pandemic Science Hub.
The Baillie Lab is an interdisciplinary team of dedicated and highly capable people focused on using genetics to find new therapies and treatments for critically ill patients. The team has made several contributions that have already improved medical practice. This includes using genetics to find the cause of unknown hepatitis in children (Nature 2023a;Nature 2023b) and identifying 49 genetic variants underlying with critical illness in COVID-19 (Nature 2023;Nature 2022).
The Baillie Lab run several large-scale projects and studies including GenOMICC () ISARIC4C () and the Outbreak Data Analysis Platform (). The Baillie Lab also leads on the Edinburgh Molecular Mechanisms Cluster (EMMC) a key cluster in the UKRIs Human Functional Genomics Initiative ( Senior Quantitative Genecist at the Baillie Lab you will play a pivotal role in leading developing and running the bioinformatic pipelines of work across all projects. This is pro-active role where you will have primary responsibility for maintaining current analyses and identifying new approaches to better understand critical illness.
This role will require the post holder to develop strong relationships with colleagues within and beyond the interdisciplinary team while pursuing new collaborations within the Baillie Gifford Pandemic Science Hub and wider university.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week) however we are open to considering part-time or flexible working are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Highly experienced postdoctoral experience in bio-informatics or high-dimensional data analyses in the field of health science.
- Proven track record of high impact publications.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary of49559 and 60907 per annum pro-rata if part-time.
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement a defined benefits pension scheme staff discounts family-friendly initiatives and flexible work options. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Offices English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa. Please note if the role is offered on a part-time basis it may result in sponsorship being dependent on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant or the role no longer meeting the Home Offices criteria for sponsorship.
Key notes for applicants
The closing date for applications is 26 June 2025.
As part of this application you are required to upload a cover letter/statement of not more than one page detailing how you meet each of the essential criteria as outlined on the job description and a CV. These items should be uploaded as one single combined document in either PDF or Word format.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
We anticipate that interviews will be held within 2-3 weeks of the advert closing date.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
