Closing Date: 13/05/2022

Mission Therapeutics is an early-stage drug development company targeting the ubiquitin pathway for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease, rare mitochondrial diseases and fibrosis. The Company has built a leading platform for the discovery and development of first-in-class, small molecule drugs that selectively target deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) – an emerging drug class that is attracting significant commercial interest in the area of protein homeostasis.

We currently have a vacancy for a Laboratory Technician to join on a permanent basis within the Discovery Biology group at our Cambridge, UK based facilities. Mission Therapeutics is ideally situated in a fantastic new facility on the Babraham Research Campus at the heart of Europe’s largest biotechnology cluster.

The successful applicant will be responsible for providing practical lab support to the Discovery Biology group, acting independently to complete routine laboratory support functions, including management of Mission’s small molecule library, whilst liaising directly with scientists to discuss their support requirements. Your job responsibilities will include registering, preparation, and shipping compounds; checking consumable stock levels, ordering and goods-in; overseeing equipment maintenance; and preparing laboratory solutions as well as general laboratory housekeeping. As an additional element there are areas of health and safety compliance including ensuring that laboratories meet H&S requirements and expectations.

You should have excellent attention to detail, be comfortable working in a fast-paced team environment with constantly changing priorities, be well organised, self-motivated and have strong communication skills.

This role will be laboratory based.

Key Responsibilities of the role will include

• Compound management

o Following established protocols for registration, preparation, and shipping of small molecule compounds

o Accurately weighing out and reconstituting small molecule compounds

o Organisation of shipments to collaborators and CROs

• Ensuring laboratory has sufficient supplies, managing Goods In and preparing standard stock solutions

• Overseeing maintenance of laboratory equipment

• Waste management

o Glass washing and autoclaving

o Ensuring waste is appropriately collected and disposed in accordance with local procedures

• Assisting Health and Safety Manager with reviewing and writing risk assessments and other safety documentation

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• A- Levels, equivalent qualifications, or previous similar laboratory experience, is desirable

• Outstanding attention to detail

• Excellent organisational and communication skills

• Ability to respond quickly to changing priorities / circumstances

• Ability to work independently under minimal supervision

• First Aid at Work qualification desirable or willingness to undertake training

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary along with a contributory pension scheme and other excellent benefits.

If you would like to apply for the position, please send your CV and a covering letter to recruitment@missiontherapeutics.com.

The closing date for applications is 13th May 2022.

To comply with UK employment legislation, all applicants for positions at Mission must have the right to work in the UK. If a job offer is made, you will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK before you commence employment with Mission.

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