Person Specification Job Title Principal Scientist PD, MCC R&D Job Holder VACANT Reports To Staff Scientist Date September 2018 Essential Desirable Method of Assessment Educational Attainment E1 Life science degree X Application form/Certificate D1 PhD in Mammalian Cell Culture X Application form/Certificate Work Experience E2 Experience of the operation and control of X Application form/interview stirred tank, laboratory and large scale mammalian cell culture bioreactors Experience with high throughput cell line D2 screening technologies, such as the ambr™ X Application form/Interview systems D3 Knowledge of cGMP manufacturing X Application form/Interview E3 Experience of mammalian cell culture, X preferably in a biotech/pharmaceutical Application form/Interview industry setting E4 Experience of writing Lab books and / or X reports Application form/Interview Knowledge/Skills/Aptitude E5 In-depth knowledge of mammalian (ideally X Application form/Interview CHO) media and process development/optimisation E6 Good aseptic technique X Interview E7 Excellent written and verbal communication X Application form/Interview skills E8 Able to perform calculations required for cell X Interview/Assessement culture (for example, calculating growth rate, cell number manipulations, basic statistics) D4 Line management/supervision of research X Application form/Interview staff E9 In depth knowledge of cell culture methods X Application form/Interview Circumstances E10 Flexible work ethic X Interview E11 Prepared to work weekends (on rota) X Interview
Person Specification Job Title Principal Scientist PD, MCC R&D Job Holder VACANT Reports To Staff Scientist Date September 2018 Essential Desirable Method of Assessment E1 D1 Educational Attainment Life science degree PhD in Mammalian Cell Culture X X Application form/Certificate Application form/Certificate E2 D2 D3 E3 E4 Work Experience Experience of the operation and control of stirred tank, laboratory and large scale mammalian cell culture bioreactors Experience with high throughput cell line screening technologies, such as the ambr™ systems Knowledge of cGMP manufacturing Experience of mammalian cell culture, preferably in a biotech/pharmaceutical industry setting Experience of writing Lab books and / or reports X X X X X Application form/interview Application form/Interview Application form/Interview Application form/Interview Application form/Interview E5 E6 E7 E8 D4 E9 Knowledge/Skills/Aptitude In-depth knowledge of mammalian (ideally CHO) media and process development/optimisation Good aseptic technique Excellent written and verbal communication skills Able to perform calculations required for cell culture (for example, calculating growth rate, cell number manipulations, basic statistics) Line management/supervision of research staff In depth knowledge of cell culture methods X X X X X X Application form/Interview Interview Application form/Interview Interview/Assessement Application form/Interview Application form/Interview E10 E11 Circumstances Flexible work ethic Prepared to work weekends (on rota) X X Interview Interview
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