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Principal Scientist - Neuroscience

Employer
Hyper Recruitment Solutions
Location
Edinburgh
Salary
Competitive range
Closing date
10 Feb 2021

Job Details

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Principal Scientist in Neuroscience to join a specialist Life Sciences company based in the Edinburgh area.

This is a key role within the business, and as the Principal Scientist - Neuroscience you will contribute to the scientific direction of the company as the neuroscience team continues to grow.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Your duties as the Principal Scientist - Neuroscience will cover three key areas - Project Management, R&D and Business Development. An overview of the key duties and responsibilities are as follows:

1. Primary point of contact for the neuroscience team, providing scientific oversight, guidance, project planning and resource management. You will line manage a team of experienced scientists.

2. Taking a lead role in facilitating the optimisation of new assays, based on client demand and analysis of the competitive landscape. Where appropriate, providing training to others in the team. Investigating new technologies, desired skill sets include experience with iPSCs, glial and neuronal cell culture.

3. Actively interrogating scientific literature to understand relevant technical protocols and advances as necessary for driving forward bespoke client projects. Ensuring accurate record keeping of all experimental work in the team, from initial protocol development, accurate lab notes, through to write up of results and report production, archiving. Implementing quality control steps to ensure projects are conducted and delivered according to the standards expected, developing new or updating SOPs.

4. You will be the key point of contact for ongoing client relationships as well as taking an active role in nurturing new client relationships.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS:

To be successful in your application to this exciting opportunity as the Principal Scientist - Neuroscience we are looking to identify the following on your CV profile:

1. Relevant degree (PhD preferred) in a life sciences or biologics focussed discipline, plus significant post graduate / post doctoral experience gained working in a CRO / Biotech / Pharma setting. This experience must include sound understanding of the field of neuroscience, including experience with a wide range of cells types and assays - iPSCs, glial cells and neuronal cell culture.

2. This is a fast paced, client facing role, and similar experience gained within a biotech, pharma or CRO business would be preferred.

3. You will be managing a small team of experienced scientists, and you will be expected to demonstrate some similar experience.


Key Words: Principal Scientist | Neuroscience | CRO | Pharmaceutical | Biotechnology | Contract Research

Hyper Recruitment Solutions Ltd (HRS) is an Equal Opportunities employer who are certified by Investors in People for talent development. We therefore welcome applications for any interested parties who fulfil the role requirements for this position. HRS is a company exclusively supporting the science and technology sectors, and is made up of a collaboration of recruitment professionals and scientists. We look forward to helping you with your next career moves.


Company

Hyper Recruitment Solutions is a specialist and highly compliant recruitment consultancy dedicated to the Science and Technology sectors.

Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS), founded and run by Ricky Martin and in partnership with Lord Alan Sugar, has a wealth of recruitment expertise as well as compliance and commercial awareness. We offer a range of permanent, temporary and contract staff.

Our vision is to provide recruitment solutions which will assist in the improvement and quality of life for all. To do so, HRS will focus on the support of sectors whose primary focus is in making the world a better place. This could be working for a Pharmaceutical company who is developing new and existing therapeutics or an FMCG business who is making the latest consumer products in a sustainable and efficient way. We want to provide a service to those areas of actual need which will have an impact on us all.

We provide services across a broad range of industries including the following specialist sectors:

• Biotechnology
• Pharmaceutical
• Medical Device
• Clinical Research
• CMO / CRO
• Food / FMCG
• Engineering
• Science

With all jobseekers we are looking to form close relationships where we can offer you the most accurate and useful advice. We intend to not only find and present the most ideal career options to you, but we want to provide advice on the entire recruitment process. We are a business who listens and advises and as shown on our website we have a clear ‘candidate commitment’ to ensure your search is in the most professional and capable hands. Some of the key areas we focus on include:


• Quality Assurance (including Qualified Persons)
• Clinical Research (all phases and therapeutic fields)
• Bioinformatics
• Research & Development
• Consumer Insight and Sensory
• Lean and Continuous Improvement
• Engineering (all disciplines)
• Manufacturing, Scale up and Technology Transfer
• Packaging and Sustainability 
• Medical Affairs
• Sales and Business Development
• Information Systems & Technology
• Executive Appointments


HRS has been awarded membership to the REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) and APSCo (Association of Professional Staffing Companies). This is to assure all clients and candidates that our processes and practices comply with all relevant government and recruitment industry regulations.

Lord Sugar, Ricky Martin and everyone at HRS look forward to working with you. Please do not hesitate to visit our website www.hyperec.com or contact us via
Telephone: 02032 255 120
Email:info@hyperec.com


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Company info
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Telephone
0203 910 2980
Location
Amshold House
Goldings Hill
Loughton,
Essex
IG102RW
GB

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