Senior Scientific Associate

Job Overview

At Charles River, we take a passionate approach to improving human and animal health. Our motivating force is the knowledge that our high quality of work provides people with the potential to live healthier and better lives. Scientific excellence and outstanding customer service are the hallmarks of Charles River.

The ADME department provides support to the pharmaceutical, veterinary pharmaceutical and chemical/agrochemical industries by evaluating the metabolism and disposition of new chemical and biological entities in vivo in a variety of test species.

We are looking to recruit a Senior Scientific Associate to join the ADME team. As a Senior Scientific Associate in this team, your primary role will be to work within the animal health sector designing and managing studies to determine the ADME properties of new potential medicines in livestock species. Working in close contact with our clients, the departmental management team and the internal Charles River services you will be expected to contribute in the development of suitable study protocols to support the smooth and swift progression of drug candidates through preclinical evaluation and beyond.

You will be expected to have direct hands‑on experience of conducting metabolism related studies, ideally involving the use of radio‑labelled entities, within academia or preferably in either the animal health or in contract research industry.

You may be required to coordinate and supervise the work of other staff within the department. You will also contribute to the ongoing business plan for the department, developing and marketing new services and be actively involved in staff training and assessment.

Applicants will be expected to be educated to at least degree level in biology or a life science subject.

Salary for this position is £35,264.70 per annum.

Performs technical laboratory activities in support of client studies or procedures. Performs analysis of data for quality and completeness and determines if results are as expected. Records data in compliance with company and regulatory policies and standards to meet quality and accuracy requirements. Executes scientific testing strategies and studies. May participate in development as part of team. May lead assay research, assay validation or study conduct, or is involved in preparation of material (e.g. protein, nucleic acid, cells, etc.).

Reviews and interprets study data, communicates results to clients and writes final reports. Ensures compliance with protocols and all applicable SOPs. Troubleshoots and resolves assay or technical issues in the laboratory when scientific expertise is needed. Contributes to specific dataset interpretation, or when appropriate answering questions from regulatory authorities. For singular focus of Chemistry or Biology disciplines, refer to specified role on job architecture.