Animal Research Data Officer

UE07 £37,099 to £44,263 per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £39,347 to £46,974 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024) 

Bioresearch & Veterinary Services    

Open-ended Contract

Full time 35 Hours per week (part-time may be considered)

1 post

 

The Opportunity:

We have an exciting opportunity to join the compliance team at the University of Edinburgh’s Bioresearch & Veterinary Services that support staff and students who use animals in scientific research. The role will be key for providing advice on and facilitating the accurate recording of regulated procedures carried out under the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). The ideal candidate will need to communicate well with researchers and disseminate consistent information regarding the annual Returns of Procedures (ROP). The post holder will be responsible for reconciling Home Office Annual returns with the information held at the Establishment level within the available databases. The jobholder will also devise systems and processes to gather, collate and analyse all relevant information on animal use, which may be required to address queries under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The role will contribute to our commitment to openness in animals research.

 

Your skills and attributes for success: 

Essential

• Scientific education to postgraduate level in an area of biomedical science utilising animals in research
• Capability of analysing and solving a wide range of practice problems with people, service performance and development using judgment
• Excellent IT skills (data handling, management and analysis; Microsoft Office package)
• Experience in data management and analysis
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate (written and oral) clearly and diplomatically with a range of stakeholders
• Experience working under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (ASPA 1986, revised, 2012)

 

Desirable

• Knowledge of Animal Research Facility Software and Databases and good knowledge of a-tune’s Tick@Lab
• Experience of holding a Personal Licence and/or Project Licence

 

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As a valued member of our team you can expect: 

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

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 our right to work webpages 

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

 

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 23 February 2024
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.
Interviews will be held week commencing 11 March 2024

If you do not hear from us by 6 March 2024, we will not be taking our application any further and we thank you for your interest in the post and our department.

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