Associate scientist msat, usp (6 month contract) - united kingdom, didcot, oxfordshire

*the company*

vaccitech plc is a fast-growing biotech company. at only five years old we already have a development portfolio of nine programmes, a partnered product that is in commercial production and that has seen more than 3 billion doses administered worldwide and an ipo behind us. we are a publicly-listed clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that spun out of the university of oxford's jenner institute, one of the most prestigious vaccine research centres in the world. we discover and develop immunotherapeutic products and vaccines for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases and cancer. our achievements include co-inventing and jointly developing our covid-19 vaccine candidate vtp-900, now vaxzevria, which we assigned to oxford university innovation to facilitate the licensing of those rights to astrazeneca. we run clinical studies to explore treatments for patients with hbv and hpv infections and are developing rapid and scalable manufacturing processes for our platforms.

in december 2021, vaccitech acquired avidea technologies with exciting product candidates for oncology and autoimmunity based on the innovative snapvax platform, which has demonstrated unprecedented control over t cell induction. this gives us us operational presence in maryland, complements vaccitech's established capabilities and reinforces our position as a fast-growing global leader in immunotherapies and vaccines. from march 2022 vaccitech's uk headquarters will be moving to a state-of-the-art facility in the uk's leading science and innovation campus at harwell. we conduct research globally and have ambitious plans in the uk and us, where we will continue to grow our teams over the coming months and years.

*the role*

as a member of the vaccitech msat team, the scientist will be expected to conduct bench/ pilot scale processes for vaccitech's vector platforms. you will work closely with team members within vaccitech, contract service providers and contract manufacturing organisations to assist with the development, validation and technology transfer of manufacturing processes. this will involve working as part of a team to invent, develop and perform upstream processes for viral vector platform to support the manufacture of seed stocks, drug substance and drug product for vaccitech cmc (chemistry, manufacturing and control) activities. you will ensure all process development work is sufficiently documented to support regulatory submissions or intellectual property requirements when appropriate and all data collection and review activities are conducted in accordance with the company's quality system and policies. you will provide support to upstream process development activities as well as assisting in the technical transfer of processes to relevant contract manufacturers and provide technical input to support manufacturing campaigns.

*experience and education required*

the successful candidate will be degree educated in a life science discipline and possess between 1 and 2 years' practical experience in a physical laboratory in the pharmaceutical/ biotechnology setting. you will have a basic knowledge and understanding of understanding of aseptic technique and mammalian cell culture. a basic understanding of principles of design of experiment and relevant software is desirable.

*what we can offer you*

vaccitech is a great place to work. we encourage an entirely flat structure with an open-door policy to the senior leadership team. our employees agree the culture and working environment is one of the best things about our business. this is an exciting development opportunity for an ambitious scientist to gain experience with a rapidly growing biotech who are at an exciting stage of growth. as part of a small high growth business you will get the opportunity to be involved in many different areas and our rapid growth trajectory means you will have the opportunity to grow with us. this role is offered on a 6 month contract.

*notice to recruiters*

vaccitech's internal talent acquisition leads recruitment and employment for vaccitech. unsolicited resumes sent to vaccitech from recruiters do not constitute any type of relationship between the recruiter and vaccitech and do not obligate vaccitech to pay fees should we hire from those resumes. vaccitech operate a preferred list of recruitment suppliers, any and all enquiries about joining us as a supplier should be directed to vaccitech's ta team. we ask that external recruiters and/ or agencies not contact or present candidates directly to our hiring manager or employees.

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