Genomic Data Scientist in Rare Disease (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & London)

We are seeking a passionate and innovative Genomic Data Scientist to join our cutting-edge team. 

You will work in an agile collaborative environment as part of multidisciplinary team, building state-of-the-art analytics into clinically fit production quality solutions plus implement robust, scalable analysis fit for clinics.  

Everyday responsibilities include:  

• Researching the scientific literature, identifying new approaches to genome analysis, as well as contributing to the publication and dissemination of our learnings in the form of scientific papers, white papers and conferences.  
• Developing and fine-tuning algorithms for variant prioritisation and classification for rare disease diagnostic and screening.
• Benchmarking and improving tools for processing and analysis of whole genome data (e.g. alignment, variant callers, quality control), and performing custom computational analyses.  

  We anticipate the ideal candidate will have experience in:  

• One or more areas of human germline DNA analysis, such as rare disease genomics, population genetics, family-based analysis, genetic association testing, risk score prediction, structural variation, pharmacogenomics, typing of complex genomic regions such as HLA/KIR.  
• Strong programming skills (Python essential, R desirable).  
• Knowledge of statistics and/or statistical genetics and/or machine learning. 
• Experience of high throughput sequencing algorithms.  
• Managing the full cycle of analysing high-throughput sequencing data from sequencing quality control to annotation and prioritisation of variants, preferably human whole genome sequencing data.  

A PhD involving one of the following: Rare Diseases, Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Statistical Genetics or equivalent work experience,   

Ideally, undergraduate studies with a strong quantitative discipline component (such as physics, computer science, or maths).  

These skills could also have been developed, for example, through a PhD in computational biology, statistical genomics, or statistical genetics.   

Salary from £55,000

Please provide a cover letter highlighting how your skills and experience align with the role.

Closing date for applications - Wednesday 29th April 

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: 

• Generous Leave: 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, additional leave for long service, and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10%, however you can contribute more if you wish), Life Assurance (3x salary), and a Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
• Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs.

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace 

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background. 

Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.  

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties. Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity. 

We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process, we encourage you to discuss this with us. 

Culture

We have four key behaviours that represent what we would like Genomics England to feel like and the culture we want to encourage, in order for us to achieve our mission. These behaviours help us all work well together, deliver on our outcomes, celebrate our successes and share feedback with each other. You can read about these and other aspects of our culture here Culture | Genomics England

Blended working model

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to, however, some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g., lab teams, reception team. 

Our teams and squads have, and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

Onboarding background checks

As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.