The Alan Turing Institute is the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. The Institute is named in honour of the scientist Alan Turing and its mission is to make great leaps in data science and artificial intelligence research in order to change the world for the better.

The Health and Medical Sciences Programme at Turing delivers research into the theory and methods of AI, statistics, and data analytics underpinning medical and health applications that will enable scientists to do better science, without compromising respect for privacy and patient trust.

The Health and Medical Sciences Programme is now establishing a new major long-term research theme in molecular medicine. The UK is recognised as world-leading in genomics and molecular biology. However, the data that such modern experimental methods produce is complex and requires advanced mathematical, computational and statistical methods to make the most of it. It is well established that the development of such methods is key to the future of personalised medicine. As such there is a strong need to develop advanced computational methods alongside experimental advances. Collectively, the combination of cutting-edge experiment and advanced analytics has the potential to transform our understanding of the basic biology of disease, with transformative implications across healthcare -- from dissecting the causal mechanisms of disease outcomes to more precise risk prediction.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Molecular Medicine Community Manager will create, nurture and protect the conditions required for successful technical communication across diverse and distributed research communities internal to The Alan Turing Institute as well as national and international collaborators. We anticipate that the postholder will need to embody core values of stewardship, compassion, and collaboration, in addition to their commitment to equity and inclusion as described in the Turing's "Rules of the Game".

The purpose of the Molecular Medicine Community Manager is to develop strong connections between the Turing and relevant external research communities working in the field of Molecular Medicine. They will be responsible for identifying and mapping expertise, projects and datasets across organisations, identifying the most important and exciting opportunities for collaboration, and helping to shape the research direction of the newly established Molecular Medicine Theme.

As a steward of their community, the Community Manager will see how individual pieces fit together as a whole. The postholder will possess the communication, motivation and collaboration skills required to bring the community together. They will surface implicit knowledge and make information explicit so that everyone who wants to can participate. The postholder will coordinate new and existing community-led project activities, encourage and empower diverse contributors to engage and lead those activities, and contribute to the development of a project sustainability strategy.

The postholder will work closely with Health and Medical Sciences programme team, led by Director Professor Chris Holmes and Deputy Director Professor Ben MacArthur and supported by the Business Team for the Programme. They will work closely with a wide range of colleagues from across the Turing and wider external Molecular Medicine Community. The line manger will be the Theme Lead for Cell and Molecular Medicine, with day to day support from Dr Malvika Sharan, co-lead of The Turing Way Project.

DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Map expertise, projects and datasets relevant to the Molecular Medicine Theme, both within The Alan Turing Institute and the wider external community. Facilitate diverse and collaborative conversations to identify and prioritise important and exciting opportunities. Work with all members of the leadership team to shape the research direction of the theme.
• Foster communities of researchers across the Molecular Medicine Theme, finding both synergies between ongoing projects and emergent opportunities that can only be delivered by the Theme

Please see the job description for a full breakdown of the Duties and Responsibilities.

Essential:

• Bachelor's degree or a Master's Degree in a discipline which provides a good basis for understanding statistics, data science and programming.

Experience in:

• Basic coding skills in any programming language.
• Git for version control and Github or GitLab for project management.
• An understanding of the importance of good practices for producing reliable software and reproducible analyses (e.g. version control, issue tracking, automated testing, package management, literate analysis tools such as Jupyter and Rmarkdown).
• Experience managing, structuring and analysing research data.

Track record of any cointion of:

• Publishing articles, FAIR data sets, and/or open source software libraries for an academic audience.
• Publishing articles, blog posts, for a general audience.
• Publishing white papers or policy briefings for an audience of decision makers in government, industry or the charity sector.

Please see the job description for a full breakdown of the Person Specification.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

If you are interested in this opportunity, please click the apply button below. You will need to register on the applicant portal and complete the application form including your CV and covering letter. If you have questions about the role or would like to apply using a different format, please contact us on 020 3970 2148 or 0203 862 3340, or email [email protected].

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2021 at 23:59.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This full time post is offered on a 12 month fixed term basis. The annual salary is £37000 - £42,000 plus excellent benefits, including flexible working and family friendly policies, https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/why-work-turing/employee-benefits

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

The Alan Turing Institute is committed to creating an environment where diversity is valued and everyone is treated fairly. In accordance with the Equality Act, we welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We are committed to building a diverse community and would like our leadership team to reflect this. We therefore welcome applications from the broadest spectrum of backgrounds.

Reasonable adjustments to the interview process will be made for any candidates with a disability.

Please note all offers of employment are subject to obtaining and retaining the right to work in the UK and satisfactory pre-employment security screening which includes a DBS Check.

Full details on the pre-employment screening process can be requested from [email protected].

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