Colony Senior Technician

High Containment and Biological Services operate within and supports the wider UKHSA mission to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards. The Biological Services Group provides high containment in-vivo
research services, with the primary aim of protecting the UK public from a range of health risks. Ongoing areas of work include vaccine batch release testing, influenza, COVID-19, tuberculosis, anthrax, and emerging human pathogens.Based at one of the two unique Non-Human Primate (NHP) breeding colony facilities, the Colony Senior Technician will provide technical and supervisory expertise in a team responsible for the delivery of high standards of animal welfare within the Biological
Services Group (BSG). Managing the day-to-day care of the animals and staff supervision are central to this role. Situated near Salisbury, site access requirements stipulate that our employees must be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security
clearance. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years.This will be a Lab based role at our Porton Down Site (Manor Farm Road, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JG).*Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available.*