Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London
Short summary
The Biological Research Facility supports all animal research at the Crick through our comprehensive animal care and use programme.
The Training Specialist will report directly to the BRF Training Manager and be responsible for delivering and day to day oversight of the provision of education, training and CPD to BRF staff. Together with the Surgical Research Scientist, and under direction from the BRF Training Manager, the post holder will be expected to develop, implement, organise and deliver training, education and assessment that is relevant to organisational and legislative requirements, and meets the highest standards of animal welfare in line with our culture of care. The post holder will work under the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amended 2012) to ensure that the delivery of training and assessment to BRF staff meets expectations of the BRF Training Manager/NTCO and the Head of BRF Education and Training.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform BRF Inductions for new BRF staff & service providers, and others as required.
- Organise and implement initial training for new BRF ROs & STs
- Become trainer/assessor for IAT Level 2 qualification by organising and delivering support sessions, marking assignments & exams and providing student feedback
- Develop and implement the IAT Level 2 course on learning management software, monitor student progress and provide feedback to the BRF Training Manager
- Assist with IAT Level 3 qualification training & assessing, including aiding the BRF Training Manager to develop and implement the IAT Level 3 course on learning management software
- Organise and deliver workshops to the BRF, including Intro to ASPA, ASPA, Barriers, Genetics & Colony Management.
- Identify and recommend to the BRF Training Manager areas for BRF staff development and advise on solutions to offer effective training and development
About us
The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.
An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King’s College London.
The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.
The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.
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