The Earlham Institute (EI) is seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Bioinformatician to join the Core Bioinformatics Group.
The role:
The role will have responsibility for running and testing computational workflows that assure timely and accurate processing of sequencing data from EI's numerous and varied sequencing platforms. The post-holder will work alongside members of our Genomics Pipelines and Project Management teams as well as with our internal science faculty, their collaborators and external customers to deliver on a wide variety of bioinformatics projects.
Projects include de novo genome assembly and annotation of complex non-model organisms but will range in scale, type and complexity from variant calling analyses on model organisms to custom analysis of large multi-omics datasets. The role will also be involved in designing, building, extending and automating pipelines, where possible, to increase capability for delivering future projects.
Required qualifications and experience:
The successful applicant will possess at least an MSc or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Genetics or related fields and will have experience in bioinformatics in a high-performance computing environment to deliver on a range of genomics and transcriptomics analyses. Good scripting skills in Python, Bash and R as well as good interpersonal skills are also required.
Additional information:
Salary on appointment will be within the range £31,250 to £38,100 per annum depending on qualifications and experience. This is a full-time post for a period of 3 years.
Closing date is the 16th September 2018
