Become a Study Supervisor with Fera Science and make your contribution to the UKs food health and biosecurity!

From farm to fork, we help to protect the food we eat and the world in which we live. Join Fera and play an important role biosecurity and help protect our farming and natural environment. This protection is critical for the future of our food supply and all the animals and plants that live in alongside us. We're proud of our heritage stretching back over 100 years, we make a difference to everyone; delivering science for the public good and tackling all sorts of risks, including plant pests, diseases and chemicals that threaten our food security and natural environment. We're a caring and responsible company committed to making the world a better, healthier and safer place. Innovation is at the core of Fera's science…

We’re currently looking to recruit Study Supervisors (Analyst) to join our Centre for Chemical Safety & Stewardship (CCSS) working under GLP.

CCSS is a diverse scientific service programme, which conducts highly technical assessments for public and private sector stakeholders. CCSS prides itself on delivering high quality, regulatory projects which adhere to and comply with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). We engage within scientific research and development, which ensures we remain at the forefront of scientific and regulatory development within chemistry, environmental fate, metabolism and ecotoxicology.

We have two vacancies: regulation Chemistry & Environmental fate.

As a Study Supervisor within the chemistry section, you will work across a variety of wet chemistry techniques/LCSM to perform method development, method validations and to analyse samples across a range of compounds in multiple matrices. The GLP Analytical Chemistry Section is also home to the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS) for England and Wales. WIIS investigate deaths of wildlife where there is the possibility they have been poisoned by pesticides.

As an Environmental Fate Study Supervisor, you will be responsible for the planning, performance and resourcing for GLP regulatory studies into the environmental fate of agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, veterinary medicines and pharmaceuticals.

Job title:

Study Supervisor

Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

E-fate

• Perform regulatory and/or research-based laboratory studies into the fate of chemicals in environmental compartments
• Help outline Study Plans for standard studies using international guidelines and regulatory guidance, study outlines and client-supplied information
• Perform and deliver regulatory studies making sure that the resource planner is up to date (Retain)  
• Produce outline reports to assist study directors
• Contribute to the running and maintenance of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) quality systems, meticulously following standard operating procedures.
• Review audit reports and client comments then contributing to responses

Chemistry section

• Extraction and clean-up of a wide variety of sample types using standard wet chemistry techniques.
• Operate and perform routine maintenance on analytical instrumentation e.g .GC, HPLC.
• Data entry and checking for study directors, calculate and report results to the relevant team members.
• Produce accurate written summaries of key data from other more detailed reports, ensuring Study Directors are well informed
• Validate new methods for a variety of analytes in different sample types following a written method
• Analyse samples for a variety of analytes in different sample types following a written method
• Perform laboratory procedures using standard laboratory equipment and be responsible for laboratory facilities and maintenance

What we’re looking for:

• Preferably, you will be a chemistry graduate with some lab experience in a GXP environment or e-fate
• Experience in chromatography techniques
• You’ll be methodical with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to keep clear and accurate written records of experimental work to a high standard
• Good team working skills but with the ability to work independently as required
• Practical IT skills in software packages including Microsoft Office.
• Experienced in organising, prioritising and completing work to required standards and to tight deadlines.
• You may be required to work with potentially hazardous substances and deceased animals- full PPE will be provided
• An ability to work within a multi-disciplinary environment.

E-fate:

• Experience of extraction/analytical methods for organic chemicals in environmental matrices
• Experience of radio-labelled biodegradation studies in environmental matrices (soils and sediments) and/or adsorption studies and/or ADME studies
• Experience of laboratory-based environmental fate studies

About Fera

Fera are part of Capita Plc, a leading UK provider of technology enabled business services. We’re supporting and improving the lives of millions of people every day and we can only do this with the right people in place, working towards a shared goal. We encourage an open, honest working environment where everyone can be true to themselves and people are valued for their differences. We’re always challenging each other to learn and improve, because we know when we work together, we can deliver better outcomes. We work across such a huge range of businesses and sectors, that you’ll have the opportunity to grow and develop your career in any number of directions.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary from £21k
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
• You will be based at our world class research facility based near York, UK and have access to a range of on site amenities
• We offer flexible working patterns during our site opening hours – 7am -7pm

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of 55,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Closing date for applications will be Friday 29th October with a view to interview mid-November and join our team early January 2022.

To view our Covid-19 and process adjustments information, please visit the Capita Careers site.

Equal Opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you’ll be asked to share your personal characteristics and data with us. This helps us understand our audience so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.