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Senior Scientist

Senior Scientist
Leicestershire

Competitive salary and benefits depending on qualifications and experience.

Harlan Laboratories is a leading provider of essential, pre-clinical and non-clinical con¬tract research, research models, animal diets, and services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, agrochemical, and chemical industries, as well as universities, government, and other research organisations. Our focus is on providing customers with products and services to optimise the discovery and safety of new medicines and compounds. Harlan Laboratories is a global company with 3,000 employees in 12 countries. We are currently seeking to appoint a Senior Scientist who will assume the role and responsibility of the named Certificate Holder and provide scientific leadership and direction for the RMS business in the UK

The individual will be responsible for multiple development projects and will function as a technical spokesperson and scientific ambassador and advisor. Other key areas of responsibility include:

• Delivering scientific and technical presentations at customer and industry meetings.
• Leading the Company’s scientific and technical support to customers.
• Providing technical advice and written articles on technical aspects of lab animals for publication.
• To develop and run UK-wide training programmes for staff and oversee communications between business sites.
• To ensure compliance will all current Home Office legislation, implementing practices to prevent licence infringements and dealing appropriately with compliance issues.
• To liaise with the Named Veterinary Surgeon and to work with him/her in the interests of animal health and well-being and adherence to Home Office legislation.
• Ensuring the best standards of animal husbandry, developing and implementing good practice for efficient and humane provision of healthy animals of appropriate microbiological status.

The individual will have a DVM or PhD with broad experience in the life sciences arena. The individual must be able to contribute significantly to the growth of the RMS business in the UK, particularly in the area of transgenic services.

To learn more about this position please visit www.harlan.com

Interested? Please email your full CV by clicking the "Apply Now" button or post it to the full postal address in the contact details section below.

Closing Date: 23rd November 2009