The Culture Collections is a Biological Resource Centre that provides a service maintaining and supplying strains of cultured cells and microorganisms for public health research. It is structured as a fully integrated service, underpinning science with significant scientific, manufacturing and business activities and operates from laboratories across UKHSA and from a specialist cryo–storage facility on the Porton site.

The Quality Officer will report directly to the Quality Assurance and Regulatory Manager Culture Collections to ensure the application of the management and coordination of the quality systems based on ISO 9001:2008 and ISO17025:2005. The Quality Assurance group has responsibility for managing and facilitating ISO 9001:2008 and ISO17025:2005 compliance applicable to Culture Collections on the UKHSA Porton and UKHSA Colindale.

Location

Manor Farm Road, Porton Down, Salisbury, SP4 0JG

Responsibilities section:

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

The supervision of staff and the delivery of the service in the most efficient manner.The practical guidance and coordination of cross–function teams in the Culture Collections with quality issues.The supervision and organisation of the delivery of work to specification and to schedule.The origination of written procedures, report forms, risk assessments and all types of working documentation.The recording, analysis and reporting of results, data, and information.The use of electronic quality management systems for example document control.The supervision of work to ensure it achieves/complies with the highest standards of quality.To support and implement the Corporate and local Quality Management Systems.To contribute to strategic planning by representing the Quality team as required from time to time.The preparation and presentation of regular, written progress reports to senior management, including Key Performance Indicators and progress against objectives.Making formal, illustrated presentations of Quality Assurance and its outputs to staff, management or stakeholders as required from time to time.The conduct of internal and external ISO–based quality audits according to a defined audit schedule and at senior manager request.To write audit reports and agree programmes of corrective actions with the appropriate operational groups. The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of responsibilities

Essential Criteria:

It is important through your application and Statement of Suitability of 750 words that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the following criteria:

Essential

HNC or equivalent in life sciencesSound practical experience of working in an analytical/production/research laboratoryCurrent good scientific practiceCommunications, written and verbalGood interpersonal skills Desirable

Basic auditing qualificationSound practical experience of auditingKnowledge of other quality standards such as GxP