Job Description

Hours: Full Time (35 hrs/week)

Contract: 2 roles available: 1 x Permanent, 1 x 12-month fixed-term contract (maternity cover)

Location: Home based, with occasional travel to London Kings Cross area for team meetings

Responsible to: Head of Science

Applicants must be UK based and hold the right to work in the UK

Do you want to join a friendly and supportive team to help fight breast cancer?

Are you a biology, biomedical or environmental science graduate with a strong interest in the impact of environmental chemicals and lifestyle on our health and especially our breast cancer risk? Are you an enthusiastic communicator with published work who is keen to bring your skills to help develop our scientific research programme and our great cause?

Do you want to be part of a diverse and dynamic team committed to growing a highly engaged breast cancer prevention community?

We are a national breast cancer charity focussed entirely on breast cancer prevention:

• We fund scientific research into environmental and chemical links to breast cancer
• We educate and raise awareness about the lifestyle and environmental risk factors of breast cancer, empowering people to reduce their risk of developing the disease
• We campaign for policies that protect people\'s health and promote the prevention of breast cancer.

We are scaling up our work and our impact so we are building our team with talented, motivated, and ambitious individuals who want to contribute to helping us become the leading voice in breast cancer prevention.

If your goal is to develop your career in health science in a rewarding role with plenty of opportunities to make a difference to the lives of many people, then we want to meet you.

About you

You will be a highly motivated individual with research experience in specialist areas including: chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, biomedical science, environmental science, nutrition, cancer biology and/or toxicology. You will have an interest in the links between harmful chemicals and/or lifestyle and human health, and in breast cancer prevention. You will have experience in science writing with skills in communicating scientific information to a general audience. You will be a self-driven team player, content to work remotely and ready to get going with a busy programme of work.

Application Process

The closing date for applications is Monday 24th July 2023 at 5pm.

To apply for this position please email a CV alongside a two-page letter addressing the criteria described in the job description (via the \'Apply\' button above).

Please also complete an equal opportunities form and submit via email to r . and Equal ops form can be downloaded from our website

Please indicate in your email which role you are applying for. You are welcome to apply for both positions.

Interviews

Interviews will be held on the 15th and 16th August 2023 in the London Kings Cross area. If shortlisted for interview you will be asked to prepare a task/presentation.

For further information on the charity see our website and if you require any further details on the role or the process, drop us an email at

To apply, please click on the \'Apply\' button above

\xc2\xa326,300 to \xc2\xa331,515. PA (depending on experience)

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