Bioinformatician

Job description

Job Title: Bioinformatician
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: Bonus, Pension, Healthcare, Agile Working
Location: Colworth
Travel: 5%

Business Context & Main Purpose of the Job:

At Unilever, we strive to develop and innovate products that are safe for our consumers, workforce, and the environment. We are also committed to the elimination of animal testing and are at the forefront of research into novel non-animal approaches for assessing consumer safety. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Bioinformatician to join our team in the Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC), where we carry out safety assessments for all our products as well as supporting Unilever's alternatives to animal testing programme.

The role primarily involves provision of bioinformatics expertise to SEAC Scientists particularly in the area of structural bioinformatics: analysis of protein-ligand interactions, docking (ranking/prioritization), molecular dynamics. In addition the Bioinformatician will contribute to the development and evolution of a platform that integrates and visualises data from different sources to build capability in predictive non-animal approaches for consumer safety

Key Accountabilities:

· Apply and develop data analysis/ structural based approaches that well lead to the identification of adverse outcome
· Joint responsibility for the development and dissemination of user-friendly tools, workflows and databases to a wide group of toxicologists and scientists within the company
· Assist, collaborate and consult with internal/external researchers on computational protein interaction approaches including receptor binding

Skills/ Experience/ Qualifications:

· A degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or equivalent and/or significant professional experience are essential
· Demonstrable theoretical knowledge of and practical experience in computational structural biology (including 2D and 3D methods of pharmacophore inference, ligand- and structure-based virtual screening, small molecule–protein interaction including docking and ranking algorithm development and molecular dynamics). This will include working with available tools such as Gromacs, Discovery Studio, Pipeline Pilot, Schrodinger Maestro and MoE
· Demonstrated programming skills in at least one of the following: Perl, Python R, Java, PHP
· Some background in statistics, machine learning, database management/development, mass spectrometry proteomics data analysis is desirable

· You will also need to be an excellent problem solver who is comfortable working independently.
· As you will work in multidisciplinary teams, you will need strong written and verbal skills to enable you to communicate complex concepts to a broad audience

Standards of Leadership:

· Bias for Action
· Building Talent and Teams
· Growth Mindset
· Consumer and Customer Focus
· Accountability & Responsibility


COMPANY OVERVIEW

Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company in the UK and Ireland. We are already on target to achieve our huge ambition to double the size of our business globally whilst reducing our environmental impact. We are growing our business and also doing what is right for our consumers, community and environment. We are developing brands for people's lives today and for the changing environment tomorrow - making sustainable living commonplace.

Working at Unilever means that you get to take part in this exciting journey and work with amazing people who are really passionate about our large portfolio of famous brands. We want to improve billions of lives and you too can join us in making a sustainable difference.

HOW TO APPLY

Hear stories from our Unilever Makers and understand how you can start your own Unilever career at: http://www.unilever.co.uk/careers-jobs/professionals/.

Or to apply now, click on “Apply to this job”. All candidate applications are reviewed in accordance with the criteria outlined for the job role. Please note that the closing date for the receipt of applications is 04 th February 2016

Candidates who have applied online can track their application through the candidate tracking link or, if you have any additional queries, you may contact the Recruitment hotline number on 0800 0284390.