Squad Coach - 12 month fixed term contract (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & London)

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Company Description

Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.

Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.

We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.

We are looking for a Squad Coach / Scrum Master to join our thriving Agile practice.

At Genomics England, Agility is core to achieving our company vision - to create a world where everyone benefits from personalised genomic medicine. We firmly believe Agile ways of working are key to:

Our Squad Coaches are the cornerstone of Agility at Genomics England. They are essential to ensuring each squad strives towards exceptional levels of performance to deliver high-value, high-quality services that make a difference to the lives and treatment of patients in the UK living with cancer and rare diseases.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional squads solving meaningful problems in cancer, rare diseases and beyond, contributing to life-changing genomic services for the NHS and wider research communities.

This role will suit a true collaborator and people person - someone who understands where they can add real value and is motivated by facilitating others to achieve great things.

Job Description

Qualifications

Essential Skills And Experience For Success

Desirable Skills And Experience For Success

Additional Information

Please note: this is a 12 month fixed term contract. We have a blended working model, for this role you will be required on-site c. 8 days per month.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 27th July at 23:59

Salary from: £60,000

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including:

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.

Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary toour virtues, undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties. Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity.

We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process, we encourage you to discuss this with us.

Blended working model

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to, however, some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g., lab teams, reception team.

Our teams and squads have, and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

Onboarding background checks

As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Location:
London, England, United Kingdom
Salary:
£60,000 - £80,000
Job Type:
PartTime
Category:
Other

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