King's College London

About us

The King’s College London Gene Therapy Vector Facility (GTVF) provides comprehensive GMP-grade viral vector manufacturing services. This includes Lentiviral Vector (LV), Retroviral Vector (RV) and Adeno-Associated Viral Vector (AAV) production for early-phase clinical trials, alongside substantial programmes in process innovation, knowledge transfer and training to address critical skills shortages.

In partnership with the Network of Innovation Hubs, our vision is to ensure that the UK capitalises on its outstanding academic medical research to deliver novel gene therapies to patients, providing transformative treatments for currently intractable conditions, and generating a vibrant economic landscape.

The GTVF is run by a large, industry-leading team of >50 people who have extensive experience in delivering end-to-end viral vector manufacture for both academic and commercial clients, with a focus on early-stage clinical trials.

About the role

The Gene Therapy Vector Facility (GTVF) at KCL manufactures a variety of Advanced Therapy Investigational Medicinal Products (ATIMPs) and starting materials, in state-of-the-art Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facilities for treatment of cancer and rare diseases. This post supports the translation of cutting-edge medical research into clinical application. 

The position is based in a team with an excellent track record in both basic and translational research. The Quality Assistant will be an important part of the Quality Assurance Team to provide support to GMP manufacturing and QC activities and ensure compliance with the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS) and GMP. 

The role will perform tasks including 

• Document control for all GMP activities 
• Archiving  
• Collation and tracking of PQS metrics
• Preparation of batch release documentation and SOPs

The Quality Assistant work with members of the team from all areas including Production, Quality Control, Technical services and MSAT.  This would be an excellent position for someone who learn key  Quality Management system skills .

This is a full time (35 Hours per week) post, and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1.      Experience of quality system, document control and archiving

2.      Experience in data management including maintaining databases and tracking spreadsheets

3.      Experience in writing and working to SOPs or written formal instructions

4.      Demonstrable organisational skills and ability to balance competing demands and priorities.  Experience in taking minutes and organising meetings. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

5.      Education to degree or equivalent

Desirable criteria

1.      Project management experience / managing action plans

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.