POSITION

BIOINFORMATICS SCIENTIST

CROP INFORMATICS

BIOMATHEMATICS AND BIOINFORMATICS DEPARTMENT

DESCRIPTION

Rothamsted Research wishes to recruit a Bioinformatics Scientist who will take responsibility for developing and supporting software and databases in use by our crop scientists who are dependent on high quality genetic and genomics information.

The person appointed will also be responsible for working closely with a data curator who will need new software and database tools to be able to work productively. The appointee will interact with other bioinformatics staff and would be located in the Bioinformatics Group.

REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should be a computer science or biological sciences graduate with previous experience of maintaining and developing bioinformatics software and web-enabled database applications in a Unix environment. Candidates trained in biology must have at lest an MSc in bioinformatics or related subject. Prior experience with PostgreSQL and MySQL would be an advantage. The ideal candidate would be competent in at least two of the following programming languages: Java, Python, Perl, SQL, PHP.

DURATION AND COMPENSATION

This appointment is full time and within Band 6 with a starting salary normally in the region of £24,200 and £27,200 per annum.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply by application form only, available with further particulars from our website http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk or from the HR Group, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ. Please quote reference 972.

DEADLINE

21 May 2007

An Equal Opportunities Employer