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The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute is one of four core funded Cancer Research UK Institutes, and one of the largest departments of the University of Cambridge.

Our goal is to combine world leading basic cancer biology with key technologies to bear on practical questions of cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

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Research Assistant - Deep learning for genomics (Fixed Term)

Closing date: 5 Apr 2024

Research Assistant (Biffi Group) (Fixed Term)

Closing date: 7 Apr 2024

Property Services Administrator (x2) Internal Only

Closing date: 8 Apr 2024

Principal Scientific Associate (Fixed Term)

Scientific associate, proteomics.

Closing date: 14 Apr 2024

Research Assistant (RICS)

Closing date: 15 Apr 2024

Research Associate (Ali Group) (Fixed Term)

Closing date: 16 Apr 2024

In Vivo Animal Technician

Closing date: 18 Apr 2024

Microscopy Specialist (Scientific Associate, Senior Scientific Associate)

Closing date: 6 May 2024

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Early careers at Cancer Research UK

Join us to beat cancer

We are at the forefront of the global fight against cancer, bringing together millions of people who share our determination. But we need to go much further.

We’re looking for people who can work collaboratively and focus on what matters to help us to get to where we want to be.

Whether you’re a graduate, undergraduate, school leaver or looking for a career change, we have programmes that will help develop your skills at the UK’s leading cancer charity. Our schemes offer insight into working for a charity in a supportive environment, all while playing a vital role in the fight against cancer.

Our early career programmes are unique as no previous experience or qualifications are required. This is because we are committed to breaking down barriers and creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, which we believe will help us beat cancer.

Paid internships

Build experience and gain skills that will last a lifetime with our internships. We’re passionate about your personal development and we have opportunities across the charity throughout the year.

Length of programme: 12 weeks

For: anyone looking to gain work experience within the charity sector.

Student placements

Gain invaluable experience with our placements within the Centre for Drug Development or lab-based Cancer Research Horizons. We provide students with an interest in scientific or clinical research the unique opportunity to develop key skills in a world-class clinical research or lab environment. 

Length of programme:  12 months

For:   life sciences or chemistry students who want to gain experience in their placement year.

Accelerate emerging talent scheme

Develop your talents, strengths and experience with our emerging talent scheme, Accelerate. Gain valuable cross-organisational insight as you rotate through placements across the charity while earning a competitive salary in a supportive environment.

Length of programme: 2 years

For: high-potential individuals who want to develop their career in the charity sector. 

Apprenticeships

Learn and study for a qualification whilst working in a role that contributes to our mission of supporting people affected by cancer.

Length of programme: Various

For: anyone wanting to start their career in a new profession, or to progress their career in their current profession, whilst getting an insight into what it’s like working for one of the UK’s leading charities.

All our programmes offer a competitive salary and a range of benefits. Our Accelerate trainees earn £26,000 in your first year with an increase to £27,750 in your second year , whilst our Interns earn the London Living Wage .

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress. And every ounce of effort you put in will be supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive. In return, we make sure you are supported by high-quality tools, policies and processes to help you to do your job well. Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.

Our benefits include: 

Flexibility

We want our people to have time away from work to support their different commitments, needs and interests. We encourage a flexible working culture, including options such as home-working, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job-splits, compressed and core hours. We offer a high level of flexibility for the vast majority of our office-based roles, meaning that you’ll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average.

Development

We offer a wide range of career and personal development opportunities, including induction, core business skills, leadership and management development, talent programmes, accelerated progression opportunities for those with leadership potential, secondments and much more.

Annual leave

Working with us, you’ll be encouraged to take your 25 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays, and an extra day for Christmas Eve. We provide flexibility on religious holidays meaning you can choose to use the 5 UK religious bank holidays at another time for any reason including religious festivals, caring, wellbeing or other interests.

Cancer Research UK staff enjoy great benefits in and around Stratford with deals at local shops, bars and restaurants. Our staff have access to a wide range of discounts, benefits and cashback deals to support you with your financial wellbeing, through our Rewards platform. We offer an online savings and discounts portal covering many widely recognised retailers and brands from electronics, groceries, home and leisure, holidays and more.

My journey at Cancer Research UK has been incredible. I've grown, learned many skills, and discovered aspects of myself. Working alongside diverse individuals has allowed me to tap into a wealth of knowledge and witness skills in others that I aspire to learn. Everyone is incredibly supportive, and always ready to offer assistance. It's been a fulfilling experience for me so far.

Vivian Boamah, Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement

Join an inclusive team

Beating cancer means beating it for everyone. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do.

This will help us make faster progress: it is well known that more diverse organisations perform better, and we will enable our community of cancer researchers to thrive.

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.  

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any questions or concerns you have about how we can support you with a disability or health condition or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. 

Together we will beat cancer.

What to expect from working at Cancer Research UK

At Cancer Research UK, we want you to get involved with all we have to offer. Outside of your day-to-day role, you will have the chance to:

• Get involved in exciting staff fundraising activities
• Join our expansive range of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion networks
• Benefit from our comprehensive wellbeing services

Please contact us if you have any questions or should you require any adjustment due to a disability or a long-term health condition.

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At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. As the world’s leading cancer research charity, we are at the forefront of the global fight against cancer, bringing together millions of people who share our determination to beat it. 

Beating cancer means beating it for everyone. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone can feel like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We must also become a truly sustainable organisation environmentally, financially and operationally if we are to achieve our mission.  

We are working towards a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. A world where some types of cancer are effectively eliminated and many more are prevented from developing in the first place. A world where cancers are diagnosed earlier to ensure successful treatment with kinder, more effective treatments. A world where everyone shares in this progress equally, regardless of who they are, where they come from or what type of cancer they have. And research offers hope – with new ideas, tools, and technologies to unravel cancer’s complexity that were unimaginable just a few years ago. 

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.  Together, we will beat cancer.

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Careers at Worldwide Cancer Research

Worldwide Cancer Research is a small charity with immense ambition – to end cancer by starting new cancer cures worldwide. We find and fund innovative ideas at the start of the cancer research journey all over the world. Starting the life-saving advances of the future by sowing the seeds of new discoveries today. Funding brand new ideas and supporting researchers who ask big, challenging, new questions about how cancer works and how we can control it.

For 40 years our scientists have explored brand new concepts and advanced our understanding of cancer – taking the first step in the research journey that provides new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. As a charity, we are committed to opportunity without barriers, and we are striving to seek, value and learn from different perspectives and experiences.

We want Worldwide Cancer Research to be an inclusive organisation – where everyone can be themselves and feel valued. We strive to ensure our team feels fully supported to fulfil their role without discrimination, as we know how important the role of every individual within the charity is in starting new cures; without them, we wouldn’t exist. If you want to speak to the CEO, you can. If you want to speak to the research team, you can. If you want to share your story, there will always be someone to listen.

We are determined that all applicants and employees receive equitable, fair treatment regardless of gender, sex, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race. We have pledged to ‘Show the Salary’ for the roles we advertise - because our team members are at the heart of everything we do to start new cancer cures around the world.

We welcome applications from all communities to help build an inclusive team, as diverse as the scientific community we fund and the families whose lives we impact. To find out more about what it’s like to be part of Team Worldwide, contact [email protected] .

Trusts and Foundations Officer - closing date for applications; Tuesday 16th April at midnight

Why you should become a Curestarter

Sadly, 1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. That's why we vow to keep funding more lifesaving research projects into any type of cancer, anywhere in the world. We won't stop until cancer does. 

At Worldwide Cancer Research, we believe in providing a work-life balance that allows our pioneering and spirited Curestarters to make a real difference whilst having a fulfilling and rewarding time.

Curestarter benefits

• Salary – We regularly benchmark and review our salaries in line with our Remuneration Policy.
• Holiday – 31 days’ FTE paid leave a year, plus four public holidays on 24 th , 25 th December and 1 st , 2 nd January, or as close as possible.
• Pension – Employer contribution of 10% of your annual salary, greater than the statutory minimum of 3%, your contribution is optional.

Looking after you

Employee benefits

• Maternity, paternity and adoption – Our occupational maternity, paternity and adoption pay are greater than the statutory minimum requirements. We offer coaching sessions on return from leave.
• Travel season tickets – We offer interest-free loans to help spread your commuting costs.
• Cycle to work scheme – To support your health and sustainable commuting, this is available via salary sacrifice.
• Sick pay – We support our team whilst off work unwell, and our sick pay is in excess of the statutory minimum requirement.
• Death in service – We will pay three times your annual salary as life assurance to the person you choose.

Wellbeing matters

• Health and wellbeing guidance – Creating a workplace and culture that promotes health and wellbeing as its cornerstone.
• Carer days – If you're ever needed to help a dependant, planned or unplanned, we offer three paid carer days FTE a year.
• Occupational health – We work with external OH professionals to help team members stay in work or return to work.
• Employee counselling service – We offer referrals to an independent and confidential counselling service.
• Mental health training – Mental health matters. That's why we run regular mental health training across the team.
• Employee assistance programme – Every member of our team and their household have access to a free, independent helpline that offers support around finance, mental and physical wellbeing.
• Workstation safety and comfort – We run regular display screen equipment check ins for office and home.

Work-life balance

• Hybrid working – If you are full time, we ask you to be in the office at least two days a week over our 10am – 3pm core hours.
• Two-week fully remote working – You can apply to work fully remotely from a location of your choice for two weeks each year.
• Nine-day fortnight –Every second Friday as a stand down day for the team.

Curestarter benefits - download our at a glance guide

Our people are important to us – and are critical to the success of the charity..

Check out our People Plan and find out more about how employees are at the very core of our ambitious organisational strategy of funding 100 new discoveries every year by 2031.

We were thrilled to be awarded  Employer Brand of the year 2023  at The Marketing Society's annual St Andrew's Day dinner

We are delighted to announce that we have won an Employee Engagement Award 2021 from Agenda Consulting .

The award is given to Agenda clients that achieve over 80% engagement and over 50% response rate .

We aim to not only measure engagement at Worldwide Cancer Research but act on team feedback to continuously improve it.

We are accredited as a Disability Confident Committed Employer to show that we are taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We are committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment, promoting vacancies through a range of channels and offering interviews to applicants who have told us of their disability and who meet the criteria for the role.

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