Current Opportunities

NBI Partnership
Business Analyst

Salary: £38,000 - £42,150

The Business Analyst is the main source of financial support for the Institutes' Group Leaders. In addition, they will prepare and interpret the regular financial information which is presented to the various boards and committees of the Institute.

Post: 1006158
Posted: 22 Jul 2026
Closes: 12 Aug 2026
NBI Partnership
HR Manager

Salary: £47,450 - £49,000

The NBI Partnership (NBIP) has an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR Manager to join the busy Human Resources team.

Post: 1006155
Posted: 15 Jul 2026
Closes: 31 Aug 2026
John Innes Centre
Research Assistant

Salary: £30,600 - £37,400

Research Assistants enhance the output of a research group by providing technical and administrative support to the Group Leader and group members.

Post: 1006159
Posted: 30 Jul 2026
Closes: 13 Aug 2026
John Innes Centre
Research Assistant

Salary: £39,000 - £42,150

Research Assistants enhance the output of a research group by providing technical and administrative support to the Group Leader and group members.

The successful candidate will have two main roles.

Post: 1006160
Posted: 28 Jul 2026
Closes: 18 Aug 2026

Competitive salary

The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a creative junior or established researcher to set up and lead an internationally excellent, independent research programme.

Post: 1006122
Posted: 8 Jun 2026
Closes: 1 Sep 2026
Quadram Institute Bioscience
People and Talent Coordinator

Salary: £30,600 - £37,400

The People and Talent Coordinator will provide operational and administrative support to the People and Talent Leads in delivering the Institute’s People and Talent strategy.

Post: 1006152
Posted: 4 Aug 2026
Closes: 18 Aug 2026
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Grants Coordination Officer

Salary: £38,000 - £42,150

To coordinate and support the development, submission, and monitoring of grant applications across the organisation, helping to maximise research income and success rates.

Post: 1006153
Posted: 4 Aug 2026
Closes: 28 Aug 2026

Quadram Institute Bioscience is seeking applications for a Trustee Director position from professionals who have director level or equivalent expertise and are interested in supporting its research and role in improving human health.

Post: 1006163
Posted: 3 Aug 2026
Closes: 31 Aug 2026
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Research Scientist

Salary: £39,000 - £46,500

We are seeking a well-rounded Research Scientist to join a collaborative team working on the study of microbiome-host interactions using New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) using living microbiomes.

Post: 1006162
Posted: 27 Jul 2026
Closes: 17 Aug 2026
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety)

Competitive salary

The McLean Partnership has been engaged by Quadram Institute Bioscience to support this recruitment, please follow the link for more information.

Post: 1004850
Posted: 4 Dec 2025

Salary: £38,000 - £52,560

The post holder will take a research-active software engineering and AI systems role in the AI for Biology Group, building the AI-agent-driven platform required for Generative Digital Biology.

Post: 1006144
Posted: 23 Jul 2026
Closes: 4 Sep 2026

Salary: £39,000 - £52,560

The post holder will conduct primary research in the AI for Biology Group to develop generative, causal and decision-making AI methods for biological design and closed-loop discovery.

Post: 1006143
Posted: 23 Jul 2026
Closes: 18 Sep 2026

Salary: £39,000 - £52,560

The post holder will conduct primary research in the AI for Biology Group to develop large-scale multimodal foundation models.

Post: 1006142
Posted: 23 Jul 2026
Closes: 18 Sep 2026
Earlham Institute
Senior Developer

Salary: £47,450 - £58,000

The Earlham Institute is seeking a versatile full-stack Research Software Engineer (RSE) to join the team behind COPO (Collaborative OPen Omics).

Post: 1006157
Posted: 22 Jul 2026
Closes: 19 Aug 2026

Salary: £24,455 - £25,455

Climate change is outpacing our ability to breed crops that can withstand rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and other environmental stresses.

Post: 1006147
Posted: 15 Jul 2026
Closes: 10 Aug 2026