Bioinformatician - Bioinformatics Core Facility

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full Time - Fixed Term

Organisation: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

**Salary**: $88,228 - $97,770

Occupation: Research

Reference: 4850

At Peter Mac we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research and education across all cancers and for all people affected by cancer: changing lives, breaking new ground. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values, Excellence, Compassion and Innovation. Welcoming people from a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences is critical to fostering innovation, cultivating compassion, attracting and retaining top talent and providing the best possible cancer care for our patients.

YOUR ROLE IN OUR FUTURE

Bioinformatician, Bioinformatics Core Facility - Cancer Research Division
- Fixed-Term, Full time, 2 year position
- 80 hours a fortnight with monthly ADOs
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Attractive salary packaging options are available

The primary responsibility of this role is to support the bioinformatics analysis of cancer research projects in the Bioinformatics Core Facility and will work closely with Professor Ben Hogan in the Program for Organogenesis and Cancer, and other researchers at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

**Essential Requirements**:
Qualification, experience and skills:

- BSc with Honours or Masters in an appropriate area of study (such as Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Systems Biology, or Computer Science), or relevant experience working with transcriptomic data
- Excellent programming and data analysis skills in R and Python
- Experience working in a Unix environment and shell scripting
- Experience in bioinformatics and genomics research, such as working with next-generation sequencing data, transcriptomic and single-cell data
- Experience or keen interest in working on biological or biomedical problems

Transferable skills:

- Proven interpersonal and collaborative skills in achieving research outcomes
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work constructively within a cross-disciplinary team environment
- Excellent attention to detail, ensuring that data analysis, new methods and software implementations are of high quality and accessible to other researchers
- Ability to manage time effectively and be reliable and approachable
- Willingness to take direction and have progress reviewed where required

**Desirable Requirements**:

- Knowledge or basic training in cell and developmental biology or molecular genetics
- Experience working with bioinformatics pipelines and analysis methods for genomics data
- Experience working with high-performance computing (HPC) systems, or cloud computing
- Experience with multi-omics data integration
- Experience in data management

Applicants to this role should provide a covering letter outlining relative key skills and experience to assist us with our assessment.

Hiring Manager: Richard Lupat
Applications Close: 11:59PM Thursday 7th, November
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Peter Mac requires its staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this requirement.

**WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC**

Peter Mac offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally.

Our staff benefits include award winning facilities, professional development and events, a health and wellbeing program, flexible work practices and policies and financial benefits such as salary packaging.



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