Bioinformatics Specialist

Role overview

Compensation

• Compensation range is CAD $8,810.92–$13,202.50 monthly.

Work performed

• Lead bioinformatics analysis planning and assess needs for pipelines, training, project support, and institutional strategy.
• Select analytical services with the advisory committee and establish core services and service standards.
• Develop SOPs, documentation, and internal promotion of the core.
• Coordinate system needs between technical groups and stakeholders across BCCHR and UBC.
• Plan service priorities, costs, and cost recovery with leadership and the advisory committee.
• Lead software development and architect data management and database solutions; advise leadership on technical direction.
• Develop tests for software, monitor systems issues, and recommend infrastructure improvements.
• Develop genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic pipelines and data management tools, including relational databases.
• Conduct and support bioinformatics and statistical analysis and interpretation of sequencing data using software and custom scripts.
• Document and communicate analysis results and collaborate with research teams on experimental design and data management.

Workplace and appointment

• The role is associated with the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute in Vancouver; duties include coordinating system needs for both onsite and offsite groups.
• The position has a stated job end date of November 30, 2029.
• The posting states that required background checks must be completed satisfactorily.

Posting details

Requirements

• The description identifies a bioinformatician to develop and oversee the BCCHR Bioinformatics Core; no candidate qualification requirements are included in the supplied text.