Careers at Oxford Genetics

Our Mission

Oxford Genetics develops pioneering technologies that streamline biopharmaceutical design, discover and development which is why we recruit the best people to grow with us – join us to develop your career!

Candidates

When we receive your application, we will look at it carefully to see if you are right for the role. We aim to contact all successful candidates within 2-3 weeks of application however, should you not have received a telephone call or an e-mail during this time, it means you have not been selected on this occasion.

Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to provide feedback for candidates who are not selected for interview. We thank you for your application and interest in Oxford Genetics. If you would like to receive the latest career opportunity alerts then please sign up here.

Recruitment Agencies

Thank you for your interest in Oxford Genetics.  We operate a scientific partnership agency scheme, sharing access to an insightful level of company information and hiring cycles, to provide the best overall experience for our partnership recruitment agencies and our future employees.

We review our partnership agency panel during our Spring annual review and when necessary – if your agency was not contacted by the end of March 2019, you were not shortlisted on this occasion.  When shortlisting, we take a number of considerations into account, some of which are below:

• Understanding the needs of working with a small business and having the ability to work with a lean human resources team
• Having attention to detail and being able to follow instructions
• Having clear terms and conditions that are easy to understand, preferably in plain English, with clear fee levels and no hidden additions
• Recruiter website and ease of communication with main recruiters
• Recruiter knowledge, skills and experience in or related to the biotech industry
• Service levels from all recruitment agency employees
• Breadth and methods of searching for candidates
• Recruitment agencies who work only on an ‘exclusive’ or ‘retained’ basis are considered to be unsuitable for our Partnership Scheme

Whilst we would love to have lots time to communicate with every recruitment agency that contacts us with detailed telephone discussions, onsite meetings and laboratory tours, and have previously responded to every contact, we are no longer able to respond on more than 1 occasion each year.  Unsolicited CV’s will be deleted.  Adding us to marketing e-mail and telephone lists or approaching company employees directly or persistent requests for telephone call discussions and meetings, will result in your agency being removed for consideration from our scheme.   Only by concentrating on one quality contact with details about your agency with your terms and conditions will demonstrate you meet our first two selection criteria below:

• Understanding the needs of working with a small business and having the ability to work with a lean human resources team
• Having attention to detail and being able to follow instructions

Should you meet the above criteria and wish to be considered in the future, please sign up here.  We will contact you should we need to or if you are shortlisted at our next annual review.  By sending us your company details, you are asking us to hold your data on file and understand that we will only keep it for as long as we need it to ensure it is up-to-date and to comply with the Data Protection Act.

Internships and Work Experience Placements

We do offer a limited number of Internship Placement opportunities each year.  Our internship placements are usually for 12 months for those who successfully obtain Erasmus or similar alternative funding however, we have already filled our positions for September 2018 to September 2019.

For European Union passport holders, should you be interested in a 12 month Internship Placement for September 2019 to September 2020, please send your application, together with your funding information, as a direct application to the European Student Placement Agency Ltd, Unit 12, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath, BA1 3JN www.espauk.com.

For Non-European Union passport holders, should you be interested in a 12 month Intern Placement for September 2019 to September 2020, please send your application, together with your funding information, as a direct application, clearly stating ‘Internship Application’ in the subject heading your application e-mail, to recruitment@oxgene.com between 25 February and 1 March 2019.  Your application should include information including your skills and experience gained in education and employment that demonstrate your suitability for an internship with us, details of your visa and why you have chosen Oxford Genetics.

Our work experience placements depend on individual need however, we have already filled our positions for 2019 and are unable to hold details on file.  Thank you for your interest and we wish you luck in your future career.