Overview
Internal Applicants Only – Research Assistant – Uhw Main Building, Cardiff
This post is currently open to employees of Cardiff University only. Please do not apply if you do not have a current contract of employment with the University.
Internal Applicants Only – Research Assistant
Division of Cancer & Genetics
School of Medicine
College of Biomedical and Life Sciences
The Wales Cancer Biobank (WCB), based in the Division of Cancer and Genetics in Cardiff University, is looking to recruit a full time (35 hours per week) Research Assistant. The postholder will liaise with researchers applying to use the biosample resource and assist with the management of research applications to ensure robust project tracking is maintained. The postholder will also be required to undertake data collection and data entry duties, extracting relevant medical information from clinical electronic systems and executing queries to match sample requests to inventory.
The post will also involve talking to cancer patients to gain their consent for the WCB to access and store biosamples for cancer related research. This will require the postholder to work with patients and a variety of healthcare professionals, laboratory staff and cancer researchers meaning excellent interpersonal and team working skills will be vital. The postholder must be able to work on their own initiative and unsupervised to deadlines and be proficient at planning and organising their own workload. More information on the Wales Cancer Biobank can be found on the website at www.walescancerbank.com.
Cardiff University offers many excellent benefits, including 45 days annual leave (incl bank holidays), pension scheme, a cycle to work scheme and other travel initiatives, annual increments within the pay scale, and more. It is an exciting and vibrant place to work, with many different challenges and is a proud Living Wage supporter.
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Lisa Spary, Wales Cancer Biobank Operations Manager – SparyLK@cardiff.ac.uk
This post is full time (35 hours per week), fixed term for 2 years and available immediately.
Salary: £33,951 – £36,636 per annum (Grade 5). Appointments are usually made at the bottom of the scale, except in exceptional circumstances.
Closing date: Thursday, 30 July 2026
External applications are currently not being considered for this post. If the decision is made to open the post to external candidates, the strapline at the top will be removed and you will be given ample time to apply – please check back periodically for details.
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We especially welcome and encourage applications from those under-represented groups within the University workforce, such as those who identify as LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or those with disabilities. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: Responsible research assessment – Research – Cardiff University
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Mae’r swydd hon ar agor i weithwyr Prifysgol Caerdydd yn unig ar hyn o bryd. Peidiwch ymgeisio os nad oes ganddoch gytundeb cyflogaeth ddilys gyda’r brifysgol.
Ymgeiswyr Mewnol yn Unig – Cynorthwyydd Ymchwil
Isadran Canser a Geneteg
Yr Ysgol Meddygaeth
Coleg y Gwyddorau Biofeddygol a Bywyd
Mae Biofanc Canser Cymru (WCB), sydd wedi’i leoli yn Adran Canser a Geneteg ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, yn chwilio am Gynorthwyydd Ymchwil llawn amser (35 awr yr wythnos). Bydd deiliad y swydd yn cysylltu ag ymchwilwyr sy’n gwneud cais i ddefnyddio’r adnodd biosamplau ac yn cynorthwyo gyda rheoli ceisiadau ymchwil i sicrhau bod olrhain prosiectau cadarn yn cael ei gynnal. Bydd gofyn i ddeiliad y swydd hefyd ymgymryd â dyletswyddau casglu data a mewnbwn data, gan echdynnu gwybodaeth feddygol berthnasol o systemau electronig clinigol a gweithredu ymholiadau i baru ceisiadau sampl â rhestr eiddo.
Bydd y swydd hefyd yn cynnwys siarad â chleifion canser i gael eu caniatâd i’r WCB gael mynediad at fio-samplau a’u storio ar gyfer ymchwil sy’n gysylltiedig â chanser. Bydd hyn yn ei gwneud yn ofynnol i ddeiliad y swydd weithio gyda chleifion ac amrywiaeth o weithwyr gofal iechyd proffesiynol, staff labordy ac ymchwilwyr canser, sy’n golygu y bydd sgiliau rhyngbersonol a gwaith tîm rhagorol yn hanfodol. Rhaid i ddeiliad y swydd allu gweithio ar ei fenter ei hun a heb oruchwyliaeth i derfynau amser a bod yn hyddysg wrth gynllunio a threfnu ei lwyth gwaith ei hun. Mae rhagor o wybodaeth am Fiobanc Canser Cymru ar gael ar y wefan www.walescancerbank.com.
Mae Prifysgol Caerdydd yn cynnig llawer o fuddion rhagorol, gan gynnwys 45 diwrnod o wyliau blynyddol (gan gynnwys gwyliau banc), cynllun pensiwn, cynllun beicio i’r gwaith a mentrau teithio eraill, cynnydd blynyddol o fewn y raddfa gyflog, a mwy. Mae’n lle cyffrous a bywiog i weithio, gyda llawer o heriau gwahanol ac mae’n gefnogwr balch o’r Cyflog Byw.
Am ymholiadau anffurfiol, cysylltwch â Dr Lisa Spary, Rheolwr Gweithrediadau Biofanc Canser Cymru – SparyLK@cardiff.ac.uk.
Mae’r swydd hon yn llawn amser (35 awr yr wythnos), tymor penodol am 2 flynedd ac ar gael ar unwaith.
Cyflog: £33,951 – £36,636 y flwyddyn (Gradd 5). Fel arfer, gwneir penodiadau ar waelod y raddfa, ac eithrio mewn amgylchiadau eithriadol.
Dyddiad cau: Dydd Iau, 30 Gorffennaf 2026
Nid yw ceisiadau allanol yn cael eu hystyried ar gyfer y swydd hon ar hyn o bryd. Os penderfynir agor y swydd i ymgeiswyr allanol, bydd yr isbennawd ar y brig yn cael ei thynnu a rhoddir digon o amser i chi wneud cais – cadwch olwg ar y dudalen am fanylion.
Mae Prifysgol Caerdydd wedi ymrwymo i gefnogi a hyrwyddo cydraddoldeb ac amrywiaeth a chreu gweithle cynhwysol. Rydym o’r farn bod modd gwneud hyn drwy ddenu, datblygu a chadw ystod amrywiol o bobl o lawer o gefndiroedd gwahanol. Felly, rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan bobl o bob rhan o’r gymuned, beth bynnag fo’u rhyw, eu hethnigrwydd, eu hanabledd, eu cyfeiriadedd rhywiol, eu hunaniaeth draws, statws eu perthynas, eu crefydd neu eu cred, eu cyfrifoldebau gofalu neu eu hoedran. Rydym yn croesawu ac yn annog ceisiadau yn arbennig gan y rhai o grwpiau nad ydynt wedi’u cynrychioli’n ddigonol o fewn gweithlu’r Brifysgol, fel y rhai sy’n uniaethu fel LGBT+, o gefndiroedd ethnig leiafrifol neu’r rhai ag anableddau. Er mwyn helpu ein cyflogeion i sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng eu gwaith a’u bywydau personol, byddwn hefyd yn ystyried cynigion i weithio’n hyblyg neu rannu swydd.
Mae Prifysgol Caerdydd wedi llofnodi Datganiad ar Asesu Ymchwil (DORA) San Francisco, sy’n golygu y byddwn, wrth wneud penderfyniadau cyflogi a dyrchafu, yn gwerthuso ymgeiswyr ar sail safon eu hymchwil, nid ar sail metrigau cyhoeddi na’r cyfnodolyn y mae’r ymchwil wedi’i chyhoeddi ynddo. Ceir rhagor o wybodaeth yma: Asesu ymchwil yn gyfrifol – Ymchwil – Prifysgol Caerdydd
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