Training Generalist

ALTEN IS LOOKING FOR A TRAINING GENERALIST FOR ASTRA ZENECA! 

 

The main responsibilities of this role will be:

• support the organisation of instructor-led training courses offered by the R&D Data Science Learning & Development Team (DS&AI); the current portfolio includes courses on basic programming (R and Python), statistical analysis, machine learning, coding best practices and analytical pipelines for ‘omics data (mainly transcriptomics and proteomics);
• contribute to the development of new courses, in bioinformatics and data science related topics, in response to the needs of AZ stakeholders;
• contribute to the development of training materials for both online and in person training and
• conduct technical training on one or more of the above mentioned topics where/if appropriate.


ADDITIONALLY, THEY WILL BE INVOLVED IN:
• SUPPORTING OUR EXISTING TRAINERS IN CURRICULUM PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY, AS APPROPRIATE FOR DIFFERENT COURSES,
• RUNNING TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY UNMET GAPS AND CONSEQUENTLY DEVELOP TRAINING SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS SUCH GAPS AND
• TRAINING COURSE EVALUATION THROUGH ANALYSIS OF TRAINEES’ FEEDBACK.

ESSENTIAL
• A DEGREE IN LIFE SCIENCES, STATISTICS OR COMPUTER SCIENCE
• HIGHLY SELF-MOTIVATED
• EXCELLENT ORGANISATION, COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
• ABILITY TO WORK WELL AS PART OF A TEAM.
• ABILITY TO WORK TO TIGHT DEADLINES IS ESSENTIAL.

DESIRABLE
• EXPERIENCE IN SCIENTIFIC TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND/OR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
• FAMILIARITY WITH USING BIOINFORMATICS / DATA SCIENCE APPROACHES TO SOLVE BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
• EXPERIENCE IN TRAINING SCIENTISTS TO USE BIOINFORMATICS / DATA SCIENCE TOOLS AND/OR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING MATERIALS OR DOCUMENTATION
• PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE IN EITHER R OR PYTHON WOULD BE AN ASSET BUT IS NOT ESSENTIAL.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU
Every employee is equally valuable in the success of ALTEN! We are driven by making people grow and develop, which is why we offer you the opportunity to work with what you are truly passionate about. At ALTEN, we have a broad range of assignments at most of the leading companies in Sweden in several different sectors, to make it possible for your wishes to come true. We offer both national and international opportunities and together with your coaching manager, you build your career path so you constantly are able to develop and achieve your goals and dreams! As a consultant at ALTEN, you will get the genuine team feeling at your assignment but also a wonderful togetherness at ALTEN. Through our different internal networks, such as ALTEN Sports, Women@ALTEN and ALTEN Innovation you will get the opportunity to drive topics and activities that are close to your heart, together with your colleagues. All activities are of course optional. Work life balance is our top priority. We also have a collective agreement and other benefits like Pension, Insurances and Wellness grants.

We believe in growing together!