Careers


Please check back often for new opportunities to join our international secretariat team and help us advance genomic data sharing for the benefit of human health and medicine.

Technical Writer

EMBL-EBI • Cambridge, UK

The Technical Writer will support the production and organisation of the varied set of technical documents and articles needed to support our work. GA4GH standards include file formats for storing large scale genomic data, services for executing analytical workflows in varied compute environments, models for phenotypic and clinical data capable of integrating with electronic health records, and methods for secure data access. Our documentation spans use cases, proposals and development documents, standard specifications, implementation guides, detailed academic publications and installation guides. Responsibilities include working with contributors to write and refine documentation and text of many types, aiming to produce clear, consistent and technically accurate documents to support our standards development work and the adoption of our standards. You will also have responsibility for ensuring that documents are clearly organised across GA4GH, working with our Work Stream management staff and others to achieve this.
Closing date: April 3, 2022

Work Stream Manager

Wellcome Sanger Institute • Cambridge, UK

The Work Stream Manager provides expert project management support for two to three Global Alliance for Genomics Health (GA4GH) Work Streams. In addition to supporting the assigned Work Streams, you will be expected to represent GA4GH at the national and international level, and represent GA4GH projects, teams, and initiatives in international collaborations and national genomics programmes. Responsibilities include strategy development and implementation and programme management of several international task-teams and knowledge exchange projects from concept development through to external communications and continued development. You will play a critical role in setting the goals and priorities of these groups, as well as the GA4GH Executive and Steering Committee.
Closing date: February 16, 2022