Career profile: quality officer
In this career profile, Ellie describes her role as a Quality Officer. This is one of a series of career profiles exploring lots of different jobs in genomics.
About me:
Name: Ellie
Job title: Quality Officer
What do I do: As a Quality Officer I make sure that research done by the scientists is correct, reproducible, and can be distributed to the world. I create systems and processes to help scientists do their jobs well!
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Skills I use in my job:
Creativity
We are pioneers in introducing a Quality Management System in a research institute, so every day we have to create new strategies and tools!
Teamwork
There are 8 of us in the team, and we support more than 300 people between us, so coordination and trust are essential.
Communication
Lab work never goes to plan and often requires adapting and quick changes for timely returns of data.
Problem solving
One key part of my job is Issue Management, so I always have to figure out solutions to different problems.