# Chief Specialist Scientist (E)

Job Description The SAMRC invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for a Chief Specialist Scientist position within the Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP), based in Cape Town. The successful candidate will provide strategic scientific leadership and contribute towards strengthening BRIP’s international reputation in cancer and non-communicable disease (NCD) research. The incumbent will be expected to initiate and lead pioneering multidisciplinary research programmes, secure national and international grant funding, supervise postgraduate students and early-career scientists, and publish extensively in high-impact peer-reviewed journals. The post holder will further drive innovation, translational research, capacity development, and strategic partnerships, while contributing towards unit management, transformation initiatives, and the advancement of precision medicine, risk prediction, and early disease detection approaches within BRIP. Key Responsibilities: Provide strategic leadership in cancer and/or NCD molecular research within the unit. Initiate, lead, and manage novel national and international multidisciplinary research programmes. Conduct high-impact t

- **Id**: 3627921
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/samrc-chief-specialist-scientist-e>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-15T12:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T11:38:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 27
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3928
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 1791254
- **Name**: South African Medical Research Council
- **Domain**: samrc.ac.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/samrc>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: MCI DirectHire

## Salary

- **Min**: 1695807
- **Currency**: ZAR
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 102289

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 27

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T20:15:44Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 62
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.824
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 26
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 102289
- **Is top pay**: no

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