Total 49 Senior Executive level Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in NSW - Sydney - City & Inner West

Part -time (0.4 FTE 14 hours per week), Fixed term position for 6 months based at Penrith campus (Kingswood)
Remuneration: $67,816 to $77,793 p.a. Including Super & Leave Loading
Benefit from flexible work arrangements, salary packaging, development opportunities and more

       Part -time (0.4 FTE 14 hours per week), Fixed term position for 6 months        Based at Penrith Campus (Kingswood)  About Western Sydney University Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led university, located in the heart of Australias fastest-growing, economically significant region. The University has 11 campuses in Sydney, as well as campuses in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Surabaya, Indonesia, with plans for two campuses in India. With over 200,000 alumni, almost 50,000 students, and approximately 3,500 staff, the University promotes a dynamic, inclusive, and innovative culture focused on research and dedicated to student-centered excellence. Our
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WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION TRUSTAcademy Trust Senior Science Technician
Grade 3 Scale point 9 – 22 (Full Time, Term Time Only) Salary £26,409- £32,654
Actual salary based on scale point 9 approximately £23,089
Waverley Education Foundation (WEF) is a Multi Academy Trust, which operates both Waverley School and Waverley Studio College. WEF has over 1900 students on roll across the trust. It develops, brokers and delivers a range of services which support learning and leadership & management and improve outcomes for children and young people.
Waverley School is an all through school for students aged 4-19. It also has a Resource Base for students with cognition and learning difficulties. In its recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Waverley School was graded as a ‘Good’ School. We have state of the art facilities for learning, teaching and training and a strong staff team that are committed to the learning and development of all our students.
Our core values of Humanity, Equality, Aspiration and Respect support our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do.
 “Pupils have a strong understanding of diversity, respect and tolerance, including for different family lifestyles” – Ofsted 2021
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join Waverley Education Foundation Trust to work across both Waverley School and Waverly Studio College.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for preparing and clearing away all equipment and materials for lessons. They will be required to support teachers in practical lessons as required and be confident to work with Science equipment, safely following all Health & Safety Regulations as necessary. The ability to use own initiative and work efficiently and effectively to tight deadlines would be very helpful. They must have excellent knowledge of Health & Safety/COSHH Regulations for all Science equipment/materials. Applicants must also have a good general standard of education – A* - C in English, Maths and Science or equivalent.
The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’

Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow in Computational Chemistry
Job No.:
Location: Parkville campus
Employment Type: Full-time fraction
Duration: 18-months fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $114,951 - $136,505 pa Level B / $140,812 - $162,366 pa Level C (plus 17% employer superannuation)  

Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
Join our inclusive, collaborative community
Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

The Opportunity
The position is a 1.5-year industry funded position working as part of a multidisciplinary team to support structure assisted GPCR drug discovery programs.  As the successful candidate you will play a pivotal role in designing and optimizing novel molecules and drug candidates for a GPCR drug discovery program. You will develop and implement cutting-edge computational approaches to accelerate the identification and optimization of novel drug

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JOB TITLE: Senior Data Science Analyst

LOCATION(S): London

SALARY: £57,447 - £63,830

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least

two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity
We're on a journey to build the bank of the future, and we need your help! We're continuing our extensive transformation Programme, recreating what a bank is from the inside out. Become part of our diverse team, and you'll experience a rare opportunity to impact the lives of more than 26 million customers through brands including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows. We need people who can make this transformation a reality.

Join our Economic Crime Intelligence Lab in a key Data Science role you'll see how a leading FinTech fights fraud whilst ensuring continuity of the service our customers expect. You're going after the fraudsters, the social engineering con-artists and money mules. In turn this helps to protect customers and wider society from the harm caused by fraud and scams.

You'd be using your skills in Python to update and maintain our machine learning libraries underpinning our fraud controls. You'll work with new technologies (Spark, Hadoop, Pyspark), toolsets and techniques to embed the latest solutions into our products. Your skills will in time be utilised within wider Economic Crime areas with exposure to even wider technologies and learning.

Ultimately you'll get to identify innovative solutions within machine learning and use statistical analysis to detect and prevent fraud against our customers and the bank. Your input will help our fraud detection become ever more sophisticated through improved accuracy i.e. less interruption of genuine customer transactions. You'll also have very well-defined success metrics (e.g. detection rate, alert rate) and an abundance of meaningful, complex data for you to get stuck into.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you'll need

• Appropriate educational background in a numerical or computing-based subject, or significant relevant experience.
• Practical experience of using Python in real world business applications.
• Understanding and practically applying Machine Learning techniques within a commercial/industrial context.
• Exhibit a flair for statistical analysis and innovation in its use and application.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Subject Matter Expert in Fraud Data, Fraud Detection Systems and Fraud Modus Operandi (MO's)

• Distributed computing frameworks
• Previous experience using machine learning to tackle fraud detection problems
• Contributions to open source projects

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

* An annual performance-related bonus

* Share schemes including free shares

* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

* 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

JOB TITLE: Senior Data Science Analyst

LOCATION(S): Leeds

SALARY: £45,954 - £51,060

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least

two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity
We're on a journey to build the bank of the future, and we need your help! We're continuing our extensive transformation Programme, recreating what a bank is from the inside out. Become part of our diverse team, and you'll experience a rare opportunity to impact the lives of more than 26 million customers through brands including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows. We need people who can make this transformation a reality.

Join our Economic Crime Intelligence Lab in a key Data Science role you'll see how a leading FinTech fights fraud whilst ensuring continuity of the service our customers expect. You're going after the fraudsters, the social engineering con-artists and money mules. In turn this helps to protect customers and wider society from the harm caused by fraud and scams.

You'd be using your skills in Python to update and maintain our machine learning libraries underpinning our fraud controls. You'll work with new technologies (Spark, Hadoop, Pyspark), toolsets and techniques to embed the latest solutions into our products. Your skills will in time be utilised within wider Economic Crime areas with exposure to even wider technologies and learning.

Ultimately you'll get to identify innovative solutions within machine learning and use statistical analysis to detect and prevent fraud against our customers and the bank. Your input will help our fraud detection become ever more sophisticated through improved accuracy i.e. less interruption of genuine customer transactions. You'll also have very well-defined success metrics (e.g. detection rate, alert rate) and an abundance of meaningful, complex data for you to get stuck into.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you'll need

• Appropriate educational background in a numerical or computing-based subject, or significant relevant experience.
• Practical experience of using Python in real world business applications.
• Understanding and practically applying Machine Learning techniques within a commercial/industrial context.
• Exhibit a flair for statistical analysis and innovation in its use and application.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Subject Matter Expert in Fraud Data, Fraud Detection Systems and Fraud Modus Operandi (MO's)

• Distributed computing frameworks
• Previous experience using machine learning to tackle fraud detection problems
• Contributions to open source projects

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

* An annual performance-related bonus

* Share schemes including free shares

* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

* 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Companies have increasingly been relying on market insights to make informed decisions and our role at NIQ has evolved into us being information scientists -predicting the ‘What's Next’ for our clients, in order for them to grow, stay relevant in the present, and for the future. Our behavioral researchers in NIQ’s Consumer Insights team tackle our clients’ issues by unlocking the why and the how, while our data researchers identify key clients' priorities quantitatively by applying data science techniques to the survey and other big data sources.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and building an accurate, complete, up-to-date understanding of the market with insightful data and intelligence
• Accountable for analyses, charting, and performing quality checks for analytic reports
• Assisting in developing analytical solutions, consumer insight recommendations, and developing questionnaires aligned with client goals and needs
• Assisting in preparation of proposals and credential presentations
• Ensuring timely and quality deliverables and services to clients
• Providing administrative and operational support in research projects
• Collaborating with the various internal teams for research projects

A Little Bit About You

You will play an essential role in managing research projects from start to finish, supporting the Manager on research design, analysis, reporting through to presenting findings to clients. We will arm you with the best in market research skills and capabilities, through on the job coaching and structured training. You will also be given access to our full range of data and analytics solutions. Whilst we love surveys, we also have plenty of other data to quench your curiosity and wow your clients.

(Senior) Clinical Research Associate 

Are you a Clinical Research Associate or Senior Clinical Research Associate looking for a new and exciting challenge with opportunity for ongoing support and growth? Are you looking for a career and not just a job? Then we have the role for you!

Why join the IQVIA CRA team?

Included in Fortune 500 world's most admired company list for 2021.

Leader in adopting new ways of remote working in collaboration with key investigator sites.

Smooth onboarding process with your own dedicated onboarding specialist to guide you through your first few weeks in collaboration with your new line manager and CRA buddy.  Your dedicated onboarding specialist will be available to help you navigate through your first few weeks thus ensuring a smooth start to your new role.

World class training platforms and extensive resources to upskill in numerous areas including therapeutic knowledge, soft skills & technical skills.  Regular and ongoing training provided as part of your development.

Opportunities to move into variety of different roles within R&D or the commercial business.  So if you dream of progressing your career to include Project Management, Line Management, Quality Management, Regulatory and Start Up or helping clients bring their product to market faster, then IQVIA is the company for you.

We offer a Project Management Gateway program for future project management and project analysist roles where you will be mentored by an existing project manager/project management analyst on a range of tasks.  

 Opportunity for mentoring and developing junior CRAs taking part in our unique CRA Development program.

Philosophy of promoting from within as first choice. Over 40% of new roles in the past year were filled with existing staff.

Opportunity to work as a CRA in the site management department or switch to a dedicated Sponsor model (or vice versa) should you wish to vary your CRA experience. 

Our stand-alone Biotech Delivery Unit focusses on mainly early phase oncology and healthy patient volunteer studies offering you the chance to expand your skills in these exciting areas.

Experienced and stable line management team who focus on outcomes to guide you on your individual CRA journey - wherever it may take you.  

Enormous flexibility for when, where and how work is done.

To apply for one of our fabulous roles you must meet the following minimum criteria:

Degree in life sciences
Minimum 3 years’ experience independent monitoring experience
Previous Clinical Research Associate experience
Solid knowledge of ICH GCP
Knowledge of regulatory environment
Sound knowledge of technology

Salary ranges depending on experience from $100,000 - $155,000 AUD salary package + super.

Want to know more then please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Team on - 02 9805 6800.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. Learn more at  https://jobs.iqvia.com

Fixed Term (1 year ? with possibility of extension), Full Time
Classifications Research Fellow | ACLEB | $106,000 ? $126,000 plus 17% employer superannuation contributions Senior Research Fellow | ACSLC | $130,000 - $150,000 plus 17% employer superannuation contributions
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What skills and experience we're looking for

At Q3 Academy Langley, we have the absolute highest expectations of behaviour and politeness from our students, and have several procedures that support and reinforce these ideals. We expect the successful candidate to comply with such procedures, understanding that when an Academy rows together, students can learn in a safe and consistent environment. In July 2018, we were delighted to have been one of the first schools nationally to have been awarded the prestigious Schools of Character award, reflecting our commitment to developing young people beyond the classroom.

Job Purpose:

• To work with the Curriculum Director to ensure that the department runs efficiently at all times
• To be responsible for the support and guidance to the Technicians within the department

What the school offers its staff

Q3 Academy Langley opened its doors in September 2016, becoming the first brand-new secondary education provider in Sandwell in a decade. We are looking to add to our fantastic team of dedicated, hard-working colleagues, who contribute to a wonderful culture of work.

Our curriculum model is focused primarily on the EBacc subjects, forming our Core. Additionally, we have a project-based, cross-curricular provision (Horizon, Innov8 and Cloud 9) that develops student learning both academically and holistically. Because of this innovative model, there is a minimal strain in terms of lesson planning, leaving time to hone learning and the art of teaching.

In May 2019, we received glowing feedback from our first Ofsted inspection. As well as highlighting our outstanding behaviour, pastoral and leadership systems, the lead inspector expressed that Q3 Academy Langley was ‘not a normal school.’ Our outward-facing approach has led us to be at the forefront of educational innovation – our focus on being ‘warm but strict’, and putting knowledge at the heart of our curriculum has led Schools Week to dub us ‘the Michaela of the Midlands’.

Additionally, our attendance and persistent absence figures have been amongst the very best in the entire country – this is particularly impressive when considering the socio-economic context of the Academy (IDACI ‘Deprived’) and the broad cultural mix of our cohort.

Please apply via The Mercian Trust Recruitment Portal only. CV’s will not be accepted.

If you wish to speak about this role further please contact the academy.

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visitingwww.crb.gov.uk.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment all offers of employment are subject to an online check, Enhanced DBS check and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

Executive Officer - Ministry of Justice

Location: Leeds (Hybrid 2-3 days in the office, the other days working from home)

Pay: £12.74 per hour rising to £14.09 per hour after 12 weeks

Job Type: Temporary

Sector: Public Sector

Hours: 37 hours a week

A Little Bit About Us:

Brook Street have grown into one of the UK's leading recruitment agencies − matching thousands of people with meaningful job opportunities at more than 4,500 companies every year. Delivering a quality service to suit the needs of clients and candidates alike was important to our founder Margery Hurst and it remains important to us today.

Recruitment is about so much more than just filling job vacancies. It's about giving people the chance to unleash their full potential, through their perfect new role.

About the Client:

The Ministry of Justice is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. They work to protect and advance the principles of justice. Their vision is to deliver a world-class justice system that works for everyone in society.

Role Purpose

We are looking to recruit Judicial Pension caseworkers. The post holder will combine strong analytical skill, experience dealing with complexity and ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

The job holder will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities.

• Follow relevant MoJ policies and procedures applicable to your work.
• Production and quality control of individual case work.
• Resolve complex queries, reviewing a range of evidence (including numerical data sources and written correspondence) to provide recommendations for action.
• Manage the relationships and expectations of a range of key external stakeholders (such as Judges and other MOJ departments), tailoring messages appropriately and paying close attention to detail.
• Communicate in a straightforward, honest, and engaging manner, choosing appropriate styles to maximise understanding and impact.
• Build the capability to develop and implement processes and change as required.
• Identify improvements to pensions data quality and data quality policies to ensure that statutory duties are fulfilled.
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the skill set of this post as directed by your manager.

Key skills and knowledge

Essential

• Experience managing own workload and keeping others informed of progress.
• A record of delivering high quality work to tight deadlines and good time management skills.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office
• An eye for detail and analytical ability.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience dealing with data and complex processes.
• A willingness to undertake a variety of tasks based on initiative and as required.
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

References and a criminal record check will be required. You will need a current valid passport or your original long or short birth certificate.

Diversity in the workplace:

Brook Street are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you. 

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Part-time (0.4 FTE 14 hours per week), Fixed term position until 31 December based at Hawkesbury campus
Remuneration: $67,816 to $77,793 p.a.(pro-rata rates)
Benefit from flexible leave options & professional growth opportunities

     Part-time (0.4 FTE - 14 hours per week), Fixed term position until 31 December      Based at Hawkesbury Campus About Western Sydney University Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led university, located in the heart of Australias fastest-growing, economically significant region. The University has 11 campuses in Sydney, as well as campuses in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Surabaya, Indonesia, with plans for two campuses in India. With over 200,000 alumni, almost 50,000 students, and approximately 3,500 staff, the University promotes a dynamic, inclusive, and innovative culture focused on research and dedicated to student-centered excellence. Our Schools teach an array of programs and degrees carefully structured to
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At NIQ we are committed to helping our clients grow through a comprehensive understanding of consumer behaviour, and by leveraging on ongoing innovations in technology. Our work helps our clients set growth strategies, and determines what products or services you ultimately see in the market and how our clients drive their marketing and trade strategies. 

We are seeking out a self-motivated researcher, who is equally comfortable working independently and as part of a team managing local, regional and global studies. The role comes with an opportunity to work across a diverse range of sectors, categories, markets and business issues - and with a lot of autonomy to apply own thinking and expertise to design and execute Qualitative research projects. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Actively drive issue-based analyses, deliver proactive insights, and build effective analytical presentations and consultative storytelling to clients with insightful and actionable recommendations. 
• Deliver three aspects of actionable insights KPIs: (1) quality of data, (2) quality of analysis and (3) quality of delivery (incl. reporting and presentation). 
• Build strong relationships with clients through empathetic understanding of clients’ needs/requirements and consultative advisory. 
• Assist in driving continuous innovation and leverage new techniques and technologies into the field of qualitative research.

ABOUT YOU 

The Senior Executive for Qualitative Research, Consumer Insights assists the Consumer Insights at NIQ in leading the qualitative research team and is responsible for supporting the quality of research output as well as the engagement & client management of the practice area. He/she should be recognized and seen as having a strong interest in Qualitative research. Experience of working with (or previous academic studies within) Ethnography, Semiotics, Design thinking, UI/UX are also valuable to the role.

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We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a definitive trial examining the effectiveness of oral nutritional supplement use in care homes.

We seek to appoint a Post Doctoral Research Fellow to join a multi-disciplinary research team for the REFRESH (nutRition intervEntions For malnouRished oldEr adultS in care homes) trial. This is a large NIHR funded randomised controlled trial examining oral nutritional supplements in care homes over four years.

The trial is a multi-university collaboration led by Professor Mary Hickson and Professor Jane Murphy of Bournemouth University. It is supported by the PenCTU and includes collaborators from the University of Exeter (statistics, health economics and community geriatric expertise), University of Coventry (dietetic expertise), University of Southampton (geriatric expertise), as well as care home managers and public representatives.

Your main tasks will be to recruit, set-up and initiate sites (care homes), maintain excellent working relationships with the care homes, manage the three field workers (to help with site initiation), develop online training for care home staff, and manage the day-to-day running of the trial. You will be supported by a Research Assistant and line managed by Professor Hickson.

Applications are invited from highly motivated individuals with a PhD or equivalent within the field of nutrition and dietetics. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, clinical research experience with older adults, and ideally will have worked in the care home sector. You will also have an ability to work both independently and as part of a team, be able to work to tight deadlines and be comfortable and resilient working under pressure. A knowledge of training other professionals and using online educational platforms will be an advantage.

The role will be based at the University of Plymouth, recruiting in Devon & Cornwall, Wessex and the Birmingham area with an opportunity to discuss a hybrid online and in person working pattern. You will be required to travel regularly to Plymouth and/or Bournemouth for meetings, as well as visiting care homes in all the regions listed above that may not be accessible by public transport.

Based in the Faculty of Health, the School of Health Professions has something for everyone interested in health and care-related professions and is committed to shaping students into the best health professionals they can be.

InterCity Place is the first-class new home for our healthcare teaching and research providing students with skills to meet the needs of 21st century careers. The School offers a unique interdisciplinary learning environment, where students from the largest breadth of healthcare disciplines in the South West can benefit from excellent skills and research laboratories, research-informed teaching, stimulating practice placements and teaching delivered by professionally registered academic staff.

The School is proud of the commitment to student voluntary work, staff–student partnership, strong professional values and our record of student achievement and student satisfaction. State-of-the-art facilities and equipment help students maximise their potential and develop their core skills, preparing them to embark on exciting and rewarding careers. The School holds an Athena SWAN Silver award demonstrating the University’s ongoing commitment to advancing gender equality and success for all.

Please demonstrate clearly in your supporting statement how you meet the essential and any desirable criteria outlined in the job description.

For an informal online discussion about the role please contact Mary Hickson (mary.hickson@plymouth.ac.uk) or Jane Murphy (jmurphy@bournemouth.ac.uk).

This role will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check plus a Adult's Barred List check.

The successful candidate may be required to obtain an ATAS Certificate prior to this research being undertaken.

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 10th November 2024

Interviews will be on Thursday 21st November 2024, via a zoom meeting. You will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week on a fixed-term basis until 31st December 2028 due to funding.

We offer a competitive salary package and a generous pension and holiday scheme. We also offer a range of other benefits/support mechanisms, including ongoing development opportunities, flexible working, staff networks and enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.

Remote working is available up to 3 days a week.

The Faculty of Health holds four Silver Athena Swan awards, which recognise our commitment to supporting gender equality within higher education.

Staff appointed within the Faculty of Health may be able to join the NHS pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria.

The University of Plymouth is an inclusive community where everyone is welcomed regardless of their background. To find out more about our inclusive community initiatives, such as Athena Swan and the Race Equality Charter, please visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages.

We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented communities at the University of Plymouth, such as carers/parents, people with disabilities, ethnically diverse, LGBT+, and people from all socio-economic backgrounds.