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credit_card Salary The starting salary will be from £42,882 to £52,565 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.
Job profile for Microbial Bioinformatician - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Microbial Bioinformatician - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
location_on Cornwall (Hybrid) 14/05/2025 Microbial Bioinformatician - Postdoctoral Research Fellow Apply online
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Job details
Salary The starting salary will be from £42,882 to £52,565 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience. Contractual hours 36.5 Package Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable). Job category/type Research Date posted 30/04/2025 Job reference Q04060 Attachments attachment Job_description_Q04060.pdf
Job description
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
This new full-time post is immediately available on a fixed term basis of 12 months.
This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.
The post
The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in the BlueAdapt project, focusing on the impacts of climate change on pathogen evolution and ecology. This Horizon Europe-funded post is available immediately for 12 months. The successful applicant will design and implement bioinformatics analysis of genomic and metagenomic data.
The post will include collecting managing and analysing data, liaising with collaborators and stakeholders, preparing research outputs, promoting the study and its progress, and helping disseminate the findings.
About you
The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and make presentations at conferences and other events.
Applicants will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in bacterial genomics and metagenomics, and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required. Applicants will be able to use bioinformatics-relevant programming language, assess, interpret and evaluate research outcomes, and develop new concepts and ideas to extend intellectual understanding.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.
What we can offer you
* Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research;
* Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
* An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
* Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career
* A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy
* A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Cornwall.
The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.
Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).
We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.
With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.
Further information
For further information please contact Professor William Gaze, e-mail w.h.gaze@exeter.ac.uk .
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