Research Assistant

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School of Applied Sciences
Location:  Brighton - Moulsecoomb
Salary:  £29,605 to £32,982 per annum
Contract Length: 12 months
Closing Date:  Sunday 18 February 2024
Reference:  AP5047-24-008

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the School of Applied Sciences as a Research Assistant in Atmospheric Science.

In this exciting opportunity you will join a vibrant, friendly and enthusiastic research team exploring the air quality implications of fuel switching from natural gas to hydrogen.  This role is a great opportunity to develop your career and support research in the area of atmospheric science, in particular you will have some experience and/or be familiar with operating mass spectrometry and other analytical instrumentation.  

You will be able to demonstrate you can work independently, but also within an interdisciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to be involved in the developing, planning and managing of research projects in consultation with a Principal Investigator, developing a publication record and reporting the findings back to the government. 

The school is proud to hold a Silver Athena Swan award, and has a vibrant, diverse and inclusive culture.  We particularly welcome applications from people from ethic minority backgrounds and from women.

For informal discussions regarding the post, please contact Dr Kevin Wyche [email protected]

We welcome applications from job sharers.

Further details:

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.