Business Research Fellow – Built Environment

The Good Development Entrepreneurial Futures undertaking is an thrilling new partnership undertaking funded via new Cornwall & Isles of Scilly (IoS) Good Development Fund. The undertaking brings collectively HE (Increased Schooling) and FE (Additional Schooling) in Cornwall to work with companies to ship an in depth programme of Analysis, Growth & Innovation (RD&I) led progress actions to drive productiveness elevated within the area.

Working with the College of Exeter, College of Falmouth and Cornwall School, the College of Plymouth is delivering research-led progress initiatives for clear vitality, net-zero, agri-food, immersive applied sciences and coastal communities. This put up is certainly one of three which might be delivering the net-zero facet of this undertaking, focussed on the Constructed Setting.

You’ll have the additional benefit of working intently with the brand new Nice-South-West Internet-Zero Trade (NZX) staff to have interaction with different college teachers, drive influence, join companions, create alternatives and generate worth from modern analysis and training in Cornwall & the IoS. 

Primarily based on the College’s Sustainable Earth Institute and more likely to be positioned within the College’s newly refurbished Sustainability Hub , some key duties embrace (in no specific order of significance):

• Determine alternatives to have interaction with Cornwall & IoS corporations to hold out utilized analysis in the usage of novel native carbon supplies, constructing monitoring and constructing evaluation
• Take current analysis information on this space and construct upon it
• Contribute to the manufacturing of collaborative analysis studies and peer-reviewed publications

You have to have glorious working data and expertise of net-zero carbon in both tutorial or utilized trade context and analysis or trade expertise in a particular self-discipline associated to the constructed atmosphere, expertise of processing information units and information acquisition.

Please be aware – UK Shared Prosperity Fund – this undertaking is funded by the UK Authorities via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Cornwall Council has been chosen by Authorities because the Lead Authority for the fund and is chargeable for monitoring the progress of initiatives funded via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Please show the way you meet the important standards outlined within the data, {qualifications}, coaching and expertise components of the job description in your supporting assertion.

For an off-the-cuff dialogue to search out out extra in regards to the position then please contact Steve Goodhew or Joao Alencastro by e-mail at [email protected] or [email protected]  

Deadline: 12 Midnight, Thursday fifteenth February 2024

Interviews are more likely to happen week commencing Monday twenty sixth February 2024 and you’ll be notified in case you have been shortlisted or not.

This can be a full-time place working 37 hours per week on a fixed-term foundation till thirty first March 2025 on account of funding. This put up relies on finalising the Good Development funding contract.

Versatile working choices together with job share might be thought of. As a result of fixed-term nature of this put up, you have to to have the ability to start employment as quickly as doable after a verbal supply is made.

We provide a aggressive wage bundle and a beneficiant pension and vacation scheme. We additionally supply a spread of different advantages, together with ongoing growth alternatives.

The College of Plymouth has a powerful interdisciplinary analysis ethos which is supported by our three strategic Analysis Institutes; the Marine Institute, the Sustainable Earth Institute, and the Plymouth Institute of Well being and Care Analysis. As a member of our tutorial group, you’ll be anticipated to contribute to our recognised analysis strengths. Working holistically throughout the College, you’ll be challenged to innovate, collaborate and ship impactful analysis contributions as a part of a methods considering method to addressing right now’s international challenges.

The College of Plymouth is a various, welcoming group the place everybody makes a distinction and is inspired to deliver their entire selves to work. To seek out out extra about our inclusive group, initiatives akin to Athena Swan and the Race Equality Constitution and our vary of advantages / help mechanisms akin to versatile working, employees networks and enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption depart please go to our Equality, Range and Inclusion webpages

We notably welcome candidates from under-represented teams akin to BAME/BIPOC and LGBT+.