Lecturer in Chemistry (Battery Research) – 1230-23

£39,347 to £54,395

Closing Date:  

Sunday 07 January 2024

Interview Date:  

Thursday 25 January 2024

Reference:  

1230-23

The Division of Chemistry at Lancaster College seeks an distinctive particular person for a full-time lectureship appointment, to hold out internationally famend analysis within the space of battery supplies, in addition to enterprise instructing and administrative duties.

You should have a monitor file of conducting internationally-leading analysis in battery supplies, with a portfolio of high-quality analysis publications, and exhibit glorious instructing talents, together with the potential to oversee postgraduate college students. You also needs to exhibit the potential to draw exterior grant revenue to assist your analysis from a variety of sources, and are anticipated to have the ability to take part in collaborative grant functions with others from the Division and elsewhere at Lancaster College. The appointment shall be made to enhance our present analysis strengths.

Additionally, you will have a powerful and energetic curiosity in instructing chemistry as a part of a contemporary diploma, plus a capability and willingness to interact with related exterior stakeholders of worth to Lancaster College.

 The Division of Chemistry was re-opened in 2012 and has undergone speedy enlargement and growth. The Division consists of a core complement of greater than 20 members of educational employees and a thriving group of post-doctoral researchers, PGR and UG college students. It ranks extremely within the UK (ninth within the Guardian College Information 2024) with state-of-the-art labs housed in a very refurbished constructing. Latest ongoing funding works embrace the set up of a further 30 fumehoods to assist the venture wants of our increasing undergraduate cohort.

 Instrumental analysis services (supported by a crew of departmental experimental officers) out there within the Division embrace: NMR (multi-nuclear resolution & strong state), EPR, mass spectrometry, X-ray diffractometers, fluorescence & Raman spectrometers, AFM and SEM. There may be additionally entry to “Bat Lab”, an analytical facility for the biking of coin and pouch cells, with provision for local weather management.

 Lancaster College is extremely ranked – eleventh within the UK based on the Guardian College Information 2024. It was awarded the Instances Worldwide College of the 12 months in 2020 and College of the 12 months in 2018, and holds a Instructing Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold ranking. The College’s campus is positioned in 560 acres of lovely parkland on the sting of the small however vibrant metropolis of Lancaster.

 We’re dedicated to family-friendly and versatile working insurance policies on a person foundation, in addition to the Athena SWAN Constitution, which recognises and celebrates good employment follow undertaken to handle gender equality in increased training and analysis.

 We’re actively dedicated to making sure variety in our employees roster, and we notably welcome functions from girls and black and minority ethnic scientists.

 Candidates ought to full the net utility type and add a canopy letter, educational CV (together with full publication record), a analysis plan (most 3 pages) and a instructing assertion (most 1 web page).

 Casual enquiries earlier than utility could be directed to the Head of Division, Nick Evans ([email protected]) or Director of Analysis, John Griffin ([email protected]).

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celebrates good employment follow undertaken to handle all inequality in
increased training.
 
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