University of Leicester
Job title:
Professor/Affiliate Professor of Mechanistic Toxicology
Firm
College of Leicester
Job description
Grade 10 – Aggressive (Professor) / Grade 9 – £57,696 to £64,914 every year (Affiliate Professor)
Hours per week:
37.5
Advert closes midnight on:
07 Apr 2024
- Professor/Affiliate Professor of Mechanistic Toxicology
Concerning the position
We’re on the lookout for a organic chemist or human toxicologist with analysis pursuits in environmental air pollution and well being for the submit of Professor/Affiliate Professor of Mechanistic Toxicology. It is a new submit to increase the scope of multidisciplinary Centre for Environmental Well being and Sustainability (CEHS), based in 2018 ( ). It additionally helps the brand new Atmosphere Theme within the Leicester Nationwide Institute of Well being Analysis (NIHR) Biomedical Analysis Centre (BRC) ( ), with wonderful alternatives for medical collaborations.
You’ll have a global analysis popularity in your subject and be anticipated to supply management, entice grant funding, attend and organise conferences and seminars, improve influence exercise and the analysis profile of the division and mentor early profession researchers commensurate together with your stage of seniority. You’ll set up an energetic and productive analysis group conducting analysis at an internationally aggressive stage and shall be based mostly inside an acceptable division within the Faculty of Life Sciences.
You may be a key member of CEHS, capable of tackle some managerial tasks to help the Centre. Working throughout the wonderful interdisciplinary setting of the College, your analysis shall be anticipated to complement interactions between CEHS and different our bodies, together with your division, the Leicester NIHR BRC, the NIHR Well being Safety Analysis Unit in Environmental Exposures and Well being at College of Leicester ( ) and the College’s Institute for Environmental Futures ( ). There are alternatives to collaborate with excellent researchers throughout a spread of illnesses together with diabetes, most cancers, cardiovascular, respiratory and infectious illness, and with main publicity scientists and geographers. Your work will help the strategic priorities within the Division, Faculty of Life Sciences and CEHS, together with revolutionary educating.
You’ll assist drive the Division and the CEHS’ influence and engagement agendas and can work together with stakeholders to assist maximise contribution to societal wellbeing. You may be accountable to the Head of Division and Director of CEHS and can present management inside your space while endeavor analysis, scholarship, educating and administration and different actions supporting according to Division and Centre technique.
About you
This chance is out there at both Professor or Affiliate Professor stage relying in your expertise, data and analysis outputs – please point out in your utility which place you might be most concerned about.
To achieve success within the position of Affiliate Professor you’ll maintain a PhD in a related topic space and have a observe document of outputs which can be internationally recognised and world-leading when it comes to originality, significance and rigour. It is possible for you to to reveal expertise and achievement inside bodily exercise or vitamin analysis, mirrored by a excessive popularity within the UK and internationally in addition to having expertise of educating at undergraduate or postgraduate stage. Additionally, you will be capable to proof your future plans for analysis purposes.
To achieve success within the position of Professor, along with the above, additionally, you will have expertise of profitable management of a Analysis Institute, Centre, Group or equal unit and management of related analysis {and professional} networks on a nationwide and worldwide stage. You’ll have a observe document of considerable exterior funding via grant seize, consultancy preparations and/or data alternate tasks, assembly the self-discipline benchmark over a sustained time frame. Moreover it is possible for you to to reveal proof of esteem in skilled observe in pursuit of analysis. Additionally, you will have a observe document of profitable recruitment and supervision of PhD/MD college students.
For extra info on the position and it is tasks, please confer with each Job Abstract Varieties.
Extra info
Casual queries are welcome and may be made to Professor Anna Hansell on .
Functions ought to encompass a curriculum vitae detailing related {qualifications} and expertise, full employment historical past and achievements. CV’s ought to be accompanied by a 2 web page protecting letter describing briefly how you’re feeling you meet the standards outlined within the Job Abstract Kind, your achievements, why the appointment is of curiosity and what you want to realize within the position.
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We’re dedicated to the wellbeing of all our workers and to the sustainability of the environment, on our campus and past. We provide a aggressive wage package deal, wonderful pension scheme and a beneficiant annual go away allowance, together with alternatives to develop your profession in a supportive and collaborative setting.
Anticipated wage
£57696 per yr
Location
Leicester
Job date
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 06:17:29 GMT
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