Research Assistant or Research Fellow in Water Virology


16 Mar 2024
Job Data
Organisation/Firm
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Analysis Area
Organic sciences
Sociology
Ethics in well being sciences
Researcher Profile
Recognised Researcher (R2)
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Nation
United Kingdom
Utility Deadline
1 Apr 2024 – 00:00 (UTC)
Sort of Contract
Different
Job Standing
Full-time
Is the job funded by way of the EU Analysis Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job associated to employees place inside a Analysis Infrastructure?
No

Supply Description

College/Division: College of Water, Vitality and Setting
Primarily based at: Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of labor: 37
Contract sort: Mounted time period contract
Mounted Time period Interval: till 28 February 2025
Wage: Analysis Assistant (if near finishing PhD) full time beginning wage is generally within the vary of £34,450 each year. Analysis Fellow (if PhD obtained) full time beginning wage is generally within the vary of £37,337 to £40,347 each year, depending on expertise and expertise
Apply by: 01/04/2024

Function Description

In regards to the Function

We’re in search of a devoted Water High quality Scientist to hitch our dynamic crew in addressing the essential problem of safeguarding ingesting water high quality in opposition to viral pathogens, an space underscored by latest revisions to the EU Ingesting Water Directive. You’ll play a pivotal function in a groundbreaking venture geared toward advancing our understanding and administration of viral dangers in water provides. This includes conducting complete investigations into the presence and elimination of somatic coliphage, a newly mandated viral indicator, throughout varied water therapy contexts. Using state-of-the-art methodologies developed in a pathfinder venture, the function encompasses appraising supply waters for viral contamination, assessing the efficacy of therapy processes beneath difficult situations, and exploring correlations between coliphage presence and pathogenic viruses. This place is instrumental in guiding the water trade in the direction of efficient interventions and regulatory compliance, enhancing public well being safety.

Your work will contribute to a nationwide surveillance program, inform the collection of administration methods, and optimize therapy processes to mitigate viral dangers. That is an distinctive alternative for knowledgeable keen about environmental science and public well being to affect the water sector considerably.

About You

You should have a PhD or EngD (obtained or close to completion) in a discipline associated to Public Well being Microbiology, Virology, Infectious illnesses, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Parasitology, Epidemiology, Public Well being Engineering (ideally with software to ingesting water and/or wastewater), and have expertise of administration analysis utilizing each qualitative and quantitative strategies. With glorious communication expertise, you should have experience in ingesting water / wastewater and a background in environmental or engineered programs can be a bonus. Equal trade expertise can be thought-about.

About Us

As a specialist postgraduate college, Cranfield’s world-class experience, large-scale services and unrivalled trade partnerships are creating leaders in know-how and administration globally. Be taught extra about Cranfield and our distinctive affect right here .

The Water theme at Cranfield College is house to 2 internationally recognised centres of excellence: Cranfield Water Science Institute and the Centre for Water Setting and Growth. Each teams provide postgraduate taught and analysis levels in addition to brief programs on campus or in-company.

Cranfield Water Science Institute has a proud repute for its analysis on the science, engineering and administration of water. Our lives and livelihoods are depending on the pure and engineered water cycles. Accordingly, analysis and expertise growth in water therapy and administration have by no means been extra very important. Cranfield’s analysis in these areas is utilized and trade centered, and now we have been driving innovation for over 40 years.

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, said values assist to outline who we’re and underpin the whole lot we do: Ambition; Influence; Respect; and Neighborhood. Discover out extra right here .

We intention to create and keep a tradition by which everybody can work and research collectively and realise their full potential. We’re a Incapacity Assured Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Variety Champions Programme. We’re dedicated to actively exploring versatile working choices for every function and have been ranked within the Prime 30 household pleasant employers within the UK by the charity Working Households . Discover out extra about our key commitments to Equality, Variety and Inclusion and Versatile Working right here .

Working Preparations

Collaborating and connecting are integral to a lot of what we do. Our Working Preparations Framework gives could employees with the chance to flexibly mix on-site and distant working, the place job roles enable, balancing the wants of our group of employees, college students, purchasers and companions.

The way to apply

For an off-the-cuff dialogue, please contact Dr Francis Hassard, Senior Lecturer in Public Well being Microbiology, on (T); +44 (0)1234 758302 or +44 (0)1234 750111 (E); [email protected]  

Cut-off date for receipt of functions:   01 April 2024

Interviews to be held: Mid-April

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CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Nation
United Kingdom
Metropolis
Bedford
Geofield

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