Research Assistant in Heterogeneous Catalysis

We seek to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated scientist with proven intellectual and technical abilities to work on this project is where the main objective is to design and develop multifunctional catalysts for use in tandem oxidation reactions. The project aims to combine the use of in situ generated hydrogen peroxide using a chemo-catalysts with enzymes that use hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant for chemical transformations.

Further information is available at the following group webpages:
Professor Graham Hutchings https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/38519-hutchings-graham

For informal enquiries about the role and the Cardiff School of Chemistry, please contact Professor Graham Hutchings: Hutch@cardiff.ac.uk.

For further details about working at Cardiff University, please contact Caroline Pasmore: Chemy-HR@cardiff.ac.uk.

This position is full time (35 hours per week) and is available from 1st October 2024 for 12 months.

To work for an employer that values and promotes equality of opportunity, please visit www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs and search for vacancy number: 18879BR.

Salary: £32,332 - £34,980 per annum (Grade 5).

Important note: It is the University’s policy to use the person specification as a key tool for short-listing. Candidates should evidence that they meet ALL of the essential criteria as well as, where relevant, the desirable. As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide this evidence via a supporting statement. Please ensure that the evidence you are providing corresponds with the numbered criteria outlined below. Your application will be considered based on the information you provide under each element.

When attaching the supporting statement to your application profile, please ensure that you name it with the vacancy reference number, e.g. Supporting Statement for 18879BR.

Closing date: Tuesday, 06 August 2024

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University.

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