Senior Research Fellow (Manchester British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence)

We seek candidates (either clinical or non-clinical) for two-year positions as Senior Transition Fellows in Cardiovascular Sciences at the newly established Manchester British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence (CRE). These Fellowships will provide support (personal salary, access to scientific support posts, and consumables)  for successful candidates to prepare, within the timeframe of the funding, applications for externally funded personal Fellowships at Senior level to consolidate their scientific independence.

You will have a strong track record of scientific achievement and profile as an emerging leader in your field. You will lead a research programme that aligns with one or more of the five Research Themes of the Manchester CRE (Cardiovascular Genomics and Development; Heart Failure; Cardiovascular/Cerebrovascular Inflammation; Data Science; Computational Cardiovascular Medicine).

As part of your application you should use the “additional information” section to include a 2 page outline of your proposed external fellowship, and specific objectives (eg key preliminary data) required prior to the external submission, that you will achieve during the CRE fellowship.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CVs submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor Bernard Keavney  (Centre Director)

Email: bernard.keavney@manchester.ac.uk

OR

Professor Maciej Tomaszewski (Deputy Director)

maciej.tomaszewski@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support: jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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