Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence Laboratory and Administrative Assistant

Location: Aston University Main Campus

Contract Type: Fixed Term (31/07/2025)

Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Thursday 31 October 2024

Interview Date: Wednesday 13 November 2024

The newly established Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) is a unique, interdisciplinary, intersectoral research and training hub for translational membrane science. AIME is supported by a £10M grant from the Research England Expanding Excellence in England (E3) Programme and will synergistically combine world-leading expertise in membrane biology and novel polymer chemistries to establish a first-of-its-kind institute, expanding our distinctive excellence in computational membrane science, membrane structural determination and sustainable polymers research. Over the next five years, we will recruit 20 new colleagues to expand our new institute.

We are looking to appoint a temporary assistant to support the AIME team for a seven-month period. You will support the delivery of basic laboratory and office-based tasks.

This is an exciting opportunity to support the AIME Manager and Lab Manager at the initial ‘start-up’ phase of Institute development. 

You will find more information regarding the AIME project on our new research page. You can watch our new podcast on Aston University's Research Institute on YouTube. For further information please contact Paul Knobbs, AIME Manager, p.r.knobbs@aston.ac.uk.

The salary being offered for this role does not meet the minimum threshold required to sponsor new applicants to the Skilled Worker visa route. For candidates who do not already have a Skilled Worker visa, it is unlikely that Aston University will be able to offer sponsorship under this route. Please click here to see the Home Office guidance for more information.

If you are already in the UK with an existing Tier 2 or Skilled Worker visa, please contact hr_immigration@aston.ac.uk to discuss if the role will meet the eligibility criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship.

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