Research Associate in Sustainability Assessment

Contract type: Fixed term for 24 months (subject to contract)

Location: Sheffield (Main Campus)

We are looking for an enthusiastic researchers to join our Sustainability Assessment Team at the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures (GCSF).

The Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures at The University of Sheffield brings collaborators together across academic disciplines, business and policy to create knowledge that will deliver global health, prosperity and wellbeing within planetary boundaries. The centre runs a programme of systemic and interdisciplinary research on intractable problems. For further details about the GCSF, please visit our website at grantham.sheffield.ac.uk

Your role will be to undertake research in the GCSF Sustainability Assessment Team on processes and methodologies and support the wide range of sustainability research that needs quantitative analysis. Your work will develop the materials, processes and technology needed to transform the material economy, bringing together the critical mass needed to realise the benefits of a circular economy.

You will carry out a variety of sustainability assessment, across projects in plastics to clean energy and hydrogen to agriculture. You should have background in life cycle assessment and/or economics, including technoeconomic assessment and life cycle costing.

What we offer

• 41 days annual leave (including closure days and Bank Holidays), with the possibility to purchase up to ten additional days.
• Up to 5 days of paid time off to cover emergency caring responsibilities.
• A commitment to work life balance including, flexible working opportunities and hybrid working where possible.
• A highly competitive pension scheme.
• Discounts at participating shops and cinemas, and a cycle to work scheme.
• A commitment to your development, with programmes, learning modules and mentoring schemes.
• An inclusive and diverse workplace.
• A commitment to your wellbeing, with confidential emotional support, support for those going through the menopause, experiencing fertility treatment and having a baby, paid leave for IVF treatment and more.

Further information can be found at www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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