SuCCEED Prosperity Partnership - Research Associate

Location: Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

Contract Duration: 42 months

Project Description

SuCCEED is a BBSRC funded Prosperity Partnership multi-million project between The University of Manchester and Shell. Commodity chemicals are produced on a global scale and normally derived from finite geological sources. The Shell-UoM partnership seeks to re-imagine bulk chemicals manufacturing through industrial biotechnology, producing renewable chemical products from sustainable feedstocks and providing alternative scalable bioproduction routes to contribute to the global efforts to reduce CO2 emissions.

https://www.sites.se.manchester.ac.uk/succeed/

We are looking for a research associate to join our interdisciplinary team, consisting of 8 Research Associates and 5 PhDs associated with 8 group leaders at UoM. You will be supported to combine your individual talents with the wider team’s breadth of skills and will be based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) at the University of Manchester which is a cross-disciplinary research Centre that brings together diverse expertise including: molecular biology; chemistry; biochemical-engineering; materials science; synthetic biology; analytics and computer science. You will be based in the laboratory of Prof. David Leys and work closely with Prof. Nigel Scrutton, Dr. Neil Dixon and Prof. Anthony Green, contributing to experimental research in the MIB based SuCCEED group.

We are committed to creating a fully inclusive and flexible culture, one where everyone can realise their potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. We believe that if we can positively diversify our staff, we will be able to collaborate more effectively and create a more productive environment.

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 CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor David Leys

Email: David.Leys@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

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

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

Supporting Documents

save_altSAE-027802 - SuCCEED PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP – POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE FPs(PDF,138KB)

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/02/2025

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