research assistant London, England
Job description
About us
This position is based in the UCL School of Pharmacy in the research department of Pharmaceutics.
The UCL School of Pharmacy is one of the Divisions located within the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS) and is one of five areas that constitute the Faculty, the others being Biosciences, the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at UCL, the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neurocircuits and Behaviour and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit.
About the role
Role specific details
- Job title – Research Associate
- Grade 7 Point 29
- This is a fixed-term appointment from 1/10/2022 – 22/07/2024 with a salary of £43,586 with a possibility of a further six month extension to 21/01/2025
- Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at Grade 6B with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD Thesis.
- The Research Associate will join our group to investigate the delivery of actives to the skin and to probe the barrier function of mammalian skin. This multi-disciplinary project will involve the use of advanced topical formulation development, non-linear data modelling, Confocal Raman Spectroscopic (CRS) analyses and chemometric analysis.
- This role meets the eligibility requirements for a skilled worker certificate of sponsorship or a global talent visa under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL welcomes applications from international applicants who require a visa.
- We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
- This role is not eligible for hybrid working.
- This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.
- The advert will close on 24 August at 23:59 GMT, however we may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications. Early application submission is recommended.
- Interview Date(s) are scheduled for: 04 September 2023
- A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
- If you have any queries about the role, please contact [email protected]
- If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the HR team at [email protected].
- The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-workingto find out more.
Closing an advert early:
In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date. As a minimum we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks.
About you
Applicants must have a primary degree in Pharmacy and hold a PhD in the area of topical and/or transdermal delivery or expect to submit their thesis before 1 October 2023.
In addition, the successful candidate is expected to have extensive experience of spectroscopic techniques relevant for skin characterisation in vivo including Near Infra Red and Confocal Raman spectroscopy.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
- Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
