Research Assistant (Fixed term) Leeds, England
Job description
We are looking to recruit a Sustainable Buildings Researcher to join our team.
The Leeds Sustainability Institute is one of the UK’s leading sustainable buildings research teams and has exceptional expertise in delivering applied building physics, building performance evaluation, energy, thermal, hygrothermal modelling, internal and external environmental monitoring, and social science research projects around low and net zero cities.
We are looking for someone with strong commitment to working in the field of sustainability who is ambitious and has potential to grow with the team. You’ll need to be a team player and enthusiastic and have understanding of, and the potential to contribute to, all three research themes in the LSI research portfolio: Sustainable Behaviour, Sustainable Buildings and Sustainable Urban Environments: (https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/leeds-sustainability-institute/).
Ideally you will have experience of some of our data collection and analysis methods, though we can support individuals to gain additional skills and knowledge they need.
We are a well-integrated team and have a strongly supportive workplace culture with a delivery focus, which has led to rapid success. Leeds Beckett University is a rapidly accelerating its academic and research outputs and has significantly improved its rankings in recent years.
This is a fixed-term position to October 2025.
Professional development - a comprehensive package of personal development opportunities to help you achieve your full potential
Wellbeing support - dedicated services and facilities to support your mental and physical health, ranging from an Employee Assistance Programme and counselling to sports and fitness facilities, including discounted gym memberships.
Closing date: 02 October 2023 (23:59) Please note that you will not be able to edit or submit a part-completed application form after the closing date.
Working here means you’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.
We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from women as well as black and minority ethnic candidates, as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments will be based on merit.
