Birmingham University in United Kingdom invites applications for vacant Research and Faculty Positions, one of the largest and most diverse employers in the United Kingdom.
A significant percentage of the post holder’s time will be invested in responding to queries from students and applicants contacting the Hub Services Team, including liaising with other internal and external stakeholders as required. The post holder will be an integral member of the Hub Services Team and it is important that they are prepared and willing to undertake sessional activities (e.g. Welcome and Graduation) as well as other tasks as directed to ensure the successful running of this high volume, important service.
The role holder will lead on the planning, delivery and continuous improvement of operations or strategic projects/initiatives across the Education Support delivery for the College and, where appropriate, the University.
You will provide technical expertise, support and guidance in research support. You may supervise a number of technical staff but even where you do not directly supervise staff you will still be expected to act as a role model and coach others as appropriate.
As a personal assistant to the Head of School and senior administrator within a team/department you will provide support for a broad range of personal assistant and administrative duties, some of which may be complex. You may also be responsible for managing other staff or for supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge. You will use your excellent organisational skills and attention to detail to ensure the people you support are well prepared, and that the tasks you carry out are completed to a high quality in a timely manner.
The main focus of the role is to provide anatomical and/or clinical input to the teaching of anatomy across all our programmes, as well as the development and maintenance of teaching materials and assessments for use in Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Nursing,
The role will involve assessment of participants retinal structure and function using a range of standard clinical tests including optical coherence tomography, pupillometry, colour vision and visual field testing to assess the impact of mTBI. The research associate will be part of an integrative and multi-disciplinary team of researchers and clinicians working collaboratively to deliver this workstream.
As a senior administrator within IMPACT, you will provide support for a broad range of administrative duties, some of which may be complex. You may also be responsible for supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge.
The post-holder will be expected to work individually and with members of the CHASM team on a range of relevant research activities including data analysis related to our financial inclusion research, writing academic papers and policy briefings, organisation and delivery of workshops, seminars and larger events such as the annual CHASM conference, as well as other research-related activity when needed.
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.
The lecturer will be expected to develop research interests under their supervision in line with those of the Centre, with a view to applying for clinician scientist/intermediate fellowship funding. The successful candidate would work closely within the recently renewed £30.7M NIHR Biomedical Research Centre hosted in Birmingham.
You will work closely with a diverse group of people including managers, academic staff and students to deliver the annual cycle of teaching and learning related activity
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.
This post is ideally suited to an application analyst with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, proactive attitude and a solid background in application support, system implementations and integrations. The post-holder must have a good programming language experience and SQL, whilst an understanding of systems integration would be a bonus.
As a senior administrator within a team/department you will provide support for a broad range of administrative duties, some of which may be complex. You may also be responsible for managing other staff or for supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge.
You will join a professional services team that is passionate about delivering excellent administrative support to both students and staff. While duties may vary between teams, you will have the chance to be involved in all aspects of the administrative work that supports the delivery of our taught and research programmes.
As a key leader within Campus Services, the post-holder will drive the University of Birmingham’s strategic mobility agenda, ensuring sustainable, business-focused travel, car parking, and transport services that meet the institution’s evolving needs.
You will provide technical expertise, support and guidance in research support. You may supervise a number of technical staff but even where you do not directly supervise staff you will still be expected to act as a role model and coach others as appropriate.
This is a very varied and demanding post with considerable responsibility. Senior Trial Coordinators are responsible for managing a portfolio of trials and the staff working on those projects in addition to actively coordinating trials. They are expected to contribute to the design, conduct, analysis, publication and presentation of clinical trials research.
As a Timetabling & Examinations Assistant within a team/department you will provide support for a broad range of administrative duties, some of which may be complex. You may also be responsible for managing other staff or for supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge. You will be able to use your wide range of skills, both technical and administrative, and have the opportunity to lead on specific tasks within a team. In order to flexibly use resource, you may be given the opportunity to work in different areas of the department or wider University.
To assist in the management of designated projects across a School, College or Professional Service area, or manage smaller projects on own, devising and delivering project plans. The post-holder will act as a focal point and take a direct role in the oversight and management for designated projects in the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) and the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN). The role will support these specific projects across the team.
As a full-time Teaching Fellow in Digital Media and Creative Industries, the post holder will be expected to undertake up to 14 hours of timetabled teaching per week at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The post holder will also undertake personal tutoring and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate taught dissertations.
The Senior Public Involvement Manager role is a key leadership position within the Involvement and Engagement Team. This post will be responsible for driving public involvement activities, advancements and initiatives through effective leadership and strategic oversight. This post will also work to deliver strategic direction for the public involvement within the Commercial Research Delivery Centre led by Birmingham Health Partners.
This role will be work in Registry and provide support to the Curriculum Management Team by managing the administrative workload in a professional and proactive manner. The main responsibility of the Curriculum Management Team is to provide maintenance and assurance of the University’s curriculum data, providing reporting, and maintaining databases to ensure curriculum information is compliant with CMA, Student Loan Company and HESA requirements.
To manage designated projects across a School, College or professional service area, or make a contribution to larger University-wide projects as part of a project team. In order to flexibly use resource you may be offered the opportunity to work elsewhere in the department or wider University.
You will provide technical expertise, support and guidance in research support. You may supervise a number of technical staff but even where you do not directly supervise staff you will still be expected to act as a role model and coach others as appropriate.
As a Senior Administrator within a team/department you will provide support for a broad range of administrative duties, some of which may be complex. You may also be responsible for managing other staff or for supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge. You will be able to use your wide range of skills, both technical and administrative, and have the opportunity to lead on specific tasks within a team.
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.
To teach and advise undergraduate, postgraduate or CPD students within the Pharmacy and within an established teaching programme, managed supervised by a member of staff with ultimate responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of the teaching programme.
The main purpose of the role is to support the development of the skills and capabilities of the University’s workforce, and act as an enabler to the successful delivery of the University’s strategy. The senior POD consultant, reporting to the Director of POD, provides expertise and specialist advice to senior stakeholders (ULG level) to find solutions to issues involving team, individual and organisational development across University Campus’s
The Research Fellow will be required to create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities such as design of water desalination and reuse systems, experimental work, and liaison with academic and industrial partners to achieve the technology transfer goals of the project.
This role supports Barber Concerts activity from within the University Music and Concerts team. You will deliver activities and provide administrative support to the Head of University Music and Concerts in order to maximise our reach and support reputational enhancement. Key elements of the role include creating social media content, promoting opportunities and our public events.
Part of the DefMet project (Is Tropical Deforestation Contributing to the Rise in Atmospheric Methane?), funded within the NERC Pushing the Frontiers scheme, this role will contribute to understanding upland forest methane exchange and how deforestation in shaping 21st Century atmospheric methane concentrations. It builds on recent work by the PI (Gauci et al 2024, Nature) and will integrate modelling methane exchange in upland trees with the LPJ-GUESS dynamic global vegetation model to identify past, current and future changes in this new-found methane sink.
As a Senior Administrator, you will play a key role in supporting our school’s strategic initiatives. Your responsibilities will encompass a diverse range of tasks, including providing administrative support to the Heads of Departments in the School of Government. The post holder will be required to their own initiative, work independently and with discretion and confidentiality. The role manages a small team to deliver an administrative service to all staff in the School including the committee servicing for the School and the three departments.
As a full-time Teaching Fellow in the Department of Film and Creative Writing, the post holder will be expected to undertake up to 14 hours of timetabled teaching per week at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The post holder will also undertake personal tutoring and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate taught dissertations. The post will include organisation, management and leadership duties.
The Research Development Officer (RDO) is part of the Research Support Team and provides support to researchers within specific Schools across all aspects of pre-award research support. This includes proactive research development, research agreements, and partnership building to facilitate high-quality research, while also supporting the broader research environment and impact agenda.
To provide proactive administrative support in the relevant department, working as part of a team or on own initiative. You will have the ability to manage your work without needing to refer to others for most of your time. In order to flexibly use resource you may be given the opportunity to work in different areas of the department or wider University.
As a full-time Teaching Fellow in the Department of English Literature, the post holder will be expected to undertake up to 14 hours of timetabled teaching per week at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The post holder will also undertake personal tutoring and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate taught dissertations. The post will include organisation, management and leadership duties. The successful candidate will have considerable relevant teaching and assessment experience in the fields of Medieval English Literature and be committed to providing an excellent student learning experience.
As a full-time Teaching Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and Communication, the post holder will be expected to undertake up to 14 hours of timetabled teaching per week at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The post holder will also undertake personal tutoring and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate taught dissertations. The post will include organisation, management and leadership duties. The successful candidate will have considerable relevant teaching and assessment experience in Discourse, Media and Communication and be committed to providing an excellent student learning experience.
As a full-time Teaching Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and Communication, the post holder will be expected to undertake up to 14 hours of timetabled teaching per week at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The post holder will also undertake personal tutoring and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate taught dissertations. The post will include organisation, management and leadership duties. The successful candidate will have considerable relevant teaching and assessment experience in English Language and Linguistics and be committed to providing an excellent student learning experience.
The Research Associate will be responsible for the processing and analysing of samples (e.g. blood, saliva, hair) by performing biological assays (e.g. ELISA, RT-PCR) to measure levels of target proteins, miRNAs, hormones and metabolites together with data collection and analysis. The candidate will be part of an integrative and multi-disciplinary team of researchers and clinicians working collaboratively to deliver this workstream.
Using your knowledge and experience you will be required to analyse problems, identifying the cause and using your judgement to restore function in line with University C&IT standards. You will need to be able to communicate complex IT technical problems and requirements in an understandable fashion to non-technical staff, including Department managers, academic and administrative staff.
You will contribute to a range of education and administrative activities. In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students, and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others carry out theirs.
The post-holder will contribute to end-to-end service administration support within the Worklink Team. You will ensure that advice and guidance provided are professional and customer focused at all times within our agreed service standards. The role will involve liaising with a range of University stakeholders, usually being the first point of contact for customers so a professional and customer service focused outlook is required.
The position would suit a candidate with experience working in a wide range of RF engineering roles and who is seeking an opportunity to broaden their technical engineering knowledge. The Radar Facility Manager would be responsible for advancing various sub-systems and components to a demonstration-grade implementation.
A Wellcome Trust funded Post doctoral Research Fellow position is available in structural biology utilizing Cryo-EM, NMR and X-ray crystallography along with biochemistry, cell biology and RNA biology. The position will be based in the research group of Dr. Pravin Jagtapat the University of Birmingham, UK. The Research Fellow will work in the field of RNA metabolism and regulation of gene expression to understand the regulatory mechanisms mediated by accessory domains in human RNA helicases involved in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
As a senior administrator within a team/department you will provide support for a broad range of administrative duties, some of which may be complex. You may also be responsible for managing other staff or for supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge. You will be able to use your wide range of skills, both technical and administrative, and have the opportunity to lead on specific tasks within a team.
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.
Using your skills and experience you will help us to achieve our mission of translating our research into policy and practice, by ensuring our communications are persuasive and impactful and that our messages are heard by our stakeholders. This includes Parliamentarians, regulators, businesses and civil society. This will require up-to-date knowledge of communications platforms and tools, as well as experience in providing a communications function for an organisation.
To lead research at the intersection of politics, health, and climate change, joining the Working Group on Public and Political Engagement with Climate Change and Health (WG5) of The Lancet Countdown. The role involves combining expertise in climate change and health policy with applied research skills to develop innovative indicators and analyses, and spearhead cutting-edge research on the politics of climate change and health.
We are seeking a developing post-doctoral researcher to join the PURSUIT study, a research project funded by the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit programme, with the aim of developing and refining a multi-component behaviour change intervention for reducing delay and increasing identification of work-related asthma in primary care.
We are seeking an experienced and autonomous researcher to join the PURSUIT study, a research project funded by the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit programme, with the aim of developing and refining a multi-component behaviour change intervention for reducing delay and increasing identification of work-related asthma in primary care.
The School of Mathematics welcomes applications for a research fellowship in statistics to work on the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project ‘Computational Statistics to Tackle Modern Slavery’, led by Dr Rowland Seymour. The successful candidate will join a diverse and friendly research group with PhD students and a Research Software Engineer.
The BactiVac Network Marketing & Communications Assistant will work closely with other team members, supporting the development, planning and implementation of the Network’s strategy for external engagement and communication. The successful applicant will be creative and highly motivated, with experience in producing rich and engaging media content to raise the profile of the Network through a variety of formats (videos and podcasts) and platforms (website, social media), across a range of audiences nationally and internationally.
This pivotal role is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining modern data architectures that empower the University’s digital transformation goals. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership and technical expertise to ensure our data infrastructure is scalable, secure, and aligned with institutional objectives. As a Data Architect, you will work closely with stakeholders across academic, research, and administrative units to deliver solutions that harness the power of data for insight, decision making, and innovation.
The main role of the post holder is delivery of the core services provided by the Human Biomaterials Resource Centre (HBRC). The HBRC is an HTA-licensed human sample biorepository operating as part of the College’s Research Office. The HBRC is a quality-controlled environment regulated and operated in an HTA-compliant manner. The post holder will undertake the procurement and processing of appropriately consented quality assured and annotated biomaterials from patients in a wide range of disease settings for release, processing or storage for biomedical research.
As a Senior Administrator within a team/department you will provide support for a broad range of administrative duties, some of which may be complex. You may also be responsible for managing other staff or for supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge. You will be able to use your wide range of skills, both technical and administrative, and have the opportunity to lead on specific tasks within a team. In order to flexibly use resource you may be given the opportunity to work in different areas of the department or wider University.
The Research Support Officer sits within the College Research Support Team and provides academic facing support to researchers in a defined portfolio across all elements of pre-award research support. This includes proactive support across the life cycle of research proposals from costing and pricing, approvals, support with due diligence, the set-up of successful bids and transferred awards.
We are seeking an ambitious Research Fellow to work on renewable energy systems and AI. You will join the Birmingham Energy Institute, a vibrant community of colleagues working on cutting edge research. This is an opportunity to drive excellent research in AI applications, which enable greater use of renewable energy into the UK energy systems.
You will act as a key point of contact for the full range of library customers (internal and external). You will provide advice to colleagues within the Library and the wider University. When senior staff are not on site you will use your initiative and take responsibility for the service. Post holders will usually work in one of three functional areas: Enquiry Services, Stock and Circulation or Front of House. In order to flexibly use resource you may be offered the opportunity to work elsewhere in the department or the wider University.
The ACL post provides opportunities for post-doctoral research and facilitates applications for further research funding for doctors working towards completion of their specialty training. It is intended for those who can demonstrate outstanding potential through success at doctoral research, and who show further potential for development as a clinical academic in research and/or educational research.
The role of the Nursery Practitioner is to ensure that all children attending The Elms Day Nursery receive high quality care, are kept safe, and receive rich and stimulating play experiences which meet their individual needs and support all aspects and components of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. This role will entail light domestic duties as and when required in the playrooms.
You will contribute to a range of education-related activities. In addition you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students, and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others carry out theirs.
An NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer (ACL) post offers doctors in specialty training a combination of 50% of their time in clinical specialty training (clinical service provision for GPs) and 50% in academic training. It provides a maximum of 4 years’ funding or runs until the trainee achieves their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), whichever is soonest.
The Student Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer (Widening Participation) in the Student EDI team will play a key role in supporting the University to deliver our founding civic ambitions of equality of opportunity for all. This involves coordinating and delivering projects as identified in the University’s Access and Participation Plan and EDI Strategy and will undertake work under the direction of the Assistant Director of Student Affairs (Postgraduate and EDI) and Head of Student EDI.
The University of Birmingham’s School of Computer Science is experiencing a sustained period of academic success and strategic growth. As part of this exciting trajectory, we are seeking to expand our educational leadership and invite applications for a Chair (Full Professor) position. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead the School’s education team and shape its strategic direction in computer science and artificial intelligence, working collaboratively across the College and University.
You will be responsible for supervising a team in providing excellent customer service in any one of our areas/outlets. You will ensure the provision of a high quality food and beverage service, cash managing, supervising staff, cleaning and stock control within a team, along with any other duties required ensuring the smooth running of the catering service we offer to our diverse range of customers including administrative duties. In order to flexibly use resource you may be required to work elsewhere in the department or wider University.
You will contribute at a senior level to the full range of placement-related, teaching, research and administration duties on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate and, where appropriate, other courses deliver by the School of Psychology.
The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor with strong expertise and a demonstrated scientific track record in applied nuclear physics. We are seeking an ambitious physicist to exploit the School’s accelerator facilities in the applied areas of fission and fusion research.
The successful candidate will contribute to the project “Higher-Order Monad-based Programming and Reasoning (HOMBRe),” which explores foundational aspects of program semantics and verification. A central focus of the project is the treatment of computational effects via monads and their generalizations. The project also investigates the semantics of iteration and recursion via trace operators, with particular interest in the notion of guarded traces.
This position will involve the selection and functional screening of siRNA-peptide conjugates across multiple human, primate and mouse cell lines. We are therefore seeking a highly motivated and organised individual with proven expertise in human tissue processing and cell culture, cellular transfection, RNA expression analysis (qRT-PCR, RNA-seq), FACS analysis, Western blotting, ELISA, and bioinformatics.
The post holder will work in a high-quality research environment and will be sponsored by a senior mentor for development of their independent research within the strategic areas of research in the MDS.
