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.
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.
As an Administrator within the payroll team you will provide support for a broad range of payroll duties, some of which may be complex. 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.
We are seeking applications for a part time research fellow (70%fte) to work on an NIHR Public Health Research Programme funded project for 12 months. The project aims to map and evaluate Lived Experience Recovery Organisations (LEROs) that support people in recovery from drug or alcohol dependence in England. The post will be based at the Department of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham and will involve delivery of a national survey of local authorities and LEROs and a realist synthesis of the literature. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with academics, other research fellows, a lived experience advisory panel and a stakeholder panel to co-produce research outputs.
The Department of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health at The University of Birmingham invites applications from exceptional and ambitious biological scientists for the role of Assistant or Associate Professor in Oral Biology. The successful applicant will join a highly motivated, collaborative and successful interdisciplinary team of internationally recognised academics who focus on unravelling the biological basis of oral and associated systemic diseases and on the development of innovative solutions that bring impactful change for effective clinical care.
The post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and management of the University’s immigration processes for staff under the direction of the Immigration Compliance Team Leader. This will require the post holder to take responsibility for the provision of advice to the University community in managing compliance with sponsor duties, supporting the development of systems and processes to enhance compliance and ensuring that appropriate documentation is obtained and effectively retained.
The role of the Nursery Practitioner is to ensure that all children attending The Maples 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.
Overall coordination of the Demonstrator Model is provided by the IMPACT Demonstrator Lead, based at the University of Birmingham. This post, the Demonstrator Deputy Lead, will work alongside the Demonstrator Lead to implement the delivery of the model and share learning on how evidence can better inform strategic decision making in adult social care. They will liaise with key actors within the Demonstrator sites during the initial set up phase including senior decision-makers, professional leads, service providers, people who draw on care and support, family carers, and the voluntary and community sector.
The Head of Operations (HoOp) plays a key role in supporting the Head of School to deliver on University, College and School strategy. The role balances strategic thinking with delivering operational excellence through leadership of the professional services teams, frequently requiring the post-holder to translate complex strategy into operational plans.
To carry out the administrative aspects of the University’s immigration processes for staff. This will require the post holder to support the provision of advice to the University community in managing compliance with sponsor duties, supporting the development of systems and processes to enhance compliance and ensuring that appropriate documentation is obtained and effectively retained.
The Facilities and Operations Manager is responsible for the operational function of the Birmingham Research Park site, ensuring a high standard of safety, compliance and customer service to University of Birmingham Enterprise and its Tenant companies.
You will be responsible for lifeguarding and dry side facilities management duties, assisting the Facility Managers in the effective day-to-day management and operation of facilities, ensuring services are delivered safely.
The Senior Data Manager is responsible for the administration and collection of clinical research data for one or more trial protocols. They provide secretariat services to multi-disciplinary collaborative research group(s) engaged in clinical trials designed to improve the treatment and care of patients. Post holders work closely with the Trial Manager, ensuring the smooth process of trial administration, whilst providing support to colleagues, both inside and outside the unit, and give day to day operational guidance to Data Manager.
The University of Birmingham has a proud and illustrious sporting history and we are looking to appoint a BUCS Administrator (BA) to continue this tradition. The BA will play a key role in the delivery and development of our University’s BUCS teams and athletes throughout the year. The role is responsible to ensure the highest standards are met for our students and visiting teams, which includes effective support, particularly in the areas of fixtures, training, matches, events, health and safety and equipment.
This is an exciting role in a busy and fast-paced team. This permanent post will play a key role in supporting the University’s widening participation and outreach agenda and, along with providing support for a broad range of administrative duties and outreach programmes, this role will also provide financial support for the team and be responsible for administering and monitoring the team’s accounts and budgets.
The role will involve planning and co-ordinating high-quality quantitative research, including advanced epidemiological analyses, health inequalities modelling, and SDE-based data linkage. The post holder will lead the analytical and quantitative components of WP2, including exposure–outcome modelling, risk estimation, and burden estimation (e.g., incident, DALY-like approaches, population-attributable fractions). The role will also contribute to development of a UK analytical hub connected to the GBD Europe initiative through quantitative risk factor estimation and model development.
The University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to contribute to the creation of knowledge, in terms of chemistry and microstructural effects on the radiation tolerance and integrity of fusion-grelevant austenitic stainless steels, by combining ion irradiation experiments at reactor-relevant temperatures with an in-depth microstructural characterization and mechanical testing of the virgin and irradiated materials.
The role of the Nursery Assistant 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. At the Elms we work with children, parents, external agencies and the community to ensure the welfare and safety of children to give them the very best start in life. Children have the right to be treated with respect, be helped to thrive and be safe from any abuse in whatever form.
To assist in research (by carrying out data collection or analyses) to create knowledge through providing research support for projects and research groups.
Working within the physiotherapy programme teams, you will make a substantial contribution to the leadership and delivery of musculoskeletal physiotherapy education on the School’s qualifying physiotherapy degree programmes and our postgraduate musculoskeletal physiotherapy programmes on our Edgbaston and Dubai campuses. You will lead and contribute to module teams which plan, prepare and deliver excellent engaging and challenging teaching that inspires students and prepares them for current and future practice and a career in physiotherapy. You will seek out opportunities to develop the educational experience for our students which may include the identification and enhancement of placement education, integrating simulation into the curriculum and using new technology to support teaching, learning and assessment.
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities as part of an Investigator project funded by Wellcome, focusing on understanding microbial and diet interactions in beneficial gut microbiota members such as Bifidobacterium (Bif), and their role in early life colonisation and ecosystem dynamics.
Responsible for supervising a team of Gym Instructors to provide an excellent service to customers within the gym environment, ensuring safety, quality of service and providing advice to a wide range of gym users. The role is spread across both Sport & Fitness and Tiverton Gyms as well as the newly planned Vale Gym at Shackleton Hall.
To teach and advise undergraduate, postgraduate or CPD students within own subject area and within an established teaching programme, managed supervised by member of staff with ultimate responsibility for the design, delivery and assessment of the teaching programme. Some travel might be required.
To provide proactive support to Conferences and events, 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. To flexibly use resource, you may be given the opportunity to work in different areas of the department or wider University. You will be able to develop a wide range of skills, both technical and administrative, and may also have the opportunity to lead on specific tasks within a team.
This position will be within our branded team working in Costa. You will be responsible for providing excellent customer service in any one of those areas/outlets. This post will involve basic food preparation, the provision of a high quality food and beverage service, cash handling, cleaning and stock control, together with any other duties required to ensure the smooth running of the business and operations service we offer to our diverse range of customers. In order to flexibly use resource you may be required to work elsewhere in the department or wider 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.
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.
An exciting opportunity for a proactive and highly organised Project Manager to support the delivery of the Gates Foundation-funded iCENC project within the Centre for Human Reproductive Science. The role will drive a globally significant programme establishing international standards for sperm function assays and advancing non-hormonal contraceptive research.
To teach and advise undergraduate and postgraduate students in the area of Cyber Security, delivering high-quality education within an established curriculum. The post holder will work under the guidance of academic staff with overall responsibility for the programme’s design, delivery, and assessment, and will support students’ learning across core and specialised areas of Cyber Security.
The Clinical Lecturer post is permanent with a focus on the delivery of Orthodontic education for the students registered on the BDS degree programme. The main clinical duties of the post will be in the Birmingham Dental Hospital & School of Dentistry. However, as Orthodontic clinical placement clinical teaching may also be delivered in community clinics, there may be a need to visit the outreach clinical placement sites from a quality assurance and support perspective, on occasion.
The post holder will contribute to and take a role in all aspects of print and distribution services supporting the delivery of our print and distribution services for students, staff, and the wider community.
This post will sit within the Department of Applied Health Sciences and will play a central role in delivering the NIHR Research Professorship awarded to Professor Joht Singh Chandan: (NIHR306365, https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR306365). The Professorship focuses on survivor engagement, multi-sector data integration using Secure Data Environments, trauma-informed care, maternity-related health inequalities, and advancing national and global work on violence against women and children. The primary focus of the Senior Research Fellow will be to lead, coordinate, and strengthens the core research objectives of this Professorship.
You will be responsible for providing excellent customer service in any one of those areas/outlets. This post will involve basic food preparation, the provision of a high quality food and beverage service, cash handling, cleaning and stock control, together with any other duties required to ensure the smooth running of the business and operations service we offer to our diverse range of customers.
Reporting directly to the Director of RSSD, the Strategic Delivery Partner will be a key enabler of excellence in how the Division operates, communicates and delivers change. This is a new role for a motivated and capable professional with excellent judgement, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work confidently with senior stakeholders.
The Research Grants Finance Officer plays a key role as part of the wider Post Award management within the Research Strategy & Services Division (RSSD), supporting academic colleagues to deliver successful, well-managed research projects. Working as part of a friendly and collaborative team, the post holder will provide high-quality financial administration across a portfolio of externally funded awards, ensuring financial claims, reports and forecasts are accurate, timely and compliant with funder requirements.
The post holder will be responsible for cataloguing, and making available through the online archive catalogue, the British Organ Archive held by the University of Birmingham. The post holder will report to the Head of Collections Management and will work closely with other archivists to make accessible the archive collections of the University. They may also assist in directing the work of student interns and volunteers.
The successful candidate will design, develop, test, and maintain technical solutions for the University’s systems and applications. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, troubleshooting complex technical challenges, and ensuring robust delivery of scalable and secure software products. The Senior Developer will also lead code reviews, mentor junior developers, and contribute to innovation within the IT department.
An opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the enthusiastic and forward-looking team of Clinical Dental Tutors and academics at the University of Birmingham teaching undergraduate dental students registered on the BDS degree programme. Teaching on the open plan clinics, supervising patient care, at the Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry provides an excellent opportunity to shape the future dental professional using modern assessment and feedback technologies.
You will provide high quality care, learning and development for all children attending the Nursery. You will ensure that children are safe, happy and stimulated with their individual needs met, in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum (EYFS). You will also carry out light domestic duties. In order to flexibly use resource you may be given the opportunity to work in different areas of the department or wider University.
An opportunity has arisen for an individual(s) to join the enthusiastic and forward-looking team of Clinical Dental Tutors and academics at the University of Birmingham teaching undergraduate dental students registered on the BDS degree programme. Teaching on the open plan clinics, supervising patient care, at the Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry provides an excellent opportunity to shape the future dental professional using modern assessment and feedback technologies.
We are seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to work on improving our understanding of black holes and neutron stars from gravitational-wave observations. The applicant will join the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom – one of the globally leading institutes in gravitational wave-research. The successful applicant should have a background in data analysis techniques and analytical and/or numerical modelling of compact binaries.
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.
We seek an individual with theoretical background primarily in the research areas of nanophotonics and/or quantum optics. The successful candidate will perform computational calculations to design various nanophotonic and nanoplasmonic devices that allow for quantum entanglement and quantum interferometry to be realized. The successful candidate will also need to develop the necessary schemes and theoretical models for these systems.
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.
Reporting to a Research Support Manager and working collaboratively within a team, the RDO helps researchers develop and secure external research grants by providing specialist support throughout the pre-award and contracting process. Acting as a key point of contact for researchers in a designated School, the RDO offers expert guidance on funder terms and conditions, costing and pricing, due diligence of external partners, and submission processes. They also play a vital role in negotiating research agreements, setting up projects, and ensuring a smooth transition from pre-award to post-award support by working closely with colleagues across the Research Strategy and Services Division (RSSD).
The Research Performance & Data Officer will provide high-quality data reporting, analysis, and operational support across key areas of institutional research performance. Working closely with colleagues in the Research Performance & Systems Innovation team, they will support statutory and internal research income reporting, REF 2029 data and modelling, and a range of research performance activities across the University.
The University of Birmingham is a global institution working within a diverse and vibrant City, offering an inspiring education to our students, and undertaking critically important research. We are a place of open, critical thinking, and the creation, sharing and dissemination of knowledge. Professional Services put students at the heart of all they do and enable an exceptional educational experience.
As the Head of Philanthropy, Asia you will be responsible for growing our major gifts programme in the Asia-Pacific region. The focus will be on increasing six figure + (GBP) giving through the University of Birmingham Hong Kong Foundation, and from the wider region. Most of our warm donors are based in Malaysia and Hong Kong but there is an active community of alumni in Singapore and scoping to be done across Asia to drive the next phase of our strategy forward beyond alumni donors and to build on a recent seven figure donation as a catalyst for further giving.
A key member of the Development and Alumni Relations Office’s (DARO) Charitable Funding team, you will navigate the university, working closely with academics and Professional Services colleagues to identify some key areas where there are funding needs. The role will bring to life some of our ground-breaking, sector leading work in a compelling and succinct way, inspiring support from new and existing funders.
As Head Gardener, you will lead the operational management and strategic development of Winterbourne’s 7-acre botanic garden and related horticultural activities. You will lead a horticultural team of supervisors, practitioners, trainees and volunteers, taking overall responsibility for recruitment, performance management and development. You will also be responsible for the management of operational budgets and financial targets and spearhead the successful identification of funding streams and initiatives relevant to the Heritage and Higher Educational sectors, generating additional income for their area of responsibility.
As a Senior Administrator within the BMSU, 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 successful candidate will play a key role in establishing and delivering the new Rugby River Champions citizen science initiative – a community-based project focused on river health monitoring. They will support volunteer networks, provide training and resources, develop communications, and glean community feedback to enhance participation and impact.
The role is advertised as a three-legged contract with excellence in research, education and administration all expected, with candidates able to demonstrate a commitment to teaching and school service.
The role is advertised as a three-legged contract with excellence in research, education and administration all expected, with candidates able to demonstrate a commitment to teaching and school service.
The role is advertised as a three-legged contract with excellence in research, education and administration all expected, with candidates able to demonstrate a commitment to teaching and school service. Synergies with the other research themes within GEES will also be considered, including links to urban resilience and health inequalities, and research on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We seek to recruit a postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mass Spectrometry to undertake research as part of the Wellcome-funded project “Transforming spatial and structural biology: Native ambient mass spectrometry”. The post holder will undertake research in ambient mass spectrometry (including Nano-DESI and LESA), top-down mass spectrometry and mass spectrometry imaging of proteins and their assemblies.
The University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint an Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry or a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry within the newly established Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) in collaboration with Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust where the successful candidate will undertake clinical duties. The university, founded in 1900 when Queen Victoria granted our Royal Charter, has always adopted an ambitious and progressive approach to education and research. We are proud to have fostered a global community of leaders and problem-solvers.
The University of Birmingham is seeking to appoint an Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry or a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry within the newly established Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) in collaboration with Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust where the successful candidate will undertake clinical duties. The university, founded in 1900 when Queen Victoria granted our Royal Charter, has always adopted an ambitious and progressive approach to education and research. We are proud to have fostered a global community of leaders and problem-solvers.
A unique opportunity for a successful applicant to undertake research in electrochemistry, surface chemistry and bionanotechnology, developing smart peptide interfaces that can be switched ON and OFF electrochemically for real-time protein detection in complex biological systems.
Our two-year programme includes a rotation of placements across different areas of the University’s Professional Services, complemented by a tailored training and development package and mentoring from a university senior leader. Trainees will learn the necessary skills to run a global university and will gain direct experience of a number of university services.
In 2025, we celebrate 125 years of university status by Royal Charter. To mark this milestone, we are making a significant investment in our research by appointing 125 new Anniversary Fellows and Chairs.
In 2025, we celebrate 125 years of university status by Royal Charter. To mark this milestone, we are making a significant investment in our research by appointing 125 new Anniversary Fellows and Chairs.
This post forms part of an international multi-site programme with the title: Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia (SOCIAL), which is based at the University of Lund. It is funded under the auspices of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Networks. The Principal Investigator at Birmingham University is Prof Chris Thornhill (Law). This post is focused on the analysis of Security Narratives & Legal Change in Central Asia, and the appointee will examine how some security discourses—such as counterterrorism and digital surveillance—drive constitutional and legal reforms in authoritarian regimes. The research will study how, in some contexts, law is instrumentalized to expand executive power and suppress dissent.
This post forms part of an international multi-site programme with the title: Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia (SOCIAL), which is based at the University of Lund. It is funded under the auspices of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Networks. The Principal Investigator at Birmingham University is Prof Chris Thornhill (School of Law). This post is focused on analyzing discrepancies between public reform narratives and actual legal outcomes under authoritarian elites. The appointee will assess the contradictory nature of legal reforms in Central Asia and will examine how some reforms aim to entrench authoritarian rule through constitutional engineering, while others introduce mechanisms aligned with international standards—such as administrative courts and accountability structures.
You will contribute at a senior level to clinical service and research. You will be expected to contribute to academic citizenship, likely to be demonstrated through generous, mutually respectful, and supportive working relationships
