Assistant or Associate Professor in Human-microbe

3 weeks ago


Coventry, United Kingdom University of Warwick Full time

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University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

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School of Life Sciences

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Full Time, Permanent

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FA7: £45,585 to £54,395 per annum FA8: £56,021 to £64,914 per annum

**About the Role**
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Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Human Microbe Interactions to join the School of Life Sciences (SLS). This post may include host-pathogen interactions and/or host-microbiome interactions.

**About You**
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You will hold a PhD or equivalent and postdoctoral experience with, dependent on experience, evidence of sustained academic excellence and success in raising research funding, and the potential to continue to attract funding to develop your research portfolio. Those who can demonstrate, or have potential to attract, industrial support for their research may be given preference.

**About the Department**
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**School of Life Sciences**

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The School of Life Sciences (SLS) is a cohesive, enthusiastic community producing world-class, high-impact bioscience research and teaching within an open, friendly, inclusive and highly collaborative environment. Research spans the full range from fundamental to strategic and translational. Funding sources include UKRI, charities, Defra, and Innovate UK as well as contracts direct with industry partners.

**Right to work in the UK**

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**About the University**
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Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
- QS World University Rankings 2024

**Research Excellence Framework 2021

**How to Apply**
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Please provide a covering letter of no more than three pages outlining how you meet the job description and associated criteria, as well as your future research objectives and aspirations. Please include details on how you will attract funding to develop your research portfolio, describe what makes your research distinctive, and outline how you would develop collaborations within SLS and externally.

You can also include here any career breaks you may have taken (parental or long-term sick leave, caring responsibilities, part-time work, secondments, volunteering or time spent in different sectors) or any periods where you were unable or restricted to work because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Closing Date**:3 January 2024.**

The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

**What we Offer**
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We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

**Our Commitment to Inclusion**
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Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.

**Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)**

The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the University’s Vacancy pages and


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