Research Assistant/associate

3 weeks ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom University of Cambridge Full time

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 24 months in the first instance.

The post holders will be located at the Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK, with the possibility of both long-term-attachment and shorter travel to CERN in Switzerland where appropriate. Appointment at research associate is dependent on having a PhD including those who have submitted but not yet received their PhD (in which case appointment will initially be made at research assistant and amended to research associate when the PhD is awarded).

Salary Ranges: Research Assistant (£32,411 - £33,348) Research Associate (£35,308 - £43,155).

The interview date will be late-June/early-July 2023.

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