Research Fellow/senior Research Fellow in Food

3 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**Research Fellow UE08: £43,414.00 - £51,805.00 **_OR _**

**CMVM / Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies / Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems.**

**Fixed Term Contract - 3 Years - Start date as soon as feasible; Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.**

**The Opportunity**:
**The project**:
The Global Academy sits within the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, alongside its Roslin Institute, at the University’s Easter Bush campus. Research and teaching will also exploit the close synergies and expertise with other schools and institutes in the University of Edinburgh, including the schools of Medicine, Biological Sciences, Geosciences, Social and Political Sciences, Business, Informatics, and the Bayes, Usher and Edinburgh Futures Institutes, as well as with external partners

This full-time post (35 hours) is available on a fixed term basis for 3 years in the first instance, with appointment starting as soon as feasible. (We anticipate that the post will be largely self-sustaining by the end of this term.)

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- A PhD in a relevant topic (social or natural sciences), and a growing (UE08) or established (UE09), internationally significant record of achievement in a field relevant to **food security early action in pastoral systems **as evidenced by practical experience, research publications and educational/capacity strengthening activities.
- Experience of doing research (UE08 and UE09) and leading research and research teams (UE09) working on global challenges relevant to low-income countries, especially in cross/inter/trans-disciplinary research initiatives and in collaborative research.
- A well-developed understanding of the priorities, operation and strategy of relevant funding bodies as evidenced by a significant track record of funded research.
- Strong multi-disciplinary / multi-cultural partnership development and communications skills.

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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages **(opens new browser tab).

**Application Procedure**:
**When applying, it is essential that you attach**:
1. A curriculum vitae, including: career/employment history and details of any career breaks, specifying the duration of any breaks in months; a summary of formal training and qualifications; relevant experience and evidence of esteem such as prizes and memberships of professional bodies and a list of publications/outputs. Please restrict the total length of the CV and outputs list to a maximum of 5 pages of A4.

2. A short covering letter.

3. A two-page outline of a proposed research programme relevant to the priorities of the Jameel Observatory (see here for a summary of the Jameel Observatory ‘Challenge Questions’), including: a research plan which highlights particularly novelty and uniqueness; details of any planned activities to maximise collaboration, partnership and knowledge exchange; fit to applicant track record (skills, experience and outputs).

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