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**Beamline Scientist - X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy**

**Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire**

**£33,963 to £39,955 per annum (Discretionary range to £45,949)dependent upon skills and experience**

**Full time / Flexible hours considered.**

**Reference: 10997**

**About Us**

Diamond Light Source is one of the world’s most advanced scientific facilities. We’re home to the UK’s synchrotron light source - a giant microscope producing beams of light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. Probing the structure and composition ofmatter, our work drives innovation in everything from vaccines to nanotech.

At Diamond we are currently planning a major upgrade of the facility, known as Diamond-II. Diamond-II will combine a new machine and new beamlines with a comprehensive series of upgrades to optics, detectors, sample environments, sample delivery capabilitiesand computing, which will ultimately generate an even more brilliant light source at a higher energy.

**About the Role**

We now have an opportunity for Beamline Scientist with experience and strong research interest in XAS_, _to collaborate and work with the Principal Beamline Scientist for the commissioning and operation of the beamline. The beamline scientist will work closely with other scientists and support groups within Diamond to ensure smooth operation of the beamlineproviding beamtime to the scientific user community._

The Beamline Core XAS is a general-purpose beamline dedicated to X-ray absorption spectroscopy and is part of an integrated project devoted to X-ray spectroscopy which includes Microfocus beamline and I20 Versatile X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy beamline.The beamline is based on a bending magnet source (2.1 - 35 keV) and can perform high throughput and in-situ/operando experiments being equipped with a monochromator that allows quick continuous scanning.

The key responsibilities will include:

- Providing operational support for the beamline, including responsibility for the day-to-day safe operation of the beamline, interact closely with the users of the facility.
- Acting as a single point of contact (Local Contact) for a proportion of user experiments providing specialist technical/scientific advice.
- Collaborating on beamline upgrades and development projects, including taking specific responsibility for certain components of the beamline such as the design, manufacture, installation, testing and commissioning phases.
- Managing the development, procurement, testing, installation, and maintenance of bespoke scientific equipment and software to perform novel experiments on the beamline and the peripheral laboratory.
- Developing own research in an area relevant to the beamline and disseminate the results.

**About you**
- Knowledge of X-ray absorption spectroscopy, scientific instrumentation, in particular synchrotron instrumentation.
- Experience in the use of sample environments and scientific equipment and understanding of other characterization techniques.
- Experience in XAS data analysis
- Experience in data collection within a synchrotron environment.

**Benefits**

Diamond offers an exceptional benefits package to support staff in achieving a positive work/life balance. This includes 25 days annual leave plus 13 days of statutory and company holidays and 2 annual volunteering days, along with flexible working hoursand an excellent pension scheme. Staff also have access to a range of amenities on site including a nursery, cafes, a restaurant and sports and leisure facilities. A relocation allowance may also be available where applicable.

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