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Animal Welfare Researcher

2 months ago


Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom UK Research and Innovation Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Research Scientist to join our team at UK Research and Innovation. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating a new dataset of primate welfare and behaviour measures, which will be shared with other researchers. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a world-leading primate breeding facility and contribute to the development of artificial intelligence models.

Main Responsibilities
  • Create a new dataset of primate welfare and behaviour measures
  • Carry out systematic reviews of macaque behaviour and welfare measures
  • Collect new welfare measures and videos
  • Annotate and analyse video data
  • Prepare the new dataset for sharing with other researchers
  • Present research and write journal articles
  • Visit conferences and other primate centres
Working Relationships

The post-holder will report to the Head of Scientific Programmes and will be based in the science team at the CFM. They will work closely with the IT team, data management team, veterinary staff, primate centres, and artificial intelligence researchers.

Requirements
  • PhD in an animal behaviour-related and/or animal welfare-related field, or equivalent experience
  • Experience in working with animals and collecting animal behaviour data
  • Expertise in data analysis using programming software (R, Python or MATLAB)
  • Skills in paper-writing to disseminate research data and ideas
  • Presentation skills in delivering talks and posters
Personal Qualities
  • Ability to manage time effectively
  • Able to work as part of a team
  • Good communication skills