Research Associate

Job title           : Research Associate

Department      : Department for Health

Salary              : Starting from £37,099, rising to £44,263

Grade               : Grade 7

Contract Type  : Full Time, Fixed Term

Placed on         : Wednesday 14 August 2024

Closing date     : Wednesday 28 August 2024

Interview date  : To be confirmed

Reference         : CH11978

We are looking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to work on the BBSRC-funded ‘Bath MyoRhythms Project’. This is a 30-month experiment to characterise rhythmicity in human skeletal muscle metabolism.

You will work within our Centre for Nutrition, Exercise & Metabolism (CNEM) and will involve the recruitment and testing of human volunteers to complete a 40-hour semi-constant routine protocol in order to establish 24-h rhythms in human whole body and skeletal muscle carbohydrate metabolism and protein turnover, along with how these rhythms are affected by systematically manipulated daily physical activity patterns.

Analysis of samples will involve working with staff within the CNEM at Bath, along with collaborators on this grant at the Universities of Nottingham, Surrey, Maastricht, Geneva, Melbourne and Copenhagen.

The Research Associate will take responsibility for participant recruitment and the day-to-day running of the experiments, including the co-ordination of research students as required. Following data/tissue collections, the Research Associate will also be involved in tissue and data analysis, along with publication of the results.

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) fixed term basis for an expected duration of 30 months.

About you

A Ph.D. in a relevant subject such as, Nutrition; Human Metabolism; Human Physiology is essential. Experience of conducting projects of this type would be an advantage, but is not essential as full training will be provided.

For further details, please contact Prof James Betts (J.Betts@bath.ac.uk)

About the Department

The Department for Health at the University of Bath is a vibrant community providing excellent facilities and support for teaching and research. Our taught programmes are some of the highest ranked in UK and the World, and in the most recent Research Excellence Framework exercise (REF2014), we returned staff across three Units of Assessment, ranking 5th (Sport & Exercise Science) and 6th (Allied Health Professions), with ~90% of our outputs rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

The Department for Health is dedicated to providing a supportive and inclusive environment for staff and students. We hold a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our ongoing commitment to gender equality and welcome applications from under-represented groups.

What we can offer you:

• A very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• We are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• An excellent reward package that recognizes the talents of our diverse workforce
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• A number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

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