Job Description
Job Info
- Job Identification12553
- Locations Queen’s Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ, GB(100% On-campus)
- OrganizationCentre for Cardiovascular Science, Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Edinburgh University Group
- DepartmentCentre for Cardiovascular Science
- Apply Before07/03/2025, 04:29 AM
- Health and Safety RequirementsNo key hazards identified for this post
- Criminal Record CheckNo criminal record check required
- Contract TypeFixed Term
- Work Duration Months12
- Job SchedulePart time
- GradeUE06
- Number of Openings1
- Job FunctionResearcher
Job Description
Grade UE06: £34,132 to £39,355 per annum pro-rata
CMVM / Centre for Cardiovascular Science
Part-time: 21 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 12 months
The Opportunity:
This exciting opportunity involves assisting in several projects including basic science, translational projects and clinical studies. The successful candidate is expected to have a basic science or medical degree and will work with an experienced and supportive research team at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. With regular meetings with the PI and supervisor the post holder will gain valuable expertise in the field of diabetes research. They will assist the PI in the running of studies and clinical trials and in the production of scientific material, such as writing reports and creating illustrations for publications, they will also assist with the organisational aspects of research and meetings.
This post is for 21 hours per week, on site.
The salary for this post is £34,132 to £39,355 per annum pro-rata.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- BSc (1st class or upper second-class honours) or Medical degree.
- Relevant research experience.
- Experience in scientific writing and data analysis.
- Ability to work well in a team.
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Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
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.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University 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).
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 2nd July 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held in the first week of August 2025.
Please contact Professor Shareen Forbes at Shareen.Forbes@ed.ac.uk if you require any additional information.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About the Team
The Centre for Cardiovascular Science (Head of Centre, Professor Andrew Baker) is a world-leading centre of excellence that integrates discovery, translational and clinical cardiovascular research to transform the diagnosis, treatment and management of people with heart and circulatory diseases.
We are working with local, national and international partners and funders to develop solutions to our research challenges with regional and global impact.
Research in the CVS is investigator-led. CVS has 50 principal investigators leading research across four themes: Metabolism Obesity & Diabetes (MOD), Hypertension & Renal (HART), Cardio-metabolic Imaging (CINEMA), and Coronary & Valvular Heart Disease.
The technologies employed within CVS span basic molecular and cell biology, to model organisms (flies, fish, rodents), to clinical trials. The ethos in the CVS is that, whatever their background, investigators can use our network of collaboration and training to deliver fundamental discoveries and implement them in translational research.
CVS hosts two British Heart Foundation research centres: the Centre of Research Excellence (REA3) and the Centre for Vascular Regeneration (CVR).
To find out more, visit https://www.ed.ac.uk/cardiovascular-science/research/cvs-bhf-centres/bhf-centre-of-research-excellence
