A position exists, for a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on to work on the Digital Roads of the Future Initiative
The post holder will be located in the Civil Engineering Building, 7a JJ Thomson Ave, CB3 0FA, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
The key responsibilities and duties are to provide technical leadership and coordination to the DRF initiative via research advancement in Data Science within its existing grants; authoring new grant proposals; authoring publications and disseminating the initiative’s outcomes; teaching and learning support; administration, financial management, planning and organisation; staff management, training, and supervising; and internal and external networking, while constantly upholding the university’s values.
The skills, qualifications and experience required to perform the role are:
- having obtained a PhD degree in any relevant engineering or science discipline, or architecture;
- possessing significant previous academic experience related to Data Science for infrastructure or the built environment as Research Associate or equivalent;
- possessing a relevant and very strong academic track record with peer reviewed journal publications in top journals or patents, with some evidence of preparation of successful proposals;
- possessing previous project and financial management experience;
- possessing excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Appointment at Senior Research Associate level is dependent on significant experience as a postdoctoral research associate or equivalent, with proven impact from authored publications.
Salary Range: Senior Research Associate: £45,585 – £57,696
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 21 months in the first instance.
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If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact: Ms Rachel Judson email rj419@eng.cam.ac.uk (Tel +44 01223 764787).
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