Postdoctoral Research Associate

Job Identification

6159

Job Category

Academic

Locations

Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, GB

Posting Date

01/05/2023, 10:16 PM

Apply Before

02/09/2023, 12:00 AM

Degree Level

Post-Doctorate

Job Schedule

Full time

Job Shift

Day

Health and Safety Requirements

No key hazards identified for this post

Criminal Record Check

No criminal record check required

Contract Type

Fixed Term

Job Description

Postdoctoral Research Associate in cosmology

UE07 £35,333 - £42,155 per annum

College of Science & Engineering / School of Physics & Astronomy / Institute for Astronomy

Fixed Term position, 3 years

Full time: 35 hours per week

Start date: Flexible; but not later than 1 st Oct 2023

We seek applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of cosmology. The successful candidate will join a new research group led by Dr Alex Hall at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA) at the University of Edinburgh.

The Opportunity:

The research aims of this position are to tackle key challenges in cosmology pertinent to the Euclid mission and to contribute to the scientific analysis of data from Euclid. The position will have a particular focus on weak gravitational lensing, galaxy clustering, and cross-correlations as probes of dark energy, modified gravity, neutrino mass, primordial non-Gaussianity, and other extensions to the standard cosmological model.

The Euclid space telescope is expected to launch in 2023, with a first major internal data release in 2024 and first science papers planned for 2025, aligning well with the timeline of this 3-year position. The successful applicant will be expected to join the Euclid Consortium.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Possess, or is about to be awarded, a PhD in astronomy or a related scientific discipline.

Relevant research experience (including PhD) in cosmology or related fields, with excellent research-level understanding of the area.

Record of high-quality lead-author and co-authored refereed journal publications (relative to career stage).

Capable of working independently, exercising a high degree of initiative, and with the ability to think creatively.

Able to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Click to access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

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.

Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office's English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

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 School of Physics and Astronomy is in the College of Science and Engineering and comprises the Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics (IPNP), the Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems (ICMCS) and the Institute for Astronomy (IfA). We have around 100 academic staff, over 120 research staff and around 65 professional services staff.

The School of Physics and Astronomy was ranked 4th in the UK and 1st in Scotland in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 listing for the quality, scale and breadth of its research by Times Higher Education. Consistently ranked within the top 20 physics departments worldwide, these results confirm the exceptional performance of our staff, our excellent facilities, and our world-leading research.

The School runs undergraduate programmes at BSc and MPhys level in Physics, Mathematical Physics, Theoretical Physics, Computational Physics, Astrophysics and (jointly with the School of Chemistry) Chemical Physics. The undergraduate programme has flexible entry and exit points, creating courses of variable duration and level. The School accepts around 230 new undergraduates into its programmes each year and has current student populations of over 800 undergraduates, 50 taught postgraduates and 220 research postgraduates.

We aim to ensure that our culture and systems support flexible and family- friendly working and recognise and value diversity across all our staff and students. The School has an active programme offering support and professional development for all staff; providing mentoring, training, and networking opportunities.

The School of Physics and Astronomy holds Athena SWAN Silver and IoP Juno Champion awards, in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality.

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