Research Associate
- Recruiter
- Cardiff University
- Location
- Cardiff, Cardiff (Caerdydd)
- Salary
- £32,548 - £38,833 per annum
- Posted
- 16 Mar 2018
- Closes
- 13 Apr 2018
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Research Associate - EPSRC ReLib Project
Vacancy Number: 7139BR
Cardiff Business School
Cardiff Business School is widely regarded as one of the leading business and management schools in the UK, ranked 6th in the UK for the quality of its research in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). We educate over 3,500 students annually, including over 1,500 international students. Cardiff Business School has an international faculty of world-leading scholars. Our research reputation has helped us become an attractive centre of scholarship for colleagues from the UK and beyond. As the world’s first Public Value Business School, Cardiff Business School has a commitment to delivering societal as well as economic value though the undertaking of world leading inter-disciplinary research addressing the grand challenges facing communities, business and organizations.
This vacancy is for Research Associate for 36 months, contributing to the EPSRC Faraday project ‘ReLib’ on electric car battery recycling technologies, business models and economics in the UK. The Cardiff University work package in ReLib, led by Professor Peter Wells, is to provide description, categorisation and analysis of business and organizational models that may emerge alongside technological innovations in electric car battery recycling systems, along with the development of an account of the implications of recycling electric car batteries and the associated electrical powertrain systems for the automotive industry as a whole.
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements. Cardiff Business School is particularly looking to recruit from under-represented groups within the School.
This post is full-time and fixed-term for 3 years.
Salary: £32,548 - £38,833 per annum (Grade 6)
Closing date: Saturday, 14 April 2018
Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.