Research Assistant

St John's College is seeking a Research Assistant.

Half-Time position for one year; salary £33,309 - £37,467 pro rata per annum.

We are seeking to fill a 0.5-FTE research assistant post in support of the work by Professors Myles Allen, Katherine Blundell and Keith Burnett and Drs Ian Klinke and Jessica Omukuti in support of their new programme, which relates to the dissemination of modern research related to Net Zero, Earth’s climate and future energy.  

The appointee will be responsible for liaising with academics in different disciplines across the University of Oxford, the preparation of detailed documents for meetings with them and with national and international decision makers and policy developers.  They will also have, or expect to shortly receive a doctorate in a relevant area of climate science, policy or economics, as well as having good interpersonal skills and attention to detail. 

Further Particulars can be found on our website: https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vacancies.

If you consider that you meet the selection criteria (detailed previously), please send your application consisting of a covering letter explaining your suitability for the post and a full CV with your complete education and employment history, preferably by email, to vacancies@sjc.ox.ac.uk, or by post to Mrs Amanda Armstrong, Human Resources, St John’s College Oxford, St Giles, OX1 3JP.

Your application should arrive no later than 5pm on Wednesday 17^th August 2022.

Please state the names, addresses and telephone numbers of two people who are prepared to give you a reference for this position (preferably your current Line Manager). Please indicate whether we can contact them at this stage.

Informal enquires may be made by email to Myles Allen (myles.allen@ouce.ox.ac.uk) or Katherine Blundell (katherine.blundell@physics.ox.ac.uk).

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