The sucessful candidate will be appointed at grade 7 or grade 8 depending on experience. For grade 8 appointments the candidate should have significant demonstrable experience using confocal microscopes.
Oxford Brookes Centre for Bioimaging is a core facility based in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. We have a wide range of light and electron microscopes, as well as fully-equipped electron microscopy sample preparation labs, tissue culture facilities and an image analysis suite.
The Centre for Bioimaging is located in a dedicated building that houses the microscopes and teams of researchers who specialise in research using bioimaging, including parasitologists, plant cell biologists and mammalian cell biologists.
We are looking for a light microscopy specialist to support the day to day running of the Centre for Bioimaging with the Bioimaging Manager.
The successful applicant will provide specialist training and advice on microscopy research techniques and will be involved in the development of novel applications that expands the capabilities of the Centre for Bioimaging. We undertake regular outreach events and the successful applicant will be incorporated into a large and friendly laboratory with other bioimaging researchers.
You will be joining a friendly, professional environment where every member of staff is recognised as important to the success of Oxford Brookes University. You will also enjoy the benefits of working at Oxford Brookes University, including a generous annual leave entitlement, a Local Government pension scheme, and a cycle to work scheme. For more information about benefits please see the document 'All about Brookes' below.
CV and Personal Statement
As part of the application process all applicants are required to complete our online application form by clicking on the “Apply for Job” button on the Oxford Brookes vacancy page. You will be routed to this when you click on the above “Apply” button. All parts of the application form should be completed and in the section of the form called “Supporting Documents”, applicants must upload their CV and a Personal Statement. To complete the Personal Statement part of the application, applicants must download the Personal Statement document which is part of the advert below and complete the form, providing examples and explaining how they meet each item detailed on the document. The Personal Statement must then be uploaded to the application form along with the CV.
The University has adopted equality, diversity and inclusion as core values. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates whatever their background, and especially from BAME candidates who are under-represented in our workforce.