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Flavour Technologist

University of Greenwich - Food and Markets

Location: Kent, Medway
Salary: £29,762 to £35,308 pa
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 26th May 2023
Closes: 7th June 2023
Job Ref: 3902
 

Location: Medway Campus

Interview Date: To be confirmed

The Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich is offering an exciting position for a flavour technologist to manage state-of-the-art flavour and sensory analysis capability at the Medway Food Innovation Centre (MFIC).

As part of the GK&M project, the University of Greenwich is setting up the Medway Food Innovation Centre (MFIC) – an advanced facility to deliver step-changing R&D solutions for the food industries through cutting edge research as well as excellent training and courses on new product technologies and food process development for student cohorts.

The flavour and sensory analysis capability will be established within MFIC at Natural Resources Institute, to deliver advanced food technology and innovation programme as well as facilitate the enterprise activities with the focus on knowledge exchange. The Flavour Technologist will have the managing responsibilities for the upkeep and troubleshooting of the recently purchased a state-of-the-art 2D gas chromatography coupled with Time of Flight mass spectrometer. Responsibilities of this role include developing SOPs, training students and project fellows with instrument operation and help with flavour analysis methodologies as well as support designing CPDs. There are several interests from businesses including companies under our Food Accelerator programme to collaborate with MFIC to solve their technical challenges where the flavour technologist will also play a key role by delivering these contract services on time in full. The appointed Flavour Technologist will also have the responsibility to support internal research by performing required flavour and volatile analysis for grant-funded projects (e.g. for UKRI/KTP/Innovate SMART grant etc.). This will provide the candidate future career progression to further expand the flavour research and science horizon.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of working with GC-MS/GCxGC-ToF MS facility (and in-depth knowledge of the flavour volatile analysis is essential) with at least MSc level in food/flavour science and some prior experience of enterprise support.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Parag Acharya, Senior Fellow in Food Innovation on p.acharya@gre.ac.uk.

Should you have any queries please contact the HR Recruitment Team on hrsr-fes@gre.ac.uk.

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission.

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion.

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

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