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Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Oxford - Department of Paediatrics

Location: Oxford
Salary: £45,585 to £54,395 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 27th September 2023
Closes: 24th October 2023
Job Ref: 167278

The Oxford Vaccine Group directed by Professor Sir Andrew Pollard is a multi-disciplinary team working across all aspects of vaccine research with the aim to improve human health.  The group led the rapid clinical development of vaccines against COVID-19 in the pandemic and has made major contributions to knowledge supporting the development of vaccines such as meningitis, pneumococcus, typhoid and Ebola, understanding of infectious diseases, and influencing national and global policy on immunisation over three decades. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced postdoctoral researcher to work alongside world renowned scientists at the Oxford Vaccine Group in a team led by Professor Sir Andrew Pollard. The successful candidate will take responsibility for an exciting programme of work which aims to accelerate the development of a new vaccine against Salmonella Paratyphi using a human challenge model to measure the efficacy of the vaccine in humans, assess immune response to the vaccine and identify correlates of protection against Salmonella infections. Other projects in the team are evaluation of vaccines against non-typhoidal Salmonella infection and evaluation of immunity against Clostridium difficile

The postholder should have a relevant PhD, considerable research experience and achievement reflected by a growing reputation and demonstrated success. You should thrive on scientific challenges associated with generating and analysing complex immunological data sets, be keen to learn, test and develop new analytical tools and methods. You must be capable of learning and working independently and be able to train junior team members.

This position is offered full-time on a fixed-term contract initially for three years with the possibility to extend provided further external funding is available.

This role meets the criteria for a UK Skilled Worker visa.

You will be required to upload a CV and Supporting Statement as part of your online application. The Supporting Statement should include a cover letter and should also clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job description

Only online applications received before 12.00 midday on Tuesday 24 October will be considered. Interviews will be held as soon as possible thereafter.

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