Senior Research Fellow

Salary: As this vacancy has limited funding the maximum salary that can be offered is Grade 8, salary £56,535

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to March 2027

Background

This post will contribute to the delivery of the Gates Foundation-funded Independent Centre for Evaluating Nonhormonal Contraceptive (iCENC) project within the Centre for Human Reproductive Science (ChRS). The iCENC aims to establish internationally recognised standards for sperm function assays to support the evaluation of non-hormonal contraceptive compounds. The post holder will play a key role in developing and applying advanced sperm function methodologies, coordinating experimental and analytical work, and contributing to international collaborations with leading partner sites.

Main Duties

• Design, plan, and deliver high-quality research on sperm function, including motility, acrosome reaction, survival, and viscous penetration assays
• Analyse and interpret complex experimental datasets using advanced statistical and computational approaches, and contribute to the establishment of standardised baseline ranges
• Coordinate and manage laboratory activities within the iCENC, ensuring quality assurance, ethical compliance, and adherence to health and safety standards
• Publish high-impact papers and present research outcomes at international conferences, workshops, and Gates Foundation network meetings.
• Actively contribute to the development of the research strategy within the Centre and develop and support applications for future funding.
• Project manage research activities, and/or supervise other research staff
• Present high quality findings in publications and conference proceedings 
• Develop novel methodologies and techniques appropriate to the type of research being pursued
• Supervise and examine PhD students, both within and out with the University
• Provide expert advice to colleagues and students within discipline
• Contribute to the administration/management of research across the Department/School
• Develop and make substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, and public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University
• Contribute to some administrative activities within the University, typically relating to research
• Apply knowledge in a way that develops new intellectual understanding
• Actively manages equality, diversity and inclusion through monitoring and evaluation and actively challenging unacceptable behaviour

Person Specification

• Normally, a higher degree relevant to the research area (normally PhD) or equivalent qualifications
• Extensive research experience and scholarship within subject specialism
• Experience and achievement reflected in a growing reputation 
• Extensive experience and demonstrated success in planning, undertaking and project managing research to deliver high quality results
• Extensive experience of applying and/or developing and devising successful models, techniques and methods
• Extensive experience and achievement in knowledge transfer, enterprise and similar activity
• Experience of championing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in own work area
• Ability to monitor and evaluate the extent to which equality and diversity legislation, policies, procedures are applied
• Ability to identify issues with the potential to impact on protected groups and take appropriate action

Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Meurig Gallagher, email: m.t.gallagher@bham.ac.uk 

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