Research Fellow II (Recycling and Remanufacturing of Battery Materials)

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £47,389 to £56,535 with potential progression once in post to £63,606

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to March 2028

Background

The post is a fixed term Research Fellow II position funded by the ReLiB (Recycling and Reuse of Lithium-ion Batteries) research grant, provided by the Faraday Institution, the UK’s independent institute for electrochemical energy storage research and skills development. The Faraday Institution's vision is to bring together scientists and industry partners on research projects to reduce battery cost, weight, and volume; to improve performance and reliability (The Faraday Institution - Powering Britain’s Battery Revolution).

Role Summary

• Initiate and conduct original research which has measurable outcomes and is reflected in a growing national and often incipient international reputation
• Plan, design and co-ordinate research activities and programmes
• Contribute to the development of research strategies
• Publish results of own research
• Supervise PhD students
• Contribute to the Department/School through management/leadership 
• Develop and make substantial contributions to knowledge transfer, enterprise, business engagement, public engagement activities, widening participation, schools outreach or similar activities at Department/School level or further within the University

Main Duties

To plan and carry out research, using appropriate methodology and techniques. This may include, where appropriate to the discipline:

• Pursue personal research, including developing research ideas and winning support, including financial support
• Plan, publish and/or execute high-quality research
• Project manage research on ReLIB, and supervise other research staff
• Present high-quality findings in publications and conference proceedings 
• Develop novel methodologies and techniques related to materials scale-up and electrochemical testing
• Train researchers and PhD students in materials manufacturing, powder processing, electrode formulations and coatings, and cell manufacturing
• Supervise and examine PhD students, both within and outside the University
• Provide expert advice to colleagues and students within battery materials and cell development

Person Specification

• A higher degree relevant to battery materials (normally PhD) or equivalent qualifications
• Extensive research experience and scholarship within materials manufacture, reel-to-reel coatings and pouch cell making
• 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 routes to scale-up materials
• Extensive experience and achievement in knowledge transfer, enterprise and similar activity
• Experience of championing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in own work area

Informal enquiries to Emma Kendrick, email: e.kendrick@bham.ac.uk  

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