Research Assistant in River Pollution

We are looking for an enthusiastic Research Assistant to join an exciting new project funded by DEFRA and UKRI to develop new sensing technology for monitoring river health. Please see this short video called Giving Our Rivers a Voice for some background information.

You will work as part of an interdisciplinary team (including microbiologists, engineers, environmental scientists, and AI data analysts) developing new fluorescence-based sensing technology for the assessment of river health. You will have access to a range of scientific laboratory facilities that support the development of cutting-edge technology.

You will work closely with collaborators from The Rivers Trust and Chelsea Technologies and conduct extensive field-testing of the technology at existing water catchments. You will be expected to disseminate the technology and project results as part of a team. You should have an honours degree such as Environmental, Chemical or Biological sciences. A practical background is essential and you should have good laboratory and field skills, with relevant experience of water quality sampling & analysis. You will be able to demonstrate good scientific data collection and analytical skills, knowledge or experience of aquatic ecology is desirable.

You should have good science communication skills and the ability to work with and alongside people with different backgrounds to your own.
You will have experience of conducting some independent experimental research (e.g. final year undergraduate project)., Disability Confident
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This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit., This is a full -time fixed-term post, working 37 hours per week.

This post is not available on a job share basis.

This role is campus based.

To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.

The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. If you do not have current right to work in the UK you may wish to explore other visa options.

Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

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