Research Associate in Sustainability Assessment

We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for two enthusiastic researchers to join our Sustainability Assessment Team at the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures (GCSF). The Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures at The University of Sheffield brings collaborators together across academic disciplines, business, and policy to create knowledge that will deliver global health, prosperity, and wellbeing within planetary boundaries. The centre runs a programme of systemic and interdisciplinary research on intractable problems. For further details about the GCSF, please visit our website at http://grantham.sheffield.ac.uk/ Your role will be to undertake research in the GCSF Sustainability Assessment Team on processes and methodologies and support the wide range of sustainability research that needs quantitative analysis. Your work will develop the materials, processes and technology needed to transform the material economy, bringing together the critical mass needed to realise the benefits of a circular economy. Both researchers will carry out a variety of sustainability assessments, across projects in plastics to clean energy and hydrogen to agriculture. The two roles will have slightly different focus and background skills: 1. One position will focus on economics, technoeconomic assessment and life cycle costing 2. The second post will focus on environmental assessment, which may include life cycle assessment, environmental risk assessment and mas flow analysis.

• 41 days annual leave (including closure days and Bank Holidays), with the possibility to purchase up to ten additional days.
• Up to 5 days of paid time off to cover emergency caring responsibilities.
• A commitment to work life balance including, flexible working opportunities and hybrid working where possible.
• A highly competitive pension scheme.
• Discounts at participating shops and cinemas, and a cycle to work scheme.
• A commitment to your development, with programmes, learning modules and mentoring schemes.
• An inclusive and diverse workplace.
• A commitment to your wellbeing, with confidential emotional support, support for those going through the menopause, experiencing fertility treatment, and having a baby, paid leave for IVF treatment and more.
Further information can be found at https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.