Total 41 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Durham, DH1 5YA

What skills and experience we're looking for

Hurworth School require an enthusiastic and skilled Teacher of Science to join our a well-established, highly effective and successful department that aims to instil students with a lifelong love of scientific process and learning.

You should have the ability to deliver outstanding lessons in science, are passionate about their subject and enjoy supporting and challenging students to achieve their personal goals and aspirations

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer high quality in-house coaching and mentoring; access to a wide range of professional development opportunities; access to Trust networks and professional development; access to Darlington networks; a highly supportive and collaborative staff; amazing children

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Works on both animals and cell culture based models using a variety of cellular physiology and molecular biology methods including FACS, ELISA, immunoblotting, microscopy, RT-PCR, and gene expression arrays.

Perform a variety of complex technical duties involved in conducting physical, chemical, biological and other research laboratory tests, experiments and determinations to obtain data for research purposes; compile, analyze, document and draw tentative conclusions from experimental results.

Confer with principal investigator to review work assignments and develop plans for research experiments; make minor modifications to existing laboratory procedures and techniques to meet the needs of the particular equipment as required.

Review laboratory methods manual, scientific journals, abstracts and other literature for information applicable to research experiments.

Work Schedule: Full-time (Without Compensation)

Starting at $0 Without Compensation (ZZ 00)

A 15-month fixed term full time Postdoctoral Research Association (PDRA) position is available in the Department of Geography at Durham University. The successful candidate will join the project 'Greenland Ice Sheet and sea-level response under climate change from AD 1600 to 2100'. The project is led at Durham by Professor Sarah Woodroffe and is funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council.

As a PDRA on this project, the successful applicant will be required to develop relative sea-level reconstructions over the past few hundred years from salt-marshes in Greenland using diatoms as the main proxy, alongside XRF and other stratigraphic methods. These reconstructions will be compared to relative sea-level predictions from new Greenland-wide models of ice sheet change developed by collaborators on the project from Lincoln and Northumbria Universities. The main responsibilities will be to develop new modern and fossil diatom datasets from Greenland saltmarshes and statistical and chronological models that allow quantitative relative sea-level reconstructions from sites around the west coast of Greenland. A further responsibility will be to write applications for radiocarbon dating support, to prepare data, figures and text for publication and to communicate the interim and final findings of the research at collaborator workshops and international science meetings.

This is a great opportunity to work as part of a friendly team on a cutting-edge project. The PDRA will have access to outstanding resources including laboratory and microscope facilities and travel funding for conferences and collaboration.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in developing relative sea-level reconstructions using diatom data and application of quantitative methods of RSL reconstruction. Previous experience working in salt-marshes would be an advantage.

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We are currently looking for a number of Night shift Warehouse Operatives to assists in the sortation, storage, loading and unloading of product within a premier logistics company in Durham.
This role works on behalf of our customers to ensure they are receiving the correct freight at the correct time and upholding our promise of delivering exactly.

Key responsibilities

* Loading sorting and scanning parcels and freight
* Follow all aspects of Manual Handling and safe working policies.
* Handle all freight with care and attention.
* Access and egress vehicles using the correct means.
* Use the correct equipment and methods for handling and moving all freight.
* Ensure all deliveries are loaded safely prior to leaving the depot.
* Ensure all freight being loaded or unloaded matches relevant paperwork / scanner information.
* Ensure that customers freight is transported, stored safely and treated with respect.
* Ensure the security of freight and company assets by reporting and suspicious activity to your line manager or the security team.
* Ensure warehouse is kept tidy and H&S issues reported immediately.
* Report all damages immediately to your line manager.
* Represent the company in a professional manner at all times.

The person

* Ideally have previous experience within a logistics or warehouse environment
* Be able to work nights between 02.00 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. (Tuesday to Saturday)
* Be able to lift and load.
* Be able to work in a team and also independently.
* Ideally have own transport as site is not covered by public transport at start time on 02.00 a.m.

This role could become permanent after 13 weeks

The Role and Department  

ARC's mission is to deliver a coherent strategy for the computational support of research: enabling research and innovation to be at the forefront of computational practice; enabling academic leadership through the adoption and evolution of leading technology; fostering associated expertise; and enhancing interdisciplinary collaborations. Leading-edge platforms including High Performance Computing, computational and cutting-edge data analytics methods, and growth and retention of vital capacity in research software engineering and technical R&D are at the core of this endeavour.

We organise our activity under three main pillars:

1. Research Computing Platforms

2. Research Software Engineering

3. Developing researcher computational skills

Which is delivered by the Administration, Research Computing Platforms (RCP) and Research Software Engineering (RSE) teams

The Research Computing Platforms (RCP) team provides facilities, training and support for people, across the University, engaged in computationally demanding research. Join us and:

Provide HPC & Cloud facilities and support the people who use them to:

· Run large- or small-scale simulations, data analyses and machine learning workloads

· Have the capability to tackle problems difficult or impossible to achieve on most desktops or laptops

· Exploit the capacity to run many tasks at the same time

Create strong collegiate relationships with academics and combine technical knowledge with the needs of different research domains to develop, improve and maintain services designed to optimise researcher time to solution by making services that:

· Are stable and secure

· Are easy to use, featureful and flexible in response to changing needs

· Deliver fast and predictable performance

Share specialist knowledge to colleagues within the research community, consultation and ensure effective knowledge transfer both across the institution and represent the University externally on matters of expertise.

Contribute to both local and regional/national services, such as the Hamilton HPC system, our experimental Mosaic research cloud and the EPSRC tier-2 HPC system "Bede", working with teams in Computing and Information Services (CIS), Estates and/or external providers as appropriate.

We are a support unit that spans all Faculties across the University and encourage applications from experienced individuals from a diverse range of domains.

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What skills and experience we're looking for

A proven track record of excellent Science teaching

A Proven Track record of achieving strong outcomes for students at various levels

Experience of working closely with stakeholders in order to secure improved student outcomes

Excellent interpersonal skills

An ability to teach at Key Stage 5

Aspiration to become an outstanding classroom practitioner

Ability to improve outcomes in all Key Stages

A commitment to the Academy’s overall aims and vision

An effective communicator with all Academy staff

Drive and enthusiasm, being able to inspire other people to new heights

High levels of integrity, discretion, honesty, reliability and self-awareness

What the school offers its staff

The successful candidate will be supported through a bespoke and individually tailored induction programme as well as being given opportunities and support for further career and professional development.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. All candidates will need to demonstrate a commitment to the welfare and safety of children and young people. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon receipt of two supportive references and the successful completion of pre-employment checks. An application to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be submitted when the successful candidate has accepted the position.

The Role and Department

We are looking for an experienced Team Leader to join our Post Award section within Research and Innovation Services (RIS). The Research Operations Post Award section is responsible for providing overarching support and quality assurance for research, knowledge exchange and expert services Post-Award finance-related activity, including financial management for live grants; provision of live grant information to grant holders and senior management; financial reporting to funders and other external bodies; and support in the management of studentships and grant administration.

You will have the following key responsibilities;

• Line manage a team of 5 Post Award Finance and Project Officers providing advice and guidance on University procedures and pastoral care.


• Provide training to new and existing staff members as appropriate and mentor team members to ensure a thorough understanding of university financial regulations, research related policies and external funders.


• Monitor and coordinate the performance and workload for the Post Award team, planning cover to ensure smooth service provision through peaks and troughs.


• Provide advice, and lead on, complex or high-risk awards.


• Provide a senior check, where appropriate, of the team's work to ensure accurate calculations and reporting. procedures and pastoral care.


• Develop and deliver training sessions to relevant university staff on Post-Award procedures.


• Contribute to the design, implementation and monitoring of new policies and quality standards, procedures and systems for the post award management of Durham's externally funded research activities to ensure effective working and continuous improvement.


• Actively participate in regional and national networks and working groups to represent Durham and share best practice across the sector in research project management, ensuring that Durham is actively engaged in relevant consultations and well positioned to understand and, where appropriate, influence funder policy.

The University is currently offering hybrid working, which means you will have flexibility around working arrangements. Currently you would need to come into the office a minimum of twice a week. You can work in the office on additional days of the week if you choose.

Further information about Durham's Research and Business activities can be found

Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.

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What skills and experience we're looking for

The Mathematics department is a strong collaborative team, determined to deliver a curriculum that builds confident mathematicians who are ready and prepared for the next stages in their learning and life. We work together to plan, deliver and enhance our curriculum for all students at Staindrop, and have strong links across the ALP family of schools to further the opportunities available to our learners. We want our students to love Maths as much as we do, with a focus on mastery through an ethos of continuous personalised improvement. Our vision is to ‘fuel students with the desire to reason mathematically’ by equipping students with the skills needed to communicate their ideas using the beautiful language that is mathematics. You will be joining a team of four staff, led by experienced, successful practitioners including the current head of mathematics and current assistant headteacher. Other current department members have successfully completed training and ECT programmes at Staindrop and across the ALP trust schools. We run our own bespoke curriculum from year 7 to 11, which continues to evolve and strengthen year-onyear and enter students for Edexcel GCSE Mathematics and AQA Further Math’s Level 2 and Statistics.

The Person

• Inspirational and well-qualified teacher.

• Has high expectations for all pupils.

• Possesses excellent listening and communication skills.

• Displays a high level of organisational skills, both verbal and written.

• Displays a high level of organisational and time management proficiency.

• Cultivates a positive and inclusive learning environment, encouraging intellectual curiosity and critical thinking.

• Exemplifies the values and ethos of the school as a positive role model.

• Collaborates as a team player, demonstrating flexibility and commitment to contributing actively to a full program of extra-activities.

• Exhibits excellent people management skills.

What the school offers its staff

We fully acknowledge that the success and achievements of our pupils are directly linked to the unwavering dedication, motivation and commitment of our staff. We recognise the success of our schools depends on the quality of leadership at all levels. We are therefore committed to creating an environment that nurtures and supports the professional growth of our leaders.

Inspiring the hearts and minds of our staff remains our core purpose. Our leaders endeavour to provide an environment for staff to succeed, to feel appreciated and most of all to develop a deep emotional connection to the values that drive our decision making.

We recognise the success of our Trust hinges on the collective abilities, perspectives and contributions of our employees. Therefore, we strive to create a working environment that inspires and engages our workforce, fostering collaboration, inclusivity and support.

We are committed to providing clear and articulated career pathways that offer development opportunities across the Trust and schools. Encompassing leadership roles, subject expertise and phase-specific knowledge, ensuring every staff member has the chance to grow and excel in their chosen field.

Support is fundamental in our strategy. We are devoted to providing a working environment where each individual feels safe, valued and encouraged in their professional journey. The wellbeing, health and overall happiness of our employees are of utmost importance.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and appropriate references. Successful candidate will be subject to safer recruitment including digital footprint.

Durham Law School is one of the very best UK law schools with an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching, research and employability of our students. Consistently ranked in the Top 10 nationally and Top 50 globally, it has been growing strongly over the past few years and now comprises a community of over 100 academics and professional support staff.

Our top-ranked global law courses are very competitive with an excellent and diverse student population from across the world delivering a cutting-edge, research-led curriculum with a commitment to small-group teaching through seminars and tutorials much prized by employers.

The Law School seeks to appoint a talented individual to the role of Assistant Professor in private law. We welcome applications from those with teaching interests in the broad field of private law and who have a particular focus on teaching contract law and tort.

This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent pedagogy and teaching while allowing unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution. For more information, please visit our Department pages at https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/law/

The Durham Law School at Durham University seeks to appoint a talented individual to the role of Assistant/Associate Professor. We welcome applications from those with research and teaching interests in the broad field of international commercial dispute resolution and we are particularly eager to hear from applicants with a focus on international Commercial Arbitration or investor-state Arbitration.

This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent research and teaching while allowing you unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution. For more information, please visit our school pages at Durham Law School - Durham University

Assistant Professors at Durham

Assistant Professors on the Education and Research track are encouraged to focus on research and teaching but are also expected to engage in wider citizenship to enhance their own development, support their department and discipline, and contribute to the wider student experience.

Academic colleagues are supported to publish excellent research in their area of interest with a focus on high quality outputs (including monographs and journal articles), rather than quantity.

We aim to support your research needs, including practical help such as resources to attend conferences and to fund research activities, as well as a generous research leave policy and a designated mentor.

Durham University is also committed to ensuring outstanding teaching quality, stimulating learning environments, and innovative curricula for all our students. You will be supported to develop your teaching expertise and skills.

We are confident that our recruitment process allows us to attract and select the best talent to Durham. We, therefore, offer a reduced probation period of 1 year for our Assistant Professors and thereafter, subject to satisfactory performance, your position will be confirmed as permanent.

Applicants must demonstrate high quality research in the field of international commercial dispute resolution and we are particularly eager to hear from applicants with a focus on international Commercial Arbitration or investor-state Arbitration, with the ability to teach our students to an exceptional standard and to fully engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University.

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Durham Law School and the Department for Computer Science seek to appoint an Assistant Professor in Law and Computer Science (Research & Education) as part of a strategic investment in Durham's Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy: Just Transitions to a Net Zero World (JusTN0W). The ambitious and interdisciplinary initiative JusTN0W is funded by a £5 million investment that will see seven academic staff appointed to lead Durham's commitment to a better and fairer world in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation. Our initiative brings together academic colleagues across Law, Economics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences to advance the knowledge and the implementation of just transitions to net zero at international, national and local levels. The work programme comprises four strands of work. Each strand sets forth a range of objectives, including grant capture activity and engagement with different partners. More information on JusTN0W can be found here JusTN0W - Durham University.

You will be joining an interdisciplinary team of colleagues at an exciting moment where we are shaping and developing cutting-edge research and impact agenda to attract sustainable research funding and leverage research capacity. We build on existing links into international governance frameworks such as the Conferences of Parties (COPs) under the umbrella of the international climate change regime. By collaborating and harnessing expertise across disciplines, the JusTN0W initiative will support your groundbreaking solutions to address the climate crisis.

Assistant Professors on the Education and Research track are encouraged to focus on research and teaching but are also expected to engage in wider citizenship to enhance their own development, support their department and discipline, and contribute to the wider student experience. Academic colleagues are supported to publish excellent research in their area of interest with a focus on high quality outputs (including monographs and journal articles), rather than quantity. Durham University is also committed to ensuring outstanding teaching quality, stimulating learning environments, and innovative curricula for all our students. You will be supported to develop your teaching expertise and skills.

This post is an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent research and teaching while allowing you unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive department. For further information, please visit our department pages here Durham Law School - Durham University and Computer Science - Durham University.

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We are seeking to appoint a Grade 6 Research Assistant for an externally-funded project examining the use of baby carriers and slings in the UK. The role will involve designing and conducting a systematic review of research evidence, designing and conducting online surveys with families and practitioners, critically evaluating existing guidance and making recommendations. The post in time-limited due to external funding and may be conducted full-time (35 hours per week) over 6 months or part-time (minimum 17.5 hours per week) for up to 12 months.

The successful candidate will be based in the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre located in Hilton Cottage, Old Elvet, working as part of an award-winning research team undertaking high impact work on a variety of projects relating to infant sleep and the prevention of unexpected infant deaths. See below for full-list of responsibilities.

Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre

The Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre (DISC) is a research centre of the Department of Anthropology & Faculty of Social Sciences. It is the home for a group of researchers examining various aspects of infant and child sleep and parenting behaviour. Our work over the last 30 years has substantially increased parents' understanding of babies' sleep, how best to care for babies during the night, and how best to keep them safe when asleep. DISC houses the Baby Sleep Information Source (Basis) which provides research-based information for parents and practitioners.

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This is a 1-year researcher role on a project funded by the National Institute of Health Research's School for Public Health Research. We are seeking either a Grade 7 PhD holder,or Grade 6 graduate to fill this role. The project, COAST (Evaluating COastal rural communities' Active and Sustainable Travel), uses an ethnographic approach to explore responses to active and sustainable travel interventions in rural and coastal County Durham and Cornwall. Methods used are likely to include geonarratives, go-along interviews and photo-elicitation interviews. The postholder will be based at Durham and will conduct intensive fieldwork in the east of County Durham, working closely with a researcher at the University of Exeter who will conduct fieldwork in Cornwall. Your line manager will be Principal Investigator Professor Tessa Pollard and you will also work closely with Professor Cassie Phoenix from the Department of Sports and Exercise Sciences, and with the Co-Principal Investigator Professor Conny Guell at the University of Exeter.

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We are seeking to appoint a Research Assistant (RA) on a full-time basis to support a new project on prehabilitation for cancer populations in collaboration with the Cancer Treatment Outcome Programme at the Country Durham and Darlington NHS Trust and the Gateshead Health NHS Trust. Prehabilitation means getting someone ready before their cancer treatment. This may include physical activity and exercise, nutrition, mental health, and other supportive services. The aim of this project is to understand people's perceptions and experiences with prehabilitation as well as how and why people engage with prehabilitation. We also want to identify the barriers and facilitators that may influence this.

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The Role and Department

Research and Innovation Services (RIS) provides guidance, expert advice and hands-on support for all aspects of research and research-related work, including securing funding, working with partners, undertaking knowledge exchange, demonstrating impact, commercialising outputs, ensuring good research practice and supporting professional development.

Durham has ambitious plans to grow our institutional research income and recognise that to enable this we need to make significant investments in our research community and environment. We are established the Durham University Strategic Research Fund (SRF) in 2022 to offer our academics the chance to bid for substantial investments to be made into our research community through new appointments.

The Programme Manager will be the primary contact for the SRF, working closely with the Director of Research and Innovation Services (Research Development and Operations) to manage the fund and support the wider academic community in engaging with the opportunity and delivering the successful projects.

We are looking for a candidate with strong project management skills, with an ability to work with a diverse array of stakeholders, managing multiple projects and processes at any given time. We will expect the successful candidate to be very proactive, working to help identify ways to improve processes and better support our academic community to help ensure the success of the SRF.

The Programme Manager will be line managed by the Senior Strategic Project Manager, Research and Innovation Services. You will work alongside various teams within RIS, particularly the Research Development and Operations teams, and with other professional service directorates across Durham including (for example) HR, Finance and the Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO).

There will also be an expectation that at time the Programme Manager will support other ongoing initiatives led by RIS, dependant on workload. This will be managed at the discretion of the Director of Research and Innovation Services.

Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.

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The Role and Department

Research and Innovation Services (RIS) provides guidance, expert advice and hands-on support for all aspects of research and research-related work, including securing funding, working with partners, undertaking knowledge exchange, demonstrating impact, commercialising outputs, ensuring good research practice and supporting professional development.

Durham has ambitious plans to grow our institutional research income and recognise that to enable this we need to make significant investments in our research community and environment. We are established the Durham University Strategic Research Fund (SRF) in 2022 to offer our academics the chance to bid for substantial investments to be made into our research community through new appointments.

The Programme Manager will be the primary contact for the SRF, working closely with the Director of Research and Innovation Services (Research Development and Operations) to manage the fund and support the wider academic community in engaging with the opportunity and delivering the successful projects. This will involve (for example);

• leading on all communications and development of materials related to the SRF;


• dealing with queries on the SRF and discussing suitability of early stage SRF ideas with applicants


• providing support to the decision-making panel (e.g. collating call documentation, disseminating paperwork, minuting meetings, collating feedback for applicants);


• providing costing support for all SRF proposals;


• supporting the development of Full Business Cases (including for example in areas such as risk management, financial sustainability and governance);


• liaising with Departments, Faculties and University Research Institutes to ensure approvals are in place for SRF proposals and awards;


• collaborating with other professional service directorates (such as Durham's Development and Alumni Relation Office, DARO) to explore cross-division opportunities (e.g. for match funding);


• managing post-award of SRF investments including reporting on progress and managing annual review meetings;


• supporting successful teams with delivery of their SRF awards including (for example) supporting queries relating to HR and recruitment of new staff.


• supporting the parallel "pre-SRF" process to identify early-stage ideas including (for example) highlighting the opportunity to the academic community, discussing ideas, managing the pitch event, building a pipeline of projects, and offering other general support.

We are looking for a candidate with strong project management skills, with an ability to work with a diverse array of stakeholders, managing multiple projects and processes at any given time. We will expect the successful candidate to be very proactive, working to help identify ways to improve processes and better support our academic community to help ensure the success of the SRF.

The Programme Manager will be line managed by the Senior Strategic Project Manager, Research and Innovation Services. You will work alongside various teams within RIS, particularly the Research Development and Operations teams, and with other professional service directorates across Durham including (for example) HR, Finance and the Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO).

There will also be an expectation that at time the Programme Manager will support other ongoing initiatives led by RIS, dependant on workload. This will be managed at the discretion of the Director of Research and Innovation Services.

Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.

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