Research Associate (Fixed Term)

The Department of Psychiatry is looking for a committed and enthusiastic Research Associate to join the team in May 2016.

The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team of scientists investigating the neural basis and cognitive correlates of behavioural phenotypes in large existing and still being collected longitudinal community and clinical cohorts of adolescents and young adults.

Applicants will have a PhD and some postdoctoral experience reflecting an expert level of knowledge in cognitive and behavioural neuroscience together with a working knowledge and interest in longitudinal data analysis and mental illness.

This role requires a Research Passport application for access to the NHS for research purposes. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the satisfactory outcome of this check and whether an outcome is satisfactory will be determined by the University.

The post will be appointed at the appropriate point on the University of Cambridge’s research associate salary scale, depending on the seniority of the successful candidate.

The successful applicant may be offered an affiliation with Peterhouse College at the discretion of the College authorities

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 March 2018 in the first instance.

This appointment requires a Research Passport application.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit:

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/9696. This will take you to the role on the University’s Job Opportunities pages. There you will need to click on the ‘Apply online’ button and register an account with the University’s Web Recruitment System (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Deadline for applications is the 20 March 2016. It is expected that interviews will take place on the 12 April 2016.

If you have any informal questions about this vacancy please contact Professor Ian Goodyer (ig104@cam.ac.uk)

For information on the application process for this vacancy, please contact Dominic Drane, HR Administrator via email on hradminpsychiatry@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference RN08523 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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