The School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Research Fellow.
This exciting position will allow the successful candidate to join the Institute for Global Food’s Security’s EIT Food team. The postholder will work primarily on Queens partnership with EIT Food. They will be responsible for the development and delivery of the EIT Food Seedbed Incubator Programme attracting and supporting entrepreneurs, spinouts and startups to build successful agrifood ventures across Europe; and building the Seedbed agrifood innovation ecosystem.
The EIT Food Network has over 100 partners across Europe, including a range of non-academic stakeholders related to the food system. The post-holder will be based at the School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast.
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:
Please note the above are not an exhaustive list.
Fixed term available until 31 December 2023. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please visit www.qub.ac.uk/jobs or click to Apply.
Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.
We offer an excellent employment package that includes:
Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity ; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/
Informal enquiries may be directed to Shannon McLaughlin at s.mclaughlin@qub.ac.uk
For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please visit www.qub.ac.uk/jobs or click to Apply.
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