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"""Job description Post Research Technician Department Biology Division Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) The John Krebs Field Station, Wytham, Oxford OX2 8QJ Location You may be relocated to the new Life and Mind Building when it is ready Grade and salary Grade 5.1 – 5.3: £28,759 - £30,487 per annum Hours Full time Contract type 24 months, starting no later than 1 April 2024 Reporting to Prof Ben Sheldon Application deadline 12 noon (GMT) on 05 February 2024 Vacancy reference 170494 Recruitment contacts HR: hr@biology.ox.ac.uk Additional information Ecology & Conservation Research topic Ecology and Evolution of Phenology Principal Investigator / supervisor Prof Ben Sheldon Project team Sheldon Group Funding partner The funds supporting this research project are provided by UKRI The role A research technician position is available for two years working in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford supporting research on the evolution and ecology of synchrony in timing within and between trophic levels. The main focus of the work is on the interaction between deciduous trees, herbivorous insects and their predators, mainly passerine birds. The main duties of the post are to support ongoing work in the research group of Professor Ben Sheldon, working as part of a team of around a dozen researchers. The work will involve a wide range of approaches, including the following broad categories: Fieldwork in Wytham Woods on a range of projects, including: • Drone flights to collect high resolution data of tree phenology • Field collection of phenological data for trees and insects • Field collection of plant and insect samples from field for future genomic analysis • Sampling and quantifying emerging winter moths in late autumn/early winter • Supporting experimental work (e.g. winter moth transplant experiments, great tit foraging behaviour) Laboratory-based work at Wytham Field Station and the Life & Mind Building • Maintaining (i.e. storing and curating) samples of genetic material from a range of field sources; • Carrying out initial preparation of samples for genetic analysis • Supporting experimental rearing of lab-based insect stocks Data Analysis and Management • Collating and maintaining large-scale records of field-collected data; • Organising and preliminary processing of remote-sensing data • Carrying out some preliminary statistical analyses of data • Liaising with external collaborators Responsibilities • Responsible for managing data collection under a range of situations across lab and field settings and maintaining quality control • Processing samples, monitor results to spot discrepancies and propose refinements and rerun experiments where necessary • Maintaining multiple databases of samples, analysis and field data collection, run reports and interpret results • Ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of research work, e.g. by ensuring equipment is functioning and monitoring and ordering stock as necessary • Liaising with providers and helping to arrange service contracts • Maintaining equipment, performing quality checks and contributing to the general cleanliness and upkeep of the laboratory space • Assisting with inductions and training of colleagues or students working on these approaches • Providing a point of reference for less experienced team members Selection criteria Essential selection criteria • Degree-level qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. biology, ecology, environmental science, geography); • Experience of ecological fieldwork or laboratory-based analyses of ecological samples and data, or both; • Meticulous attention to detail; • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; • Experience of working to tight deadlines; • Experience of handling scientific data, and presenting preliminary conclusions to collaborators Desirable selection criteria • Experience of field biology, including sampling designs and simple field experiments • Experience of avian biology (specify if ringing/banding experience, and to which level) • Experience using QGIS and R, or other scientific coding languages • Experience of using complex scientific equipment under field conditions • Driving licence Pre-employment screening Standard checks If you are offered the post, the offer will be subject to standard pre-employment checks. You will be asked to provide: proof of your right-to-work in the UK; proof of your identity; and (if we haven’t done so already) we will contact the referees you have nominated. You will also be asked to complete a health declaration so that you can tell us about any health conditions or disabilities for which you may need us to make appropriate adjustments. Please read the candidate notes on the University’s pre-employment screening procedures at: https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/pre-employment-checks Hazard-specific / Safety-critical duties This job includes hazards or safety-critical activities. If you are offered the post, you will be asked to complete a health questionnaire which will be assessed by our Occupational Health Service , and the offer of employment will be subject a successful outcome of this assessment. The hazards or safety-critical duties involved are as follows: • Lone Working • Driving on University business • Regular manual handling About the University of Oxford Welcome to the University of Oxford. We aim to lead the world in research and education for the benefit of society both in the UK and globally. Oxford’s researchers engage with academic, commercial and cultural partners across the world to stimulate high-quality research and enable innovation through a broad range of social, policy and economic impacts. We believe our strengths lie both in empowering individuals and teams to address fundamental questions of global significance, while providing all our staff with a welcoming and inclusive workplace that enables everyone to develop and do their best work. Recognising that diversity is our strength, vital for innovation and creativity, we aspire to build a truly diverse community which values and respects every individual’s unique contribution. While we have long traditions of scholarship, we are also forward-looking, creative and cutting-edge. Oxford is one of Europe's most entrepreneurial universities and we rank first in the UK for university spin-outs, and in recent years we have spun out 15-20 new companies every year. We are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise. Join us and you will find a unique, democratic and international community, a great range of staff benefits and access to a vibrant array of cultural activities in the beautiful city of Oxford. For more information, please visit www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation. About the University of Oxford Welcome to the University of Oxford. We aim to lead the world in research and education for the benefit of society both in the UK and globally. Oxford’s researchers engage with academic, commercial and cultural partners across the world to stimulate high-quality research and enable innovation through a broad range of social, policy and economic impacts. We believe our strengths lie both in empowering individuals and teams to address fundamental questions of global significance, while providing all our staff with a welcoming and inclusive workplace that enables everyone to develop and do their best work. Recognising that diversity is our strength, vital for innovation and creativity, we aspire to build a truly diverse community which values and respects every individual’s unique contribution. While we have long traditions of scholarship, we are also forward-looking, creative and cutting-edge. Oxford is one of Europe's most entrepreneurial universities and we rank first in the UK for university spin-outs, and in recent years we have spun out 15-20 new companies every year. We are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise. Join us and you will find a unique, democratic and international community, a great range of staff benefits and access to a vibrant array of cultural activities in the beautiful city of Oxford. For more information, please visit www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation. The Department of Biology You will be joining the Department of Biology at an exciting time. The Department established from August 2022 as a result of a merger between the Departments of Zoology and Plant Sciences, and is preparing to move into the new state-of-the-art Life and Mind Building in one to two years time. The Department of Biology is recognised internationally for its research in a wide range of fields spanning all levels from molecules to ecosystems, and tackling global challenges through fundamental bioscience research. Over time, the research interests of the Department has been focused on five primary themes: Behaviour & Biomechanics; Ecology & Conservation; Evolutionary Biology; Microbiology & Infectious Disease; and Molecular Plant Biology. Research is conducted in all spheres from laboratory and in silico analysis to theoretical and field-based research. At all times we seek to reinforce the connections between research and our education offering, at both graduate and undergraduate level. The Department teaches a four-year undergraduate degree MBiol course in Biology, with fourth-year students undertaking a Masters-level research project. It also supports a variety of graduate placements and hosts the University’s DPhil in Biology. External research income to the Department is derived from over 50 different funding agencies, with the principal current funders being the European Research Council, the Royal Society, the Wellcome Trust, BBSRC and NERC. The Department has a significant record in integrating broader societal impacts of its research, including the provision of policy to government at the highest level, as well as supporting the commercialisation of research through spin-out companies and licensing arrangements that have generated hundreds of millions of pounds’ worth of innovation. The Department is located in the University’s Science Area at two sites, and will move into the new £200m Life and Mind Building in 2024 that will include extensive laboratory provision with controlled environment rooms, glasshouses and an imaging suite. The Department also benefits from extensive facilities at the John Krebs Field Station at Wytham, with Wytham Woods nearby, as well as partnerships with organisations in the area such as the Oxford Botanic Gardens and Oxford Natural History Museum. For more information please visit: https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk About the Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division The Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences (MPLS) Division is one of the four academic divisions of the University, alongside the Humanities, Social Sciences and Medical Sciences Divisions. It is led by an academic Head of Division (Professor Sam Howison) and an administrative Divisional Registrar (Dr Tracy Gale) and comprises nine of the University’s academic departments – Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering Science, Materials, the Mathematical Institute, Physics, and Statistics – as well as Begbroke Science Park, the multidisciplinary Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research and an interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Centre. MPLS is proud to be home to some of the most creative and innovative scientific thinkers and leaders in academia, whose interdisciplinary research is tackling major societal and technological challenges, from new energy solutions or improved cancer treatments to understanding climate change processes and helping to preserve biodiversity, tackling antimicrobial resistance, advancing AI and quantum technologies and space exploration, and much more. The quality and impact of our work have been recognised by successive rounds of the national Research Excellence Framework and Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework exercises, and our departments frequently top the major higher education league tables. We teach around 7,300 students (including around 3,400 graduate students) and are playing a key part in training the next generation of leading scientists. Divisional activity is co-ordinated and represented by the MPLS Divisional Office based at 9 Parks Road, in the heart of Oxford’s Science Area. The Divisional Office, which is led by the Divisional Registrar, has around 55 dedicated members of staff, as well as a number of colleagues who are embedded in divisional teams but based in central University services (e.g. in Finance, HR and Development). To find out more, please visit: www.mpls.ox.ac.uk. How to apply Applications are made through our online recruitment portal. Information about how to apply is available on our Jobs website https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/how-to-apply. Your application will be judged solely on the basis of how you demonstrate that you meet the selection criteria stated in the job description. As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now. You will be asked to upload a CV and a supporting statement. 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The work will involve a wide range of approaches, including the fieldwork in Wytham Woods, Laboratory-based work and data analysis and management. The post is funded as part of a UKRI Frontiers grant to Prof Ben Sheldon. The overall project aims to understand the effect of the spatial scale of phenological matching on natural selection, local adaptation, community diversity and demography in primary and secondary consumers in a deciduous woodland ecosystem. The tri-trophic system is exemplified by the oak-winter moth-great tit food chain, but this study will also focus on interspecific diversity at each of these trophic levels and their effects across levels. The project involves large-scale deployment of drones to measure phenology of deciduous trees in multiple years, as well as observational and experimental methods to understand the mechanisms by which spatial variation in phenology influences behaviour, ecology, and evolutionary processes in consumers. 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A research technician position is available for two years working in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford supporting research on the evolution and ecology of synchrony in timing within and between trophic levels. The main focus of the work is on the interaction between deciduous trees, herbivorous insects and their predators, mainly passerine birds. The main duties of the post are to support ongoing work in the research group of Professor Ben Sheldon, working as part of a team of around a dozen researchers. The work will involve a wide range of approaches, including the fieldwork in Wytham Woods, Laboratory-based work and data analysis and management.

 

The post is funded as part of a UKRI Frontiers grant to Prof Ben Sheldon. The overall project aims to understand the effect of the spatial scale of phenological matching on natural selection, local adaptation, community diversity and demography in primary and secondary consumers in a deciduous woodland ecosystem. The tri-trophic system is exemplified by the oak-winter moth-great tit food chain, but this study will also focus on interspecific diversity at each of these trophic levels and their effects across levels. The project involves large-scale deployment of drones to measure phenology of deciduous trees in multiple years, as well as observational and experimental methods to understand the mechanisms by which spatial variation in phenology influences behaviour, ecology, and evolutionary processes in consumers. This project involves a team of ~12 researchers including postdoctoral and graduate students, as well as short-term seasonal field assistants, over five years from 2022-2027.

The post-holder will be expected to work closely with the other team members in their work, and to manage demanding responsibilities at certain busy times of year. The team working on this project is expected to consist of 5 postdocs and 4 PhD students working on other aspects of the project. Extensive research support and funds to support training and professional development are available. The post is available with a start date no later than 1 April 2024; an earlier start may be possible.

Where Covid-19 has resulted in substantial disruption to your work or research outputs, please explain this by providing an additional paragraph in your supporting statement.

The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.

 

This post is full time  and available no later than 1 April 2024.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 5th February 2024, interviews are likely to be scheduled for late February 2024. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment system, and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application.
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