Postdoctoral Research Associate

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p></p><div><strong>About the role</strong></div><br> <div>The Department of Biology is seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate. This is a 20% FTE post, funded by BBSRC, working under the direction of Geraldine Wright.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>This position will fund a researcher to track and analyse data from whole bumblebee colonies.&#160;</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div><strong>About you</strong></div><br> <div>The researcher will be responsible for implementing and developing tracking software for individual members of a colony. They will be responsible for developing methods for high throughput data analysis, preparing figures and text for reports and for scientific manuscripts. Expertise in coding in python and R as well as a high level of the application of statistics to multivariate datasets and the development of analyses pipelines is essential. The person hired will be required to travel to the industrial partners at Thanet Earth regularly to liaise with collaborators and to organize joint meetings to discuss data and methods for collection.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div><strong>How to apply</strong></div><br> <div>Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment system, and should include the application letter, a CV, a list addressing the job criteria, and names of two academic references. 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.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>This post is a fixed-term contract, 20% FTE and is available from 01 August 2024.&#160;</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 12 July 2024.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>Informal enquiries should be directed to Geraldine Wright at: geraldine.wright@biology.ox.ac.uk</div> </div>