Deputy Director of SCG-Oxford Centre of Excellence

Applications are invited for a Deputy Director of SCG-Oxford Centre of
Excellence (CoE) to work under Professor Dermot O’Hare, Director of the CoE
for a period of 3 years. The postholder will be responsible for providing
strategic and tactical guidance in designing and achieving CoE research
objectives, including working collaboratively with other PIs in the broader
University. The post holder will formulate task objectives for, and supervise
the work of, postdoctoral assistants, postgraduate and undergraduate students
within Professor O’Hare’s research team which spans both organometallic and
materials chemistry.





Find out more about the SCG-Oxford Centre of Excellence and the O’Hare Group
at: _https://scgcoe.mpls.ox.ac.uk._





Applicants must hold a PhD in Inorganic, Organometallic or Materials Chemistry
(or a related area) with significant postdoctoral research experience and a
well-established reputation and publication record. You will be expected to
lead, motivate and recruit a team of research staff and students. The post
involves project management, of large, complex projects, including significant
budgets across the major research themes within the SCG-Oxford Centre of
Excellence. The applicant would be expected to demonstrate successful sourcing
and management of research funding. Knowledge of invention recording and
patent administration would be desirable.





The post will be based in the Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research
Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA and is available as soon as
possible.





You will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your
online application.





The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday, Friday 22 November 2024.
Interviews will be held as soon as possible thereafter.





The University of Oxford is a Bronze Athena SWAN holder and the Department of
Chemistry is a Silver award holder. Applications are particularly welcome from
women and black and ethnic minority candidates, who are under-represented in
Chemistry research posts in Oxford.