Start Date
Immediate
Expiry Date
27 Sep, 25
Salary
52586.0
Posted On
15 Aug, 25
Experience
0 year(s) or above
Remote Job
Yes
Telecommute
Yes
Sponsor Visa
No
Skills
Good communication skills
Industry
Education Management
ABOUT US
The Chemistry Department at University College London is the oldest in England, with 100% of its outputs ranked as being world-leading (4) or internationally excellent (3) in the recent REF2021. We are located in Bloomsbury, at the heart of London, and offer an exciting and vibrant environment in which to study in one of the UK’s top universities. The Department of Chemistry at UCL is committed to supporting excellence in both research and teaching. The department offers undergraduate BSc and MSci programmes in Chemistry and currently teaches ~650 undergraduates registered in Chemistry as well as students who select Chemistry on the Natural Sciences programme and first year Chemistry for life scientists.
The Chemistry Department has over 60 members of academic staff carrying out world-leading research. We specialise in the areas of organic synthesis, chemical biology, computational chemistry, nanotechnology, inorganic and materials chemistry, physical chemistry and chemical physics. The department has an annual research income of around £15 million, derived from many sources including the Research Councils (EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC, and NERC), European Commission and a wide range of charities and industrial partners in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Details about our research can be found on the departmental website http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemistry.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking a talented computational scientist to work in the group of Prof. Scott Woodley. The post is associated with the Materials Chemistry HEC consortium (http://mcc.hec.ac.uk), which is led by Prof Scott Woodley. The MCC has played a vital role for three decades in ensuring that the UK materials modelling community exploits HEC resources effectively and efficiently to produce science of the highest quality and impact. The post at UCL will focus on the development, optimisation and applications of materials software and workflows, taking advantage of modern machine learning and AI techniques as well as High Performance Computing. You will be expected to be flexible to the needs of the MCC community. You will be expected to participate in MCC activities, help with management and collaborating with colleagues at EPCC and STFC as well as with MCC project partners on developing software that is beneficial to the MCC membership.
This appointment is for 6 months, in the first instance, and is funded by the EPSRC.
A Job Description & Person Specification for the post can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
To apply for the vacancy please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below.
For informal enquiries, please contact Scott Woodley (scott.woodley@ucl.ac.uk). Any queries on accessing the UCL online application link can be directed to HR officers, email: hr.chem@ucl.ac.uk.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
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