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  • 08 Mar 2022 2:06 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Closing date 31st March 2022

    We have two exciting opportunities to join our new formed Science Engagement and Enrichment team, to develop and deliver an innovative programme of engagement activities for public and community groups. 

     

    The Science Engagement and Enrichment team is part of Engagement and Society programme at Wellcome Connecting Science, and the role benefits from cross-working with a range of companion teams with diverse expertise. The Science Engagement and Enrichment team strives to place inclusion, equality and social justice at the centre of our work.

     

    For an informal chat about either role please contact Francesca Gale, Education and Learning Manager (francesca.gale@wellcomegenomecampus.org)

     

    Science Engagement Manager (Public and Community):https://www.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/news_item/join-us-science-engagement-manager-public-and-community/

    Salary per annum: £37,744 – £45,672, Full Time/Flexible working considered. Permanent

     

    Science Engagement Officer (Public and Community): https://www.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/news_item/join-us-science-engagement-officer-public-and-community/

    Salary per annum: £27,536 – £33,330, Full Time/Flexible working considered. Permanent

     

    Closing Date for both roles: 31 March 2022

    Interviews to take place w/c 11th April


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    Wellcome Connecting Science enables everyone to explore genomic science and its impact on research, health and society.


  • 03 Mar 2022 12:11 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Closing Date 8th March 2022

     

    Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre is looking to recruit 4 full time Explainers to join our Engagement Team, to engage visitors with the science and heritage of this internationally significant site, providing answers to their questions, introducing them to exhibits and describing Jodrell Bank’s science, engineering and heritage in a friendly, efficient and informative way. This is a public-facing role, although it will also sometimes include elements of organising and supporting other activities in the Centre such as festivals and other events. Ideal candidates should be knowledgeable and passionate about astronomy, with the ability to instil that passion in others.

     

    Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre is one of The University of Manchester’s cultural institutions. We are the Centre for Engagement with the science, heritage and culture of Jodrell Bank, engaging our visitors through a year-round visitor experience via our exhibitions, grounds, events and festivals. We were established in 2011 and typically welcome around 160,000 annual visitors per year. Jodrell Bank was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019 in recognition of its internationally significant heritage, science and cultural impact.

    The Centre is undergoing a major development with the opening of its new NLHF-funded First Light Pavilion later this summer. This new Pavilion will broaden the Discovery Centre’s offer by bringing in heritage and cultural engagement alongside science. Find out more about the First Light Project on our website here

    First Light at Jodrell Bank - Jodrell Bank and about our new roles here Jobs at Jodrell! - Jodrell Bank

     

    Hours per week:  35 hours (full time). This post involves working 5 days over 7 on a rota basis with regular weekend working, with some evenings and Bank Holidays

    Salary: £18,852 - £21,135

    Employment type:  Permanent

    Location:  Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL

     

    Applications are through the University of Manchester website The University of Manchester | Jobs | Search here for your perfect career

     

    The University of Manchester values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. For more information please contact Christian Knight, Exhibitions Manager- Email christian.knight@manchester.ac.uk


  • 01 Mar 2022 2:33 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Closing date: 20 April 2022

    Public engagement professional 30-80%, Switzerland

    We are hiring a public engagement professional with a background in astronomy or a strong motivation to familiarise with the field in a short time. A good knowledge of German is a requirement.

    You will work in a small team building up an astronomy themed Open Science Club in a suburb of Zurich.

    The club aims at promoting long-term engagement with astronomy, focusing on citizen science and complemented by a variety of other activities that deepen interest and facilitate learning. The project is based on the concept of learning ecologies. Inclusion is a key concern.

    You will be involved in all tasks from conceptional work to the delivery of activities, community building, evaluation and more. You will have to move to Switzerland for the duration of the contract.

    More information https://apply.refline.ch/655298/3149/pub/1/index.html 

    Salary: £25,000 - £60,000 

    Contract: 1 year, possibility of extension in case of successful project result

    Employer: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland


    Work location: Raumschiff - the Maker Space for Astronomy, Switzerland


    Closing date: 20 April


  • 01 Mar 2022 2:21 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Closing date: 21 March 2022

    1.

    Doctoral student position: Fostering Inquiry-Based Practices in Science Teaching of Italian Middle School Teachers

    https://international-relations.web.cern.ch/opportunities/2021/fostering-inquiry-based-practices-science-teaching-italian-middle-school

    Closing date: 21 March 2022

    Interest in science is a crucial component of the scientific literacy, and several studies show the effectiveness of Hands-on and Inquiry-Based learning activities in fostering the students motivation in school science.

    HOP, Hands-on Physics, is a project developed by the CERN Science Gateway Education Labs team aiming at empowering Italian middle school (grades 6 to 8) science teachers to adopt an Inquiry-Based approach in their teaching.

    HOP started in 2019 with the development of a collection of teaching units on different physics topics, including a series of experimental activities put together in all-in-one education kit ready to be used in classroom. The second phase of the project will focus on the development of professional training sessions for teachers to reactivate their physics knowledge and to encourage them to include physics experiments, like the ones in the education kit, in their classroom.

    In order to evaluate the impact of this project on teacher practices, a comprehensive study should be conducted.

    This thesis will focus on the effect of the HOP training sessions on the attitude of teachers towards the education kit, and the implementation of the experimental practices in their science teaching on a long term.

     

    2.

    Doctoral student position: Investigating the Impact of the CERN Programme for High-School Students

    https://international-relations.web.cern.ch/opportunities/2021/investigating-impact-cern-programme-high-school-students

    Closing date: 21 March 2022


    The educational offer of CERN includes several programmes for high-school students, 16 years and older, aiming at bringing them in contact with the scientific research at an early stage of their career.

    Currently, the flagship programmes are Beamline for Schools and the High-School Student Internship Program (HSSIP). Beamline for Schools is an international competition where teams of students are invited to write the  proposal of an experiment suitable to be performed at the beam line of a particle accelerator, and win the opportunity to access an experimental facility to realize it.

    HSSIP is a two-week long internship that gives students the opportunity to gain experience in science, technology and engineering at CERN. Beamline for Schools is running since 2014, while HSSIP started in 2017, with a pilot phase involving national programmes for 21 CERN member states. Both these programmes received very positive feedback from the participants, and the stakeholders involved in the organization, but a systematic study on their impact on young students is crucial to further develop and improve them.

    The goal of this thesis is to study the effect of these programmes on the participants’ view of nature of science, and their career aspiration in the field of STEM. The research project will be conducted in the context of the specific format of each program, i.e. an international team competition, or a national or international internship.

     

    3.

    Doctoral student position: Evaluation of Teachers’ Views on and Preferences for their Professional Development

    https://international-relations.web.cern.ch/opportunities/2021/evaluation-teachers-views-and-preferences-their-professional-development

    Closing date: 21 March 2022

     

    Every year, CERN offers numerous professional development programmes for in-service high-school science teachers to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in particle physics and related areas, and experience a dynamic, international research environment. All programmes are facilitated by experts in the field of physics, engineering, and computing and include an extensive lecture and visit itinerary (http://teachers.cern). However, in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, CERN’s teacher programmes were delivered in an online setting only and future developments of CERN’s teacher programmes foresee the instalment of hybrid teacher programmes. Here, teachers will follow lectures remotely leading up to an extensive on-site visit at CERN that will feature both visits and discussion sessions.

    Therefore, the goal of this PhD project is to investigate teachers’ views on and preferences for professional development programmes in on-site and online settings to support the ongoing research-based development of CERN’s teacher programmes. Previous studies have already shown that teachers are essential for students’ success in formal education (Chetty et al., 2014) and that professional development programmes are foundational in reforming and enhancing teachers’ instructional practices (Capps et al., 2012). However, education research has also suggested that there exist discrepancies between the features of professional development programmes that the literature indicates to be effective and the features that teachers consider to be preferable (Owens et al., 2018). Therefore, the research aim of this doctoral research project is to contribute to narrowing this research-practice gap by virtue of empirical studies on the development and implementation of hybrid teacher programmes at CERN.


  • 01 Mar 2022 2:06 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Closing date 22 March 2022 

    We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic research associate to work on projects focused on opioid utilisation and safety, an area of international interest. 

    The successful candidate will take a leading role in the analysis of research studies utilising primary and secondary care electronic health records (EHRs) and join a growing team of analysts and methodologists based in the Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis (CfE). The CfE is an internationally recognised Centre of Excellence for musculoskeletal epidemiology in the UK and a part of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research (CfMR), a EULAR Centre of Excellence. They will collaborate on projects in a multidisciplinary research environment, be supported in their professional development, whilst working with colleagues internationally, from the Centre of Health Informatics and from Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

    Role: Based at the CfE, you will work with established primary care EHRs from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) as well as emerging linked secondary and primary care EHRs from Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, a Global Digital Exemplar site. Focussed on patients with musculoskeletal conditions and post-surgery, the projects will address a range of research questions to identify patients at high-risk of opioid-related harms. You will gain experience in using a range of platforms using state-of the art statistical methods to address clinically important research questions, with potential to drive improvements in future prescribing of opioids and impact policy. You will have the opportunity to work on a range of projects funded through Versus Arthritis, European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) and NIHR. Remote starts will be possible.

    More Information & How to Apply >>>>>  

    https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=21836

    About us 

    The Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis is a vibrant, interdisciplinary research centre that aims to improve the lives of people with musculoskeletal (MSK) diseases. We do this by understanding how commonly MSK disease occurs, the impact that it has on patients, and the safety and effectiveness of treatments. The Centre is founded on a strong legacy of MSK epidemiology in Manchester dating back to the 1950s, and has evolved to deliver best practice for modern epidemiology in the 21st Century. Our research has local, national and global impact upon clinical practice, policy, guidelines, and on patients, their families and the wider community.


    More about us here: https://www.cfe.manchester.ac.uk/  


  • 01 Mar 2022 2:02 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Closing date 14th March 2022

    The Engineering Education Scheme Wales Ltd is currently seeking a South Wales Activity Deliverer, who will work under the supervision of the Activity Manager and Chief Executive Officer to develop activities for the STEMCymru II Project and deliver exciting and motivating STEM activities in schools.

    This is initially a fixed term contract until 30th June 2022 (with extension to March 2023 depending on funding).

    As an Activity Deliverer, you will be responsible for delivering various STEM activities in schools.  You will deliver sessions to groups of pupils within their schools, as well as assisting the Activity Manager and other deliverers with the development of new STEM activities to be delivered across Wales.

    This job role is suitable for teaching professionals or those who are looking to work in Education.

     

    You are advised to read the Job Description before applying for this vacancy.

     

    The hours of work will be 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday and will be based at the Waterton Centre, Bridgend/ Your own home (depending on location).  Travel across Wales will be required as part of this role and your own transport is essential.  The salary for this position will be up to £26,000 per annum (depending on experience), with an allowance of 28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays).

    To download the Job Description, Application Form, Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and Job Applicant Privacy notice please visit:  https://www.stemcymru.org.uk/home/resources/

    Please send the completed application and equal opportunities forms and a copy of your CV to info@stemcymru.org.uk by midday on Monday 14th March 2022.  Please note, applications will not be accepted unless the documentation is complete and the declaration on the application form signed.

    This post is part funded by the European Social Fund through the Welsh European Funding Office, for the STEMCymru II Project (80726) and the Welsh Government Education Directorate.


  • 18 Feb 2022 3:09 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Closing date 28th February 2022

    https://theoxfordtrust.co.uk/vacancies/

    This is a fixed term (14 month) full time maternity cover role leading the team that provide STEM activities, programmes and training for primary children and teachers, families and young people. The salary is £30-35K and the full job specification and application form can be found here: https://theoxfordtrust.co.uk/vacancies/

    The deadline is 9am on Monday 28 February and interviews will be held on Tuesday 8 March.

     


  • 18 Feb 2022 2:30 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Closing date Monday 28th February 2022

    Job details

    Job title: Engagement Officer

    Directorate: Programmes

    Reporting to: Engagement Manager

    Responsible for: No direct line reports

    Based: Our Head Office is based in London, but we have an agile working policy enabling people to work at another UK location up to 4 days/week for those who are office based.  

    Requests for permanent, fully remote working will be considered and we welcome applications from people based in other parts of the UK.

    Terms: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent. Requests for part-time or flexible working will be considered.

    Salary: £24,432 – £29,583 per annum (pro rata for part time)

    Download the candidate pack for this role as a pdf or view our text-only version of the pack here.

    About the role

    The British Science Association is looking to recruit a talented and organised Engagement Officer to help us implement our vision and strategy.

    The Association has a reputation for high-profile science engagement events including British Science Week and the British Science Festival. This role will support the Festivals Engagement team to co-ordinate the UK Sciences Festivals Network, and related projects, and deliver the British Science Festival.

    The successful candidate will sit within the Festivals Engagement team, but work with colleagues from across the organisation. This role would suit someone with an interest in public engagement with science, co-ordination and administration experience and experience of working with festivals and/or events, in either a voluntary or paid capacity.

    Key responsibilities 

    The main responsibilities will be to: 

    • Co-ordinate the UK Science Festivals Network, including organising and attending meetings and being the main point of contact;
    • Update the content on the UK Science Festivals Network website and manage the inbox;
    • Administer and co-ordinate Engagement grant schemes;
    • Support the development of the UK Science Festivals Network conference and British Science Festival programme;
    • Be part of the core team that will deliver the UK Science Festivals Network conference and British Science Festival;
    • Help with the planning and delivery of evaluation for Engagement Programmes;
    • Other administrative duties as reasonably required by the line manager;
    • Occasional travel across the UK will be required, plus a week on site during the British Science Festival itself.

    The successful candidate will be expected to work independently, efficiently and accurately.

    Person Specification

    Below is a summary of essential and desirable criteria needed for this role, as well as how we will assess a candidate’s suitability.

    Essential criteria 

    Criteria

    CV

    Cover letter

    Interview

    Experience in project co-ordination, administration and maintaining relationships with partners

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Experience of working on several projects/tasks in parallel

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Excellent time management and prioritising skills

    Y

    Y

    Y

    Resilience – adaptable with the ability to remain calm and effective when working on multiple fast-moving, high pressure projects

    Y

    Y

    Clear written communication skills, including the ability to write for a range of external audiences

    Y

    Y

    Good oral communication skills, with the ability to build good working relationships with internal colleagues, external partners & stakeholders

    Y

    Y

    Understanding of audience needs and adapting content accordingly

    Y

    Y

    Experience of programming and developing creative science content for non-expert audiences

    Y

    Experience of organising and delivering events

    Y

    Y

    Good knowledge of Word, Outlook and Excel

    Y

    A self-starter, able to work on their own initiative and manage their own work effectively

    Y

    Y

    A good team player with a positive and flexible approach to work

    Y

    Y

    Desirable criteria

    Criteria

    CV

    Cover letter

    Interview

    An interest in science and science communication

    Y

    Y

    Experience of working on festivals

    Y

    Experience of using Salesforce and/or working on grant funding schemes

    Y

    Benefits 

    • Agile Working policy enabling you to work at home or in another UK location up to 4 days per week, if office-based, and to vary your working hours outside our 10am – 12pm and 2pm – 4pm core hours, subject to the needs of the BSA;
    • 27 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time employees); 
    • Up to two days paid leave per year for significant voluntary commitments in support of professional and personal development, such as being a trustee of a charity or a school governor;
    • Auto-enrolment pension scheme (4% paid by employer);
    • Up to five days’ unpaid leave per year (this is down to the Manager’s decision and ensuring it does not affect work); 
    • Life assurance from your first day, subject to scheme rules;  
    • Occupational sick pay: up to six weeks’ full pay per year (pro-rata for part-time employees); 
    • Interest-free loan for season ticket, bike to work, and assisted study.

    To apply

    Please send a CV and covering letter (each of no more than two A4 pages) that summarises your interest in the role and details your ability to match the criteria.

    Applications should be made via this link: https://recruit.smb.co.uk/vacancy.aspx?id=grvAvTNZTtp6tWKq

    The closing date for applications is 17.00 on Monday 28 February.

    Interviews are due to take place during the week commencing Tuesday 15 March 2022.

    You will be informed as soon as possible after the application deadline whether you have been selected for interview. We may carry out a second interview.

    As part of the British Science Association’s commitment to being a Disability Confident employer, all disabled* applicants who meet the ‘essential criteria’ for this vacancy will be offered an interview under our guaranteed interview scheme.

    If you wish to apply under the guaranteed interview scheme, you will be asked to indicate this when you submit your application by selecting ‘yes’ in the relevant box when asked during the application process. Applicants do not need to state any further information or declare their disability at the application stage.

    The BSA follows government advice in that it is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations (such as a high number of applications), we may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

    In these circumstances, we could select the disabled candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as we would do for non-disabled applicants.

    Whether you are applying under the scheme or not, if you are successful in being shortlisted, we will ask candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions to let us know if they need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

    If you have further questions or would like this information in a different format, please contact: recruitment@britishscienceassociation.org  

    Terms & conditions

    From time to time the job entails working extended hours and occasional weekends, for which no overtime payments are made. The BSA operates a time off in lieu policy for weekend working and some other out-of-hours instances.

    Only applicants who have a legal right to work within the UK will be considered. You will be asked to bring along proof of nationality and/or proof of ability to work in the UK.

    You will also be asked to declare any previous convictions in line with your rights under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975.

    This is a description of the job as it is presently constituted. It is the practice of the Association to examine job descriptions from time to time and to update them to ensure they relate to the job as then being performed, or to incorporate whatever changes are reasonably required, in discussion with the postholder.

    It is the policy of the BSA to offer starting salaries at the bottom end of the salary band where appropriate.

    A copy of our Privacy Notice is available on the vacancies page of our website.

    *The Disability Confident scheme’s definition of disability is in line with the Equalities Act 2010: “a physical or mental condition which has a long-term and substantial effect on your daily life”.

    Further information about our Disability Confident commitments can be found on the Disability Confident page of our website.



  • 14 Feb 2022 3:52 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    An exciting opportunity to be involved in the delivery of workshops for young people to ignite a passion for scientific discovery.

    The L'Oréal Young Scientist Centre (LYSC) is an imaginative laboratory space for young people and their teachers to experiment and explore science and technology outside the classroom. In the LYSC workshops, students become a scientist for the day, testing their own ideas by designing creative experiments. The whole experience ignites a passion for scientific discovery and encourages curiosity-driven learning. The students can make explosive bath bombs, extract their own DNA, investigate forensic science, explore the chemistry of colour and much more.

    We are looking for a Lab Technician who will initially focus on providing technical assistance to the LYSC team, with opportunity to get involved in presenting and content development. There is also the chance to contribute to the Ri’s wider science communication programmes, including the family, schools and public programmes as well as the Christmas Lectures.

    Do you have

    • Enthusiasm for science education and enriching the experimental experience of young people
    • Good practical laboratory skills
    • Experience in working with children and young people
    • Proactive with the ability to learn quickly and work on own initiative?

    If so we would like to hear from you!

    Experience of delivering engaging scientific education or learning, of working in a lab technician role and Health and Safety knowledge would be an advantage.

    Please see our website here  to download a full job description and person specification and for more information on how to apply. 

    Deadline: 10.00am on Monday 21 February 

    Becky Poyntz

    Human Resources

    Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS

    e: bpoyntz@ri.ac.uk

    www.rigb.org

     

  • 31 Jan 2022 9:52 PM | Anonymous



    The ScotPEN Futures Working Group was set up to carry out a members’ consultation about the remit, membership, and structure of the network, and how this may be improved in the future. As part of this, we are looking for a consultant to work with people who have opted to be involved in ScotPEN, to understand what the network looks like now and what it might look like in the future.

    Tender proposals (up to £2,500) must be received by 28 February 2022 and the project must be completed by the end of May 2022.

    For more details on the background, scope, and how to apply, please see here: www.scotpen.org/futures  

    All the best

    Kirsty

    kirsty.ross@strath.ac.uk  

    Member of the ScotPEN Futures Working Group


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