Teaching and Learning Coordinator
The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology is now recruiting a full time, permanent Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator who will support the smooth running of the undergraduate Teaching office.
This is an interesting and varied role with a high level of interaction with our students and staff. The post-holder supports the work of the Department's Teaching Office, co-ordinating all key areas of undergraduate student administration including course teaching on our Tripos, events, examinations, maintaining course-related Moodle sites and dealing with general enquiries. A key duty will be to act as Secretary to a number of committees ensuring the interface between Department and University committees and administrators.
While the post reports directly to the Department Administrator, the post holder will work closely with the Head of Department and Deputy Head of Teaching. The ability to be a team player is important, and showing empathy when supporting student delivery is vital.
The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent level of practical experience and be competent with standard software packages e.g. Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as with databases and online programmes. Excellent communication, organisational and planning skills are required with a proactive and flexible approach to your work. Experience of working within higher education in a related area or previous experience within the University of Cambridge would be an advantage.
The role will involve limited evening / weekend / bank holiday (May) work during the examination periods and at other busy times, such as the start of the academic year. For full details of the responsibilities of the post and the person specification, please see the further particulars.
Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.
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Our Professional Services staff play a fundamental role. The University of Cambridge offers excellent benefits, extensive opportunities in a stimulating environment:
The University salary structure includes automatic service-related pay progression in many of its grades and an annual cost of living increase. In addition to this, employees are rewarded for outstanding contribution through a number of regular pay progression schemes. Staff also benefit from a generous annual leave entitlement.
The University offers employees a wide range of competitive benefits, from health care cash plans to childcare, a cycle to work scheme, to shopping and insurance discounts.
University-led initiatives in the areas of equality, diversity and wellbeing include staff and students networks.
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The University offer a range of family-friendly policies, including maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. In addition, workplace nurseries, childcare vouchers, a childcare salary sacrifice scheme and a high-quality holiday play scheme are available to help support University employees with caring responsibilities
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to Mr Vito Candela, HR Administrator, at hr@ceb.cam.ac.uk.
Applications closing date 5th of November 2025.
Please quote reference NQ47627 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.
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Please quote reference NQ47341 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded post-doctoral position in Dr Graham Christie's lab within the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.
The project will combine protein crystallography with in vivo microbiological analyses to yield insight to the molecular mechanisms that regulate the activity of the major peptidoglycan lysin involved in Bacillus spp. spore germination (https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001591). Crystallography will additionally be used to conduct high-throughput fragment-based screens aimed at establishing whether the lysin of interest is ligandable and therefore potentially amenable to structure-led inhibition.
The appointed PDRA will also liaise closely with a second PDRA working under the supervision of Dr Antreas Kali at the University of Leeds whose objective is to conduct Molecular Dynamics simulations aimed at examining structural changes to protein complexes of interest during spore germination. The Cambridge PDRA will then test the MD predictions by site-directed mutagenesis and in vivo functional analyses.
Applicants should hold a PhD in molecular microbiology or structural biology. Expertise in molecular cloning and recombinant protein expression/purification is essential. Experience in protein crystallography or related structural biology disciplines is highly desirable although there is scope for training in this regard. The candidate must value teamwork and collaboration, have good administrative and interpersonal skills, and high computer literacy in relation to the use of bioinformatics and structural biology tools.
Appointment at Research Associate level is dependent on having a PhD; those without a PhD will be appointed at Research Assistant level. Those who have submitted but not yet received their PhD will be appointed at Research Assistant level, which will be amended to Research Associate once the PhD has been awarded.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to Mr Vito Candela, HR Administrator, at hr@ceb.cam.ac.uk.
Applications closing date 12th of October 2025.
Please quote reference NQ47252 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.