Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant in Pharmaceutics

Post Title: Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant in Pharmaceutics

SBU/Department: Clinical, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Sciences/School of Life and Medical Sciences

FTE: 1.0fte, working 37 hours per week (or pro rata)  

Duration of Contract: Fixed-Term Contract for five years 

Salary: UH4 £22,662 per annum – £25,642 per annum by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience  

Location: College Lane Campus, Hatfield

Main duties and responsibilities

You will assist academic staff in the administration of modules within Pharmaceutics at undergraduate and postgraduate level within the School of Life and Medical Sciences. Additionally, you will work with the pharmaceutics and other discipline teams on the delivery of teaching programmes across the Department.

Supporting student engagement activities within the department under direction and supporting academic staff in delivering tutorials and laboratories will also be required. 

You are expected to enrol, part-time, for a research degree (normally an MPhil leading to a PhD).

You will ensure work complies with legal and regulatory requirements, health and safety, data protection, copyright and licensing, security, financial and other University procedures and codes of conduct, where appropriate.

You will provide co- and extra-curricular activities for students assist in developing exams, assessments and assigning study material to students.

Skill and experience required

You will have experience of studying in a UK Higher Education Institution or equivalent International Institution and be expected to have some experience and knowledge of pharmaceutics, be able to work under own initiative and as part of a team, have good organisational skills and be proficient in the English language. 

You will have the ability to deal with conflicting priorities and to work under pressure with minimum supervision and demonstrate initiative and the ability to learn new skills. You will also have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. In addition to this you will be able to demonstrate a good understanding of working with colleagues and students, including a polite, helpful and confident manner and good IT skills.  

Qualifications required

You must have a minimum of good honours degree or equivalent in pharmacy/pharmaceutical science or a related discipline.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Dr Michael Cook (Team Leader for Pharmaceutics) on m.cook5@herts.ac.uk

Closing Date: 2nd November 2022

Interview Date: TBC

Reference Number: 045696

Date advert placed: 5th November 2022

The University offers every individual the opportunity to succeed. We want our staff to represent multi-faceted life experiences, varied cultural heritage and to encourage cognitive diversity. We recognise that the field is not ‘level’ and want to actively address barriers to progression. Markers of success to date include no gender pay gap within the School where this post sits and holding an Athena Swan Bronze Award. We also challenge stereotypes and partner with networks both within and outside of the University to enhance inclusion in the workplace. We wholeheartedly encourage applications from BAME and LGTBQ candidates, who are currently under-represented within the School.

We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts