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We offer a diverse range of job opportunities at the Department of Physics from academic and research roles to professional services and support roles. From technicians and engineers to accountants and administrators, everybody in the department plays their part; together, we apply the transformative power of physics to the foremost scientific problems, educate the next generation of leading physicists and promote the public understanding of physics.
Current vacancies
Intelligence Engineer
Astrophysics
STANDARD GRADE 7: Grade 7: £39,424 - £47,779 per annum
Facilities Administrator and Access Control Lead
Professional and support services
STANDARD GRADE 6: Grade 6: £35,681 - £41,636 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistant for the LZ Experiment
Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £39,424 - £47,779 per annum
Research Portfolio Officer
Professional and support services
RESEARCH GRADE 6: Research Grade 6: £35,681 - £ 41,636 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £39424 -£47779 per annum
Senior Research Facilitator (RF) and Trusted Research (TR) Specialist
Professional and support services
STANDARD GRADE 8: £49,119 - £58,265 per annum
Teaching Faculty Administration Support Officer
Professional and support services
STANDARD GRADE 4: Grade 4: £28,437 – £32,108 per annum, pro-rata
Postdoctoral Research Assistant for the LZ Experiment
Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £39,424 - £47,779 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistants
Atomic and Laser Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Research Grade 7: £39,424-£46,476 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in single-molecule biophysics of eukaryotic transcription
Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £39,424 - £47,779 per annum
Associate Professor in Particle Theory
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (TF-UNIVERSITY): £57,986 - £77,366 p.a. plus benefits including a housing allowance of £19,218 p.a., research allowable expenses of £3,008 and a teaching allowable expense of £985 p.a. An allowance of £3,199 p.a. would be payable upon award of Full Professor title.