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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
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in megavoltage photon FLASH therapy
Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Research Grade 7: £39,424-£46,476 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Quantum Simulation with Dipolar Gases
Atomic and Laser Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7:
Administrative Assistant
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
STANDARD GRADE 4: Grade 4: £28,437-£32,108 per annum – pro rata for part-time appointments
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Processing and Characterisation of Metal Halide Perovskites
Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £39,424 - £47,779 p.a
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in uncertainty quantification for Earth-system prediction
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7RS: £39,424-£47,779 per annum
Research Portfolio Officer
Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 6: £35,681 - £ 41,636 per annum
Oxford-Peierls Fellow
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 8: Grade 8: £49,119 - £58,265 p.a - (Subject to Funding)