Prize Fellow

The Centre of Excellence in Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health Protection (CWBE) is a £13m interdisciplinary research centre, established in 2024 with funding from Research England's Expanding Excellence in England (E3) scheme, together with contributions from the University of Bath and partners.

We are working to transform public and environmental health management, establishing the first Urban Living Lab facility; a state-of-the-art digital water sensing platform, training base and ideas hub. Our ambition is to provide a practical roadmap for a UK early-warning system, co-produced with regional and national stakeholders to serve as a sentinel and multigenerational testing site for research and innovation. This platform will enable testing of public health and environmental interventions focused on increasing community resilience to disease, pollution and climate change impacts.

Responsibilities:
- Conduct high quality research as an independent researcher within the umbrella of the Centre, including securing funding via research grants and/or fellowship applications and building a research group appropriate to the Centre and discipline
- Develop international research links
- Contribute to advanced teaching and supervision, training and research of graduate students
- Promote research in the discipline, including public engagement

We particularly welcome applications from researchers whose interests align with CWBE's research strengths in antimicrobial resistance, pathogen surveillance, wastewater-based epidemiology, and the environmental and public health impacts of pharmaceuticals and other bioactive compounds. The successful candidate will establish an independent research programme within CWBE's interdisciplinary environment.

This role is a full-time fixed term position (36.5 hours per week for 24 months). Subject to satisfactory progress at the end of the fixed term, the position will transfer to a Lectureship.

Benefits include:
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses
- Wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships and LinkedIn Learning
- Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- A family-friendly workplace
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
- Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

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