Fixed Term, three years

Full Time, 36 Hours

About Us

The Medical Research Council Centre for Macaques (CFM) is a primate breeding unit established in 2003 to house and breed rhesus macaques. It is funded by the MRC with support from the Wellcome Trust, and Oxford and Cambridge Universities. For more information visit, https://cfm.har.mrc.ac.uk/

About You

Ideally you will need:

• PhD in an animal behaviour-related and/or animal welfare-related field, or equivalent experience
• Previous experience in working with animals
• Experience in animal behaviour data
• Knowledge of Animal Welfare measures and how to collect them
• Expertise in data analysis using programming software (R,Python or MATLAB)

Key Responsibilities

• Create a new dataset of primate welfare and behaviour measures that can be shared with other researchers
• Present research and write journal articles
• Collect the new welfare measures and videos
• Annotate and analyse video data
• Prepare the new dataset for sharing with other researchers
• Present research and write journal articles

Benefits:

Choosing to come to work at the MRC (part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)) means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits, from a defined-benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement, to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and a salary sacrifice cycle-to-work scheme.  In addition, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the work of a world-class medical research organisation.

How to Apply

If you are ready to take on this exciting role and be part of a team dedicated to ground-breaking research, we would love to hear from you. For full details and to apply please click on the ‘Apply’ button above.

Please quote reference CFM 2481

The closing date for applications is 13th October 2024

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