Kavli Institute Senior Fellowship in Exoplanets

The Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge, is offering one Kavli Senior Fellowship in Exoplanets. Applicants must have a PhD in Astrophysics or a related field. We welcome applications from observers, instrumentalists, and theorists with interests relevant to the broad theme of the search for and characterisation of exoplanets.

Successful applicants will be expected to build an independent research program but will have many opportunities for collaborative work with members of the Kavli Institute and the Cambridge Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe. They will disseminate their research findings through publications and presentations and contribute to public-engagement activities. Successful applicants will have opportunities to assist with the supervision of graduate students. Applicants must have excellent communication and computing skills.

Salary will be on the Senior Research Associate scale (grade 9, from £45,585 to £57,696). A research allowance of £10,000 per annum will be provided. A generous relocation package will also be provided. Further benefits of University employment are outlined at http://www.induction.admin.cam.ac.uk/.

The University of Cambridge thrives on the diversity of its staff and students. Applications from under-represented groups are particularly welcome. The University has several family-friendly policies and initiatives, including a returning-carer scheme, childcare costs support, University workplace nurseries, University holiday play-schemes, and a shared parental-leave policy. As part of its commitment to providing a family-friendly environment for researchers, the Kavli Institute ensures that should parental leave be needed during the course of employment, there is provision for extension to contract to compensate for the parental leave taken.