5-Year Career Development Fellowship and Fixed Term Studentship in Astrophysics

Christ Church, University of Oxford, wish to appoint a five-year Career Development Fellow (CDF) and Fixed Term Student in Astrophysics from 1 October 2017. The post is funded by Christ Church but the candidate will also be a member of faculty of the Department of Physics, University of Oxford. The stipend payable will be in the range £26,052 to £29,301 per annum, with an additional housing allowance of at least £8,204 per annum (under review) for those not taking college-owned accommodation.
The person appointed will be required to undertake tutorial and class teaching, deliver lectures, and to carry out research in an area of astrophysics at a level comparable with that of physicists at a comparable stage of their career. Full details can be found in the further particulars of the post.

The successful candidate will be expected to have a PhD in Astrophysics or a related discipline, to have the skills necessary for successful tutorial and class teaching and have an excellent record of publication in refereed journals reflecting the stage of his/her career.

Further particulars of the post are available from http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/vacancies. 

Further information about Oxford Astrophysics can be found at http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/research/astrophysics.

Candidates should email their applications, including a completed recruitment monitoring form (appended to the further particulars) to the Academic Registrar at [email protected] by noon of Monday 16th January.  They should include a full curriculum vitae, a statement of relevant qualifications and experience, a summary of research interests.

Candidates should ask their referees to email their letters of recommendation to the Academic Registrar at [email protected] by the closing date.

We plan to interview for this post on Tuesday 7th February 2017.

Christ Church is an Equal Opportunities Employer.