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United Kingdom, Glasgow

Salary range: £23,160-£23,581 plus 5% shift allowance
FTE: 1.0 (35 hours per week)
Term: Open
Closing date: 12 January 2025

The University of Strathclyde is looking to appoint a Facilities Assistant to support our conferencing and events activity within the Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC). The Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) is the University’s flagship research facility, opened by HM The Queen in July 2015. TIC is home to £11m of dedicated, flexible conferencing facilities, and has quickly established itself as one the country’s most popular venues for business events and academic meetings, hosting more than 600 events and 46,000 delegates in academic year 2023/24 alone. The venue won the Bronze award for UK Best Academic Venue at the Meetings & Incentive Travel awards magazine in March 2019; was named Best Academic Venue at the CHS Awards in June 2019; Best Scottish Venue & Events Team at the E Awards in 2023 and is a proud holder of Green Tourism Gold accreditation.

Working across the Conferencing & Events and TIC Operations teams, the Facilities Assistant will be central to day-to-day operations. The successful candidate should have experience of working in a similar environment, such as a conference centre, banqueting suite, hotel or performance venue. The role will involve:


	setting up and turning around rooms and foyer spaces to the layout required by clients
	storing equipment and furniture securely and appropriately when not in use
	receipt, delivery and safe handling of all materials relating to conferences and events taking place in the facility
	 supporting the movement of goods and furniture throughout the building
	assistance with wayfinding in the building and giving information on general use of the facilities
	ensuring that conferencing and event spaces are kept are well-maintained, tidy and presentable at all times, befitting to a five-star conference venue
	weekly fire safety and first aid checks for all conferencing and event space


As well as experience of providing a customer-focused support service, the successful candidate will have existing knowledge and a keen awareness of the importance and day-to-day application of key health and safety and manual handling procedures. This post will involve a high volume of manual handling on a daily basis, and the successful candidate will ideally hold a valid manual handling certificate and be able to contribute to the ongoing and consistent application and development of our safe working practices and standard operating procedures.

The post-holder will be required to work 35 hours per week, 5 days over 7. Shift patterns will depend on the needs of the business but will regularly include hours outside the normal working week, i.e. early mornings, evenings and weekends, throughout the year. A 5% premium will be added to the salary of the successful candidate to reflect this non-standard working pattern.

This post will be key to the delivery of a high level of customer service in TIC, and will require an individual interested in working with a wide range of people, problem solving and willing to be flexible in their approach to the work.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 23 January 2025,

For informal enquiries, please contact Nicola Hyne, Conference Operations Manager at nicola.hyne@strath.ac.u

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University of Strathclyde

Singapore

FACULTY POSITIONS (AT ALL LEVELS) IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, COMPUTER ENGINEEERING AND INFORMATION SECURITY 

The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) is Singapore’s first University of Applied Learning, offering industry-relevant degree programmes that prepare its graduates to be work- and future-ready professionals. Its mission is to maximise the potential of its learners and to innovate with industry, through an integrated applied learning and research approach, so as to contribute to the economy and society.

The university’s unique pedagogy integrates work and study, embracing authentic learning in a real-world environment through collaborations with key strategic partners. Its focus on applied research with business impact is aimed at helping industry innovate and grow. Targeted to be ready in 2024, SIT’s centralised campus within the larger Punggol Digital District will feature a vibrant learning environment where academia and industry will be tightly integrated with the community.

SIT espouses an applied learning approach and offers degrees with a strong focus on science and technology. Our faculty work closely with industry on translational research and innovation, as well as provide consultancy on solutions to industry challenges. This well-established nexus with industry endows our graduates with deep skills and work-ready training experience – attuning them to the needs and demands of the future economy.

SIT is also establishing strategic live test beds known as ‘Living Labs’ both within and beyond its upcoming Punggol campus to support greater experiential learning and strengthen its applied research offerings. The university’s pool of ICT experts works with multi-disciplinary teams to drive the horizontal tech enablers required to support SIT’s strategic translational research.

As a young university, we encourage innovation and seek the right candidates to join us in realising our vision. We offer competitive remuneration, generous employment benefits, access to funding to undertake research of relevance to industry, and opportunities to inspire and nurture the next generation of skilled and work-ready graduates. We currently have positions available at all levels, from Lecturer to Full Professor, in the following areas: 


	Information Security: Mobile/distributed systems security, Cyber Physical Systems security, security analytics, digital forensics, vulnerability assessment, malware analysis and defence, Privacy-enhancing technologies, AI security.  
	Computer Science and Software Engineering: SDLC, requirement analysis, design, testing, optimisation, analysis, simulation, database, computer graphics, distributed systems, computer vision, video analytics  
	Emerging Fields: IIoT, computational fintech, robot-human interaction, Trustworthy AI, Explainable AI, Large Language Models, Quantum Computing.  
	We have established research teams in operational cybersecurity, AR/VR/HCI and immersive technologies, future transportation solutions, AI, future communications/5G, BCI and embedded systems. We welcome candidates who can complement or strengthen these areas.


Successful candidates will join the Infocomm Technology (ICT) Cluster (one of five academic clusters in SIT) as members of a team of accomplished experts who are passionate about higher education and deeply involved in industry transformation through applied research programmes.   

Faculty in the ICT Cluster undertake funded industry-relevant research, teach courses in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security and Software Engineering, as well as supervise graduate industry masters and doctorate students in relevant topics. They are also provided with paid leave to undertake consultancy work with industry and/or spend time attached with industry. 

We will prioritise collegial and team-spirited candidates with an earned PhD in a related discipline from a reputable university, plus relevant work experience or experience of industry-linked applied research projects.

Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. All applications must be submitted electronically via the "Apply Now" button below. 


Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)

Finland

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 13 000 students, 400 professors and close to 4 500 other faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community’s diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community.

The Aalto University School of Business is the leading business school in Finland. The School belongs to the select group of business schools that have been granted the most important international quality accreditations in its field. It aspires to be among the best business schools in Europe in terms of research excellence, a portfolio of pioneering B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., and executive education programs, and contributions to society.

The Department of Management Studies invites applications for

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN SUSTAINABILITY IN BUSINESS (2+1 years)

We are now looking a junior academic interested in research and teaching in the domain of sustainable business. The position is within the Organizations and Management discipline in the Department of Management Studies of Aalto University Business School.

About us

The department hosts a strong Sustainability in Business research group. The group is specialized in innovations towards sustainability, including circular economy, governance and institutions, and sustainability transitions. In addition to active publishing, the group is active in collaboration with companies and other stakeholders as well as creating societal impact. The department also has more general research groups on organization and management studies, focusing on diverse topics within organization theory, strategy and organizational behavior. Moreover, the department has a lively, international research community with numerous doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers from several countries. The working language at the department is English.

Department of Management Studies has existing research on organizing for sustainability, sustainability innovation, business models for sustainability and alternative economies. This work offers a basis for rethinking how businesses operate, how new actors and individuals can make contributions to sustainability and how sustainability debates unfold across societies and different global contexts.

The position is related to a new six-year inter-disciplinary project focusing on sustainable freshwater use and water stewardship. The management research in the project will focus broadly on water stewardship activities in multinational value chains as well as collective governance for water security and sustainability. For the applicants, existing research on topics such as environmental sustainability in management studies (esp. relating to water), cross-sector collaboration, legimacy and power, stakeholder theory, and governance of commons are considered as merits. Empirically, the project is primarily focused on qualitative approaches, so methodological skills in qualitative research are essential for the role.

Our expectations

The postdoctoral position is intended to allow the chosen researcher to pursue their own research agenda and to develop personal competencies. We expect the candidate to conduct high quality research and aim to publish in the leading international journals. The position is associated with a low teaching load.

We look for scholars who have completed their Ph.D. within the last four years, or are about to complete it. The Ph.D. is expected to be in a relevant field of study (such as management studies, social sciences, organizations and sustainability), but applicants from other areas may also be considered. The applicants should have demonstrated the ability to teach competently and to publish internationally. The position requires fluent skills in the English language. Finnish and other language skills are a merit.

Postdoctoral researchers are required to be in residence for the duration of the appointment, as we are looking for a member in our lively, welcoming departmental community. The appointment can begin Spring 2025, but the dates of the employment relationship can be negotiated. The position will be two years with a potential extension into a third year.

We offer 


	We offer you a full-time position for 2
	Thriving sustainability research community
	Stimulating research and working environment in one of the leading international universities
	Possibility to pursue cutting-edge research with a wide community of sustainability scholars and opportunities to participate in ground-breaking multi-disciplinary sustainability research.
	Possibility to attend of international academic conferences
	A salary, which will be defined according to Aalto University´s payroll system. As an employer, Aalto University provides excellent learning and development opportunities as well as occupational health care services, versatile exercise services and other employee benefits.


Aalto University also provides health care and retirement benefits. Finland is known for high quality of life, great work-life balance, clean nature, and family-friendly policies such as affordable high-quality daycare and free schools. Helsinki is a vibrant international city with a metropolitan area population of over 1.1 million people.

How to apply

If you want to join our community, please submit your application enclosing all relevant documents through our recruitment system Workday no later than February 16 , 2025 at 23:59 EET (UTC+2). Aalto University’s employees and visitors should apply for the position by using their existing Workday user account. Please see how to do it here.

To apply, please share the following application materials with us in English as a single file in PDF format (‘lastname_firstname_application.pdf’):


	Cover letter
	Curriculum Vitae
	List of publications (with five most significant publications highlighted)
	Names and contact information for two references
	A list of teaching experience
	A research plan for the postdoctoral period (1-2 pages)


Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.

For more Information

For inquiries about this position, please contact Prof. Samuli Patala (samuli.patala(at)aalto.fi) ). In questions related to the recruitment process, please contact HR Partner Jenna Knuutinen, jenna.knuutinen(at)aalto.fi. Please note that applications will be reviewed only after application time will expire and all candidates will be informed about the following process only after that. Please, do not send any attachments to HR via e-mail, all documents shall be provided through Workday -recruitment tool.

About Finland

Finland is a great place for living, both with or without family: it is a safe, politically stable and well-organized Nordic society which is consistently ranked highly in quality-of-life studies. Helsinki has been praised as one of the world’s most livable cities, e.g. by Monocle Magazine and in the Economist Intelligence Unit livability rankings. The World Happiness Report 2020 ranked Helsinki as the city with the highest well-being in the world. For more information about living in Finland: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/why-finland

More about Aalto University:

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youtube.com/user/aaltouniversity
linkedin.com/school/aalto-university/
www.facebook.com/aaltouniversity
instagram.com/aaltouniversity
twitter.com/aaltouniversity


Aalto University

United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi

Description

The Public Health Research Center (PHRC) at New York University Abu Dhabi seeks to recruit a talented, motivated and experienced Research Engineer with expertise in creating, developing, testing and maintaining high quality applications and in particular Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). The role of the selected applicant will focus on supporting the Center’s mission by developing a comprehensive system allowing the adequate and effective management of samples and all its associated data. The PHRC aims to understand the basis of health outcomes and traits related to the most common non-communicable diseases in the UAE by investigating and integrating when possible epidemiological, clinical and genetic data.

The appointed applicant will be in charge of creating, developing, configuring and maintaining a LIMS system customized to the needs of the PHRC research projects including but not limited to sample and associated data inventories, development for rapid, efficient and automated data tracking and retrieval workflows. The successful candidate will also contribute to write documentation for the developed tools, pipelines/workflows, SOPs and resources available. The candidate will have to integrate into the existing team of scientists and participate and lead training sessions of the PHRC team when needed. The candidate must have excellent organizational and communication skills with a high level of proficiency in English and the ability to work effectively in a team as well as individually.

 REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS


	Master’s degree in Computer science, Information Systems or equivalent;
	A minimum of 2 years of related working experience in LIMS environment development, or related environment
	Experience with validation procedures within a software development environment (user acceptance testing, issue tracking/reporting/testing etc.).
	A minimum of 3 years in SDLC (software development life cycle).
	Experience in both Windows and Linux OS.
	A minimum of 3 years’ experience in relational databases (e.g. MySQL) and developing front-end database interfaces.
	A minimum of 3 years’ experience in at least one of the following languages Perl/Python/Java/PHP.
	Experience in server administration and maintenance.


For consideration, applicants need to submit, through the Interfolio platform, a cover letter, curriculum vitae, transcript, research statement and three letters of reference, all in PDF format. If you have any further questions, please send an email to Dr. Youssef Idaghdour, at yv8@nyu.edu  

The terms of employment are very competitive and include housing and educational subsidies for children. Applications will be accepted immediately and candidates will be considered until the position is filled.

About NYUAD

NYU Abu Dhabi is a degree-granting research university with a fully integrated liberal arts and science undergraduate program in the Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU New York, and NYU Shanghai, form the backbone of NYU’s global network university, an interconnected network of portal campuses and academic centers across six continents that enable seamless international mobility of students and faculty in their pursuit of academic and scholarly activity. This global university represents a transformative shift in higher education, one in which the intellectual and creative endeavors of academia are shaped and examined through an international and multicultural perspective. As a major intellectual hub at the crossroads of the Arab world, NYUAD serves as a center for scholarly thought, advanced research, knowledge creation, and sharing, through its academic, research, and creative activities.

EOE/AA/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Employer

UAE Nationals are encouraged to apply

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

For people in the EU, click here for information on your privacy rights under GDPR: www.nyu.edu/it/gdpr

NYU is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion.


New York University Abu Dhabi Corporation

Closing date: 03/02/2025
Salary range: £36,924 - £45,163 (Pro Rata)
FTE: 0.8 (28 hours/week)
Contract Type: Fixed Term (18 months)

The Department of Psychological Sciences and Health is recruiting a Research Associate to work with Dr Dwight Tse on the ESRC-funded project “A Comprehensive approach to enhance Older adults' Preparedness for Extreme temperatures (COPE)”. This is a joint project with researchers at University of Exeter and international collaborators (e.g., Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, Sweden) to enhance older adults' preparedness for extreme heat by co-developing localised adaptation and mitigation strategies with community partners, integrating their lived experiences to improve health, safety, and well-being. This post is available on 01 May 2025 (start date is flexible), for a fixed term of 18 months.

As a Research Associate, under the general guidance of Dr Dwight Tse, you will develop research objectives and proposals, play a lead role in relation to a specific project/s or part of a broader project, conduct individual and/or collaborative research, contribute to the development of new research methods, identify sources

For informal enquiries, please contact Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Dwight Tse (dwight.tse@strath.ac.uk)

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