Research Assistant In Medicinal Chemistry

The Medicines Discovery Institute are looking to attract an experienced medicinal chemist to design, synthesise and test novel fluorescent probes of VATP-ase. The project is funded by the MRC and is full-time for 9 months. The successful candidate will have broad experience in synthetic chemistry with demonstrable experience in synthesising structurally complex drug substances on a multigram scale.  The post will be based at Cardiff University and will be part of a multi-disciplinary drug discovery team. For informal inquiries, please contact medicinesdiscovery@cardiff.ac.uk. Further information is available at the following webpages: Dr D. Heulyn Jones https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/jonesd80 For informal enquiries about the role and the Cardiff School of Chemistry, please contact Dr D. Heulyn Jones (JonesD80@cardiff.ac.uk). For further details about working in Cardiff University please contact: Ms Caroline Pasmore (Chemy-HR@cardiff.ac.uk; 44 (0)29 2087 4073) This position is full time (35 hours per week) and is available from immediately for 9 months. To work for an employer that values and promotes equality of opportunity, please visit www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs and search for vacancy number: 18021BR. Salary: £32,332 - £34,980 per annum (Grade 5). We do not anticipate that an appointment be made above £32,332 per annum (Grade 5.25). Important note: It is the University’s policy to use the person specification as a key tool for short-listing. Candidates should evidence that they meet ALL of the essential criteria as well as, where relevant, the desirable. As part of the application process you will be asked to provide this evidence via a supporting statement. Please ensure that the evidence you are providing corresponds with the numbered criteria outlined below. Your application will be considered based on the information you provide under each element. When attaching the supporting statement to your application profile, please ensure that you name it with the vacancy reference number, e.g. Supporting Statement for 18021BR. Closing date: 14 February 2024 Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements. Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University