Description
Job Identification13756
Locations The Chancellor's Building, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, GB(100% On-campus)
OrganizationCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh University Group
DepartmentCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Apply Before03/04/2026, 23:59
Health and Safety RequirementsKey hazards identified (plan is in place)
Criminal Record CheckNo criminal record check required
Contract TypeFixed Term
Work Duration Months24
Job ScheduleFull time
GradeUE06
Number of Openings1
Job FunctionResearcher
Job Description
UE06: £34,610 - £39,906 per annum
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine/School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences/Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed-term: for 2 years
The Opportunity:
Where passion meets purpose. Be part of something bigger.
We’re looking for a curious, motivated, and hands-on Research Assistant to join our Translational Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) Research Group. If you’re excited by brain research, enjoy working in a collaborative lab environment, and want to contribute to research that really matters, this could be a great fit.
As a Research Assistant in our team, you’ll play a key role in helping us understand how CAA affects brain health. You’ll work closely with postdocs, PhD students, and other lab members, supporting a wide range of experiments and day-to-day research activity. Your work will directly contribute to ongoing projects in vascular dementia research. You’ll enjoy working as part of a team but are also happy managing your own workload and daily organisation. You’re practical, detail-oriented, and keen to learn, with a genuine interest in brain health and translational research.
People have always been at the heart of our work. As part of the University, you are a part of our community. We are looking for people with drive, determination, and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you.
A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:
Professional development and subject matter expertise
Working within one of the world’s leading universities
Interesting work
Excellent benefits and support
If you’re passionate about research and want to contribute to work that advances our understanding of vascular dementia, we’d love to hear from you.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and based in a lab setting.
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How to apply
Please include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
A competitive salary.
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter, and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 3rd April 2026.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held shortly after the advert closes, probably on 9th April 2026.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About the Team
School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences
We host research and postgraduate training in neuroscience, cardiovascular, metabolic and psychiatric research. We are one of six schools in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and are home to the Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research.
Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research
Our institute fosters collaborative neuroscience, cardiovascular, metabolic and psychiatric research to tackle some of the world's most significant health challenges.
Our research explores health and disease across the body and life course – from tiny changes in cells to the lived experience of patients. Together, we work to advance the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of major health conditions including heart disease, stroke, metabolic dysfunction, mental illness, dementia and neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Empowered by genetics, advanced imaging, artificial intelligence and clinical trials, our research seamlessly connects discovery science with clinical care.
Our work is internationally acclaimed, achieving 4* and world-leading classifications for the majority of our research, health and wealth impacts and research papers in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 assessment, the UK’s system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions.
As part of driving progress in our core research areas, we host internationally leading research centres and state-of-the-art technologies:
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence
Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention | CPSP
Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research
Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility
Edinburgh Imaging
Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory
Medical Research Council/British Hearth Foundation Centre of Research Excellence in Advanced Cardiac Therapies
MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research | MS Society
Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre
Patrick Wild Centre
Row Fogo Centre for Research into Ageing and the Brain
Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB)
UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh
UKRI Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry
Our institute community
Our researchers drive cutting-edge science, enabling our students and working hand in hand with our expert technical and professional services colleagues. We are committed to creating a collaborative, inclusive and welcoming community, where everyone feels supported, empowered and inspired to achieve their best.
Training and education
We offer a wide range of postgraduate training opportunities. Students learn from world-class researchers, access outstanding facilities and get support to develop. Our graduates go on to successful careers in academia, research, healthcare and industry worldwide. Our colleagues are also leading contributors to undergraduate programmes.
