King's College London

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About Us

The Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) at King’s College London (KCL) is looking for one highly enthusiastic research scientists to drive research projects. 

We are pleased to invite applications for an 18-month John Clitherow Fellowship. This generously funded opportunity is made possible by a bequest from the late John Clitherow and has been designed to enable a final year PhD student within the Comprehensive Cancer Centre to increase the impact of their PhD and develop their next career steps post-viva. 

About The Role

This competitive award will support up to 18 months of salary for the successful individual and will contribute to their planned project costs. The intention of the award is to enhance the candidate’s competitiveness for post-doctoral fellowships in either commercial or academic sectors through the completion and publication of original research generated during their PhD, and/or the generation of preliminary data. We envisage year one to cover the work required to submit a manuscript and year two to cover peer review revision work and the generation of preliminary data to support the planned fellowship applications.    

This is a full-time post and you will be offered a fixed term contract for up to 18 months. This will be a Grade 6 role upon successful completion of PhD Viva.

Eligible student applicants must be in the final year of their degree. Can interested applicants please contact Alan Ramsay describing their thesis submission date (alan.ramsay@kcl.ac.uk).

Applicants should submit a proposal document (4 pages maximum) that includes: 1. A summary of their PhD project, outputs and achievements to date; 2. The proposed objectives and research plan (with milestones) and development during the 18-month fellowship. 3) The candidate’s planned fellowship/career applications after this award and how they believe the John Clitherow Fellowship will enhance their competitiveness for these schemes. Please provide a summary of the proposed research topic, deadlines for the intended schemes/sectors and a timeline to meet these deadlines. Supporting statements should be provided by the candidate’s two PhD supervisors and their PhD committee chair.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Must be in final year of PhD studies.
2. Evidence of successful outputs and achievements to date.
3. Evidence of clear proposed objectives and research plan (with milestones) and development during the 18-month fellowship  
4. Clear plan, - The candidate’s planned fellowship/career applications after this award and how they believe the John Clitherow Fellowship will enhance their competitiveness for these schemes. 
5. Please provide a summary of the proposed research topic, deadlines for the intended schemes/sectors and a timeline to meet these deadlines. Supporting statements should be provided by the candidate’s two PhD supervisors and their PhD committee chair.  

Desirable criteria

1. Publications.
2. Successful funding
3. Presentation of work at conferences.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6. 

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.