Research Associate

About the role

We are recruiting a Research Associate who will undertake fundamental research in large-scale transmission system modelling. 

They will help with the identification of key energy and system imbalancing, for the GB system and beyond. Looking at how this might change with a rapid increase in renewable generation and evolving clean flexibility across the whole-system. 

The Research Associate is expected to develop scalable solutions, address the most pressing imbalances from a combination of technical and commercial solutions, to drive agile  network investment and operation.

Your duties will include

• Conduct independent research addressing the modelling, analysis, and operation of large energy networks
• Experience in collation, syntheses and analyse data from practical systems, such as GB systems
• Embracing new approaches in dealing with complex system of systems 
• Contribute to the production of research reports and publications 
• Provide support to project staff and help with supervision of student projects

Further Information

This role is offered on a full-time (36.5 hours per week) for a duration of 24 months to December 2027.

For an informal conversation about the role please contact:

Professor Furong Li on eesfl@bath.ac.uk or Professor Chenghong Gu on cg277@bath.ac.uk

As a member of Research Staff at the University of Bath, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days professional development pro rata per year"

A lower grade offer may be made (Grade 6) with comparable reduction in responsibilities and amendment in job title to Research Assistant, if a suitable applicant cannot be found to fill the Grade 7 position. Applicants will need to be within six months of their course completion date and will be promoted to Research Associate once their PhD has been awarded. 

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning & more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce