Head of Department and Professor Pure & Applied Chemistry

Head of Department and Professor Pure & Applied Chemistry University of Strathclyde January 2016

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Contents Welcome letter 3 The City of Glasgow 4 University of Strathclyde 5 Key Facts 6 Values 7 Faculty of Science 8 Pure and Applied Chemistry 9 Application Procedure 10 Other Information 11 14

The City of Glasgow

Glasgow is the industrial and commercial capital of Scotland and the various groups that have contributed to its population over the centuries have given it a cosmopolitan feel. Variously named as the ‘friendliest city in the world’ and a must visit destination by leading publications like the New York Times, The Guardian and Wanderlust, Glasgow justly earns its reputation as one of the world’s great cities for its outstanding architecture, vibrant cultural environment, lively nightlife, and extensive shopping.

As a UNESCO City of Music, Glasgow hosts an average of 130 music events every single week. The music scene spans the spectrum from urban and hip-hop, electronica and indie through to classical and Celtic, in concert and club venues.

Glasgow is home to the Scottish National Orchestra, ballet, opera and theatre, as well as several theatre companies. There are substantial art collections held at the Burrell and Kelvingrove museums and it possesses many other fine art galleries and museums. The Scottish press and broadcasting media are based here and the city’s higher and further education establishments have made it a major educational centre.

Glaswegians love watching sport as much as participating in it. Popular sports include football, rugby, American football, golf, and ice hockey. The city’s sports and leisure facilities are of an exceptionally high quality, thanks to recent investment in advance of the highly successful Commonwealth Games 2014.

Eating out is a pleasure, with most world cuisines on offer: Lonely Planet describes Glasgow as ‘the best and most eclectic dining city in Europe.’ And there is no better place to sample some of the finest Scottish produce.

Unspoilt coastlines, majestic mountains, tranquil lochs, ancient castles, and picture-postcard villages are all just a short journey from the city. If your sporting interests lie in the great outdoors, outstanding recreation facilities are easily reached from Glasgow.

University of Strathclyde

Established more than 200 years ago ‘for the good of mankind’, the University of Strathclyde has always had a global outlook. The University is situated in the heart of Glasgow – one of the UK’s largest cities – and has a vibrant, international community including 22,000 students and more than 3,000 staff from around 100 countries.

Strathclyde is dedicated to ‘useful learning’ and is recognised internationally for its close working relationship with global businesses, and its partnerships with industry, government and policy makers.

The University’s academics are committed to working with partners to tackle the major research challenges of the 21st Century, while developing the highly-skilled graduates needed by industry and the professions.

Its high-profile alumni include John Logie Baird, inventor of the world’s first television; James Blyth, the wind energy pioneer; David Livingstone, the medical missionary and explorer; Henry Faulds, originator of fingerprint identification; James “Paraffin”Young, father of the oil industry; Dame Elish Angiolini QC, former Lord Advocate of Scotland; and Sir Tom Hunter, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Our Strategic Plan http://www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathclyde/strategicplan/ is designed to ensure that the University achieves its ambitions as a leading international technological university and that, through research, education and knowledge exchange; we remain engaged with public life globally as a place of useful learning. At Strathclyde, technologies combine the creation and development of materials, methods and processes with an understanding of how people and societies around the world use, adapt and respond to these developments in order to meet current and future challenges.

Key facts

 Named UK Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2013, and UK University of the Year 2012, by the Times Higher Education

 Home to the UK Headquarters of Fraunhofer – Europe’s largest contract research organisation and to the first UK hub, the Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics

 Has attracted numerous global partners who are investing in its vision, including Babcock, GlaxoSmithKline, Rolls-Royce, EDF, NASA, Boeing, The Weir Group, SSE, ScottishPower and AstraZeneca

Values

The University of Strathclyde is a place of useful learning where we value and are recognised as being:

People-oriented: committed to our staff and students, providing opportunities and investing in their development.

Bold: confident and challenging about what we do, and supportive of appropriate and managed risk in our decision making.

Innovative: focused on discovering and applying knowledge with impact, and encouraging creative thinking and new ideas.

Collaborative: working together, internally and externally, with integrity and in an open, respectful way.

Ambitious: for our institution, staff and students as well as supporting the ambitions of our partners.

Pure and Applied Chemistry

The Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry industry. The Department has excellent at the University of Strathclyde is a vibrant research facilities, including state-of-the art- and ambitious Department with a strong laboratories, with access to additional reputation for excellence in research and resources through our WestCHEM partnership teaching, and a growing knowledge exchange with the University of Glasgow. portfolio. We support a large research community We have an international research reputation, including about 150 PhD students, including spanning the breadth of chemistry. In those in doctoral training centres in Optical addition, we host centres of excellence in Medical Imaging and Synthetic & Medicinal Forensic Science, Molecular Nanometrology, Chemistry. Unique to Strathclyde is the and Process Analytics & Control Technology, collaboration with global healthcare giant as well as being key to the University centre GlaxoSmithKline on delivery of an industry- for Continuous Manufacturing and based, academically rigorous doctoral training Crystallisation. programme.

Our broad teaching portfolio reflects the In the recent REF 2014 exercise, we were diversity of our research, offering popular, placed 4th in the UK as judged by the GPA- high quality and fully accredited Power Ranking, with 94% of our research undergraduate degrees (recent intakes: 170 rated as internationally excellent or students per year) and internationally internationally leading. Our Department’s renowned MSc degrees in Forensic Science research is supported by many sources and Medicinal Chemistry. including EPSRC, BBSRC, EU, the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and features very strong connections with

Application Procedure

Applicants are required to complete an Finally please ensure that you have included application form including the names, mobile, work and home telephone numbers positions, organisations and telephone on your CV, as well as any dates when you will contact numbers of three referees who will be not be available. contacted before interview without Further information on the application permission, unless you indicate you would process and working at Strathclyde can be prefer otherwise. found on our website Applicants should also submit a Curriculum (http://www.strath.ac.uk/hr/workforus). Vitae and a covering letter for the post as a single document detailing the knowledge, skills and experience you think make you the right candidate for the job as well as a Research Plan outlining your research strategy for the next 5 years.

Please ensure that your supporting statement fully states how your skills and experience match the person specification for this role; your CV should cover your full career history and provide details of associated responsibilities and key achievements.

Other Information

For a confidential discussion on this post, please Pensions contact David Littlejohn, Executive Dean Science The successful applicant will be eligible to join the Faculty of the University of Strathclyde on +44 (0) Universities' Superannuation Scheme. Further 141 548 2067 or email [email protected] information regarding this scheme is available from Payroll and Pensions. Indicative timetable Relocation Key Dates Where applicable, the University offers a Closing date: 01 March 2016 relocation package to support new employees who meet the eligibility criteria. The relocation Shortlisting: W/C 14 March 2016 package is offered as a contribution towards costs Final Panel interviews: To be held in April 2016 incurred, and is designed to be flexible, allowing staff to use the financial support available in the Pre-employment health screening way that will be most helpful to them. Further An offer of appointment will be subject to a details are outlined in the Relocation Policy. medical assessment by Occupational Health. An Interviews individual who accepts an offer of employment As part of the interview process, candidates will be must complete a confidential medical required to make a presentation to an invited questionnaire and forward it to the Occupational group of staff on their Vision for the Department. Health Nurse within 5 days of receipt. Equality and Diversity If further information is required the individual We value diversity and welcome applications from may be contacted by the OHN or a Medical all sections of the community. Advisor and a personal appointment with the individual may be arranged. An unconditional Athena SWAN contract of employment will not be issued until Human Resources receives confirmation that The University currently holds a Bronze Athena applicant is fit to undertake the duties of the post. SWAN award, recognising our commitment to advancing women's careers in science, technology, Salary engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment in academia. The salary offered will be appropriate to the qualifications, standing and experience of the successful candidate and commensurate with the seniority of the appointment.