Assistant professor in infectious diseases (tenure track)

As an Assistant Professor on the CIMM tenure track, you will establish and lead an innovative, independent and sustainable research programme in infectious diseases, immunology or microbiology. Your programme may focus on acute infections and/or post-acute infection syndromes, should complement and strengthen CIMM's portfolio, and may be fundamental, translational or combine both approaches. Clinical research and structural clinical duties are outside the scope of this position. The indicative allocation of duties is 80% research, 10% teaching and 10% academic leadership, management, outreach and societal engagement.

• Define and deliver an ambitious research strategy, covering the full research cycle from formulating questions and designing studies to translating findings into scientific and societal impact;
• Build national and international collaborations and strengthen your international scientific visibility;
• Obtain competitive external funding as principal investigator or co-principal investigator and publish rigorous, impactful research;
• Recruit, supervise and mentor PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, research staff and students;
• Contribute to teaching, academic leadership, team science, Open Science, knowledge sharing, societal engagement and CIMM's collaborative research culture.

You are a collaborative and ambitious researcher who is ready to take the next step towards independent research leadership. You bring:

• A PhD in infectious diseases, immunology, microbiology or a closely related biomedical, medical or life-sciences field, followed by relevant postdoctoral research experience;
• A strong scientific track record appropriate to your career stage, a clear and original research vision and evidence of increasing scientific independence;
• High-quality peer-reviewed publications demonstrating substantial intellectual contributions, together with experience in competitive grant applications and the potential to build an externally funded research programme;
• Experience in supervising and mentoring junior researchers and a commitment to high-quality education; a Basic Teaching Qualification (BKO) is welcome but not required at the time of appointment;
• Strong communication and leadership skills, excellent spoken and written English and the ability to contribute to a collaborative, inclusive and safe research environment.

International research experience and an established collaborative network are considered assets.