The Welsh School of Architecture (WSA) is seeking to appoint a highly motivated Research Associate specialising in modelling and performance evaluation to support a multi-disciplinary, broad stakeholder team to enable effective design, research, analysis, learning and delivery in the research area of bio-based materials and low carbon technologies in the retrofit and remodelling of existing housing. You will be joining a ground breaking £4.6 million Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) research project co-led by the University of Bath and Cardiff University to ‘Transform Housing and Homes for Future Generations.’ The postholder will primarily be based on-campus working in a highly collaborative environment with regular travel to Swansea, Bath, Bristol and other parts of the UK as part of the research and design development. Limited hybrid working might be considered. For informal enquiries about the post please contact Professor Jo Patterson (Director of Research and co-Director of the Research Project) PattersonCardiff.ac.uk or Dr Steve Coombs (Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Design Research Work Package lead) CoombsScardiff.ac.uk. This post is full-time. The anticipated start date is as soon as possible. This post is fixed-term for 8 months and your contract will end no later than 30 September 2025. Salary: £40,247- £45,163 per annum (Grade 6). Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at bottom of scale. Closing date: Thursday, 28 November 2024 This post has previously been advertised to employees of Cardiff University only. We now invite external applications. Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements. Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. £40,247 to £45,163 per annum (Grade 6).