Dear All,
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) is currently seeking
to recruit a Director of Research in the areas of Life Sciences,
Chemistry and Soft Matter Science.
You will find below the job advertisement.
Should you be interested in the position, please contact me at
[email protected]_
Thanks in advance for you kind attention,
Itziar Echeverría
Secretary to ESRF Council
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) is a multinational
research institute, currently funded by 20 countries, whose access is
based on scientific excellence. It operates
one of the world's most brilliant synchrotron X-ray sources and some 30
world-class beamlines. More than 6000 scientists from universities and
research centres around the globe visit the institute every year to
carry out experiments in fundamental and applied research.
The ESRF has an annual budget of ~100MEUR, employs 600 staff from 40
countries and operates as a private company (société civile) under
French law.
THE FUNCTION
The two Directors of Research guide 200 staff in the Experiments
Division on the implementation of an ambitious scientific and technical
programme grounded on the use of state-of-the-art ESRF X-ray beamlines.
They provide vision and leadership at the international level, promoting
a world-class experimental programme involving several thousand external
scientists from the funding countries and worldwide. Working in tandem,
each Research Director has an area of responsibility linked to her/his
scientific experience and background.
Today, the ESRF is seeking to recruit the Director of Research in the
areas of life sciences, chemistry and soft matter science. Together with
the Director of Research for the physical sciences, he/she will be
responsible for:
· The promotion of the ESRF scientific excellence in the funding
countries and worldwide.
· The operation of the beamlines and the support to the scientific user
communities, including the management of the beam time assignment process.
· The successful delivery of a new beamline portfolio in the context of
the ESRF Upgrade Programme, and generally for meeting the objectives of
this Programme.
· The preparation of future programme plans, financial estimates and
staffing plans.
· The Division's capital and running expenditure budget (about 12 MEUR).
· The management of the Division's staff, 75% of whom are scientists.The
relations with (presently) eleven Collaborating Research Groups
operating national beamlines at the ESRF.
· The in-house research programme enabling the Experiments Division
scientists to carry out state-of-the-art scientific investigations.
· The planning and implementation of the beamline renewal and
refurbishment programmes in coordination with the ESRF technical support
Divisions.
The Directors of Research, the Director of the Accelerator and Source
Division and the Director of Administration constitute the Senior
Management of the ESRF reporting directly to the Director General. The
Directors of Research are given the opportunity to pursue their own
research interest with appropriate resources (e.g. one post-doc or one
thesis student).
Desired Qualifications
The successful candidate for this particular post will be an
internationally renowned scientist in a field related to the life
sciences, soft matter and/or chemistry. He/she will have extensive
experience in the use of synchrotron radiation for cutting-edge
research, along with proven leadership, management and administrative
skills. The working language at the ESRF is English. Knowledge of French
would be a significant advantage. Further information on the post can be
obtained from either Francesco Sette [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>or Itziar Echeverria [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>.
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Itziar Echeverría
Head, Director General's Office
Secretary to Council
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
B.P. 220 - 6 rue Jules Horowitz
F-38043 GRENOBLE Cedex
FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)476 88 22 36
email:[email protected]
