HR Administrator
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Department of Psychology for a Human Resources Administrator. The Department of Psychology is a friendly and welcoming teaching and research Department in the School of Biological Sciences with approximately 28 University Teaching Officers, around 130 members of staff, 90 visitors and 100 postgraduate students.
This position is as interesting as it is varied, no two days are the same. A key function of the role is undertaking generalist HR administration for both employees and department visitors through the entire lifecycle of the process. The post-holder will need to be confident and able to liaise with people at different levels across the Department. The position requires a high level of accuracy when checking or producing documentation, and as such the post holder should approach their work in an organized and methodical way.
You will enjoy communicating with individuals across the University and be the type of person who strives for a high level of quality in everything that you do.
You will feel comfortable being able to work to deadlines and be happy to be a team player within a supportive environment.
We offer a hybrid working model and the successful candidate will be expected to be in the office two to three days a week, exact days to be discussed at interview.
Some of our many benefits include:
- Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
- Generous annual leave provision
- Family & Work-life balance policies including hybrid working and generous carer leave (maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption leave), amongst others
- An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
- Exclusive employee discounts via our CamBens scheme
- Personal Development: The Department actively encourages and supports personal development and our staff have access to a wide range of courses and training provided by the University of Cambridge Learning and Development team.
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Informal inquiries about this position are welcomed. Please contact Fiona Lyall Grant: fjl25@cam.ac.uk
If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact: hr-team@psychol.cam.ac.uk
Please quote reference PJ47586 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Research Coordinator (Part Time, Fixed Term)
We are seeking a Research Coordinator to support the project "Opportunities and potential risks of AI in supporting evaluation (OpRaise)", funded by AI@Cam.
OpRaise examines the value of human expertise in academic assessments in the age of AI, with an initial focus on psychology exams in undergraduate across three UK universities. It will bring quantitative and qualitative evidence to bear on this important question for the Higher Education sector.
The role of the Research Coordinator will be to oversee and coordinate the administrative operations of a research programme within the Department of Psychology. This role ensures the efficient execution of project deliverables, maintains research documentation and compliance, and supports the research team in achieving project milestones.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 1st March 2026 with possibility of extension.
We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Informal queries regarding this post may be sent to:
Deborah Talmi (dt492@cam.ac.uk) for queries about the role and relevant skills.
Megan Norkett (hr-team@psychol.cam.ac.uk) for queries about the application process.
Please quote reference PJ47511 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Research Assistant/Associate (Fixed Term)
A post-doctoral Research Associate or Research Assistant position in Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience is available to work with Prof Zoe Kourtzi at the Adaptive Brain Lab, University of Cambridge, UK (http://www.abg.psychol.cam.ac.uk).
The position will focus on neuroimaging and neurocomputational studies of learning and brain plasticity. Our studies combine ultra-high field brain imaging (7T fMRI, MR Spectroscopy), electrophysiology (EEG), interventional (TMS, tDCS) and neurocomputational (machine learning, reinforcement learning) approaches to understand the network dynamics that support learning and brain plasticity.
The research activity is at the core of a Wellcome Trust funded Collaborative award that brings together a cross-disciplinary team of international experts to investigate the role of brain network dynamics for adaptive behaviour. Our research programme bridges work across scales (local circuits, global networks) and species (humans, mice) to uncover the neurocomputations that support learning and brain plasticity. Our work capitalises on cutting-edge methodological developments in our team: a) ultra high-field MR Spectroscopy and functional brain imaging b) computational and AI-guided modelling. Our international collaborative network provides unique opportunities for cross-disciplinary training in innovative methodologies at the interface of neuroscience and computational science.
Research in the Adaptive Brain lab aims to understand how humans of all ages (healthy and patients with neurocognitive disorders) translate sensory experience into complex decisions and adaptive behaviours by taking into account previous experience and learning. We develop cross-disciplinary approaches to study the young and ageing brain and understand adaptive behaviours in health and neurocognitive disorders. You will receive multi-disciplinary research training at the interface between neuroscience and computational sciences. You will be integrated in a diverse collaborative team and will have the opportunity to participate in workshops and retreats across the network as well as exchange visits across labs to facilitate cross-disciplinary training and collaborative working.
Applicants should have a MRes or PhD (or submitted at time of appointment) together with a strong academic track record, in a relevant area (e.g., Neuroscience, Medicine, Genetics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, Medicine). Programming skills (Matlab, Python) are necessary and experience with brain imaging, EEG, interventional approaches, computational modeling are highly desirable. Above all, they will demonstrate enthusiasm to contribute new knowledge, openness to learn new approaches and willingness to contribute to a multidisciplinary team across sectors (academia, industry).
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 18 months in the first instance.
Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a covering letter in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Informal queries regarding this post may be sent to: - Prof Zoe Kourtzi (zk240@cam.ac.uk) for queries about the role and relevant skills.
- Fiona Lyall Grant (hr-team@psychol.cam.ac.uk) for queries about the application process.
Please quote reference PJ47416 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Research Programme Manager - Full time or Part-time
Applications are invited for a Research Programme Manager to support and manage the programme of research at the Adaptive Brain Lab: ABL (http://abg.psychol.cam.ac.uk) and the AI-deas BrainHealthX Hub (https://www.abg.psychol.cam.ac.uk/brainhealth-hub) in the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. This position is offered full time, or part-time with a minimum of 3 days per week.
You will have responsibility for co-ordinating research activity, managing a number of large scale grants and providing a broad range of administrative services to support our diverse and cross-disciplinary research programme in day-to-day running. We work in the area of cognitive neuroscience with an emphasis on understanding the neural basis of human cognition in health and disease. In collaboration with computer scientists, engineers and clinicians our lab leads a cross-disciplinary research programme for early prediction of brain health disorders.
The Research Programme Manager is a wide-ranging position, which would suit a self-motivated, dynamic individual who is experienced in working in a diverse team and able to perform effectively under multiple demands. You will manage large scale research partnerships in order to ensure efficient and effective operation of the lab, develop strategy in relation to funding applications, and co-ordinate team science activities (e.g. meetings, workshops, public engagement activities, social media coverage) across research teams and external partners (e.g. industry, charities). This includes co-ordinating pre- and post-award research grant activities, the production of research documentation, financial management of resources, organising research ethics and databases and ensuring research compliance for studies.
You should be educated to first degree level and have project management experience, ideally within a research setting. Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively, meet objectives and milestones are essential, as is a meticulous attention to detail. Comprehensive IT skills for administration including the use of databases are required. You will have a high standard of numeracy with proven ability in budget creation and managing resources are essential. You are expected to demonstrate a proven ability to summarise information and provide advice, manage and communicate with diverse teams, meet deadlines and support delivery of research outputs and provide a high level of professional service in the daily management of ABL.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 18 months in the first instance.
Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Informal inquiries about this post may be sent to Prof Zoe Kourtzi (zk240@cam.ac.uk), Principal Investigator of ABL and Director of the AI-deas BrainHealth Hub.
If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact Fiona Lyall Grant Email: hr-team@psychol.cam.ac.uk
Please quote reference PJ47418 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Teaching and General Office Administrator
The Department of Psychology is seeking a Teaching and General Office Administrator to join our friendly professional services team within our supportive department, proactive in providing training and career development opportunities for all staff.
The department is active in teaching and research in the School of the Biological Sciences, with approximately 200 academic, research, support staff and visitors, plus around 100 postgraduate students. The department is responsible for teaching approximately 280 undergraduate students on a range of courses. This role is key in providing the underpinning administrative support for our undergraduate education programmes; you will make an important contribution to the continued development of our teaching office.
You will be based in the main Psychology building and report to the Teaching Office Manager, working closely with the Course Directors and the Deputy Head of Department for Teaching, liaising on a regular basis with colleagues in the School of Biological Sciences, other teaching departments, and the University's central offices. Key responsibilities will include maintaining course information and databases, acting as a key contact for students and staff, organising teaching-related events and meetings, and supporting online teaching resources.
In addition, within this interesting and varied post, you will provide administrative support to other offices within the department to facilitate efficient operations, working closely with colleagues in a range of areas, including HR, Finance and Grants.
You should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a good standard of written and spoken English. You will have previous administrative experience and excellent IT skills. You must be able to multitask and work using your own initiative, in addition to working as part of a team.
The role will involve limited evening/weekend/bank holiday (May) work during the examination periods, at other busy times, such as the start of the academic year, and for specific events This position is offered either full time, or part-time four days a week (or five shorter days).
What we Offer
Our professional services staff play a fundamental role in the School's academic vision of the pursuit of education and research at the highest levels of excellence. The University of Cambridge offers excellent benefits, extensive opportunities in a stimulating environment.
The University salary structure includes automatic service-related pay progression in many of its grades and an annual cost of living increase. In addition to this, employees are rewarded for outstanding contribution through a number of regular pay progression schemes. Staff also benefit from a generous annual leave entitlement.
The University offers employees a wide range of competitive benefits, from health care cash plans to childcare, a cycle to work scheme, to shopping and insurance discounts.
University initiatives in the areas of equality, diversity and wellbeing include staff and students networks. These include the Women's Staff Network, the Disabled Staff Network, the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Staff Network, Parents and Carers and the LGBT+ Network. We also hold a wide range of Equality and Diversity events on a regular basis.
Wellbeing at Cambridge is a university-wide initiative aiming at supporting and maximising the health and wellbeing of staff. It encompasses a network of Wellbeing Advocates, who provide guidance and general signposting about wellbeing issues, including mental or physical health and Dignity@Work concerns.
The University offer a range of family-friendly policies, including maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. In addition, workplace nurseries, childcare vouchers, a childcare salary sacrifice scheme and a high-quality holiday play scheme are available to help support University employees with caring responsibilities.
The department offers flexible and hybrid working opportunities.
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Informal queries regarding this post may be sent to:
Agnes Ho (kyh32@cam.ac.uk) for queries about the role and relevant skills.
Fiona Lyall Grant (hr-team@psychol.cam.ac.uk) for queries about the application process.
Please quote reference PJ47272 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
PA to HoD and DA
We are looking for an experienced PA to support the Head of Department and the Departmental Administrator in the Department of Psychology, based in historic central Cambridge. We offer a welcoming, friendly work environment where you will feel valued, encouraged to develop and supported to achieve your full potential. The Department of Psychology is a large teaching and research Department in the School of Biological Sciences with approximately 30 Academics, 1530 members of staff and 100 postgraduate students.
You will provide a comprehensive and proactive PA service to the Head of Department and the Departmental Administrator to support the efficient and effective management of their time and work. You will ensure the successful management of collaborative/administrative projects involving a range of university departments and external institutions, by putting in place all requisite processes and procedures. You will also prepare for and attend meetings, record the minutes and act on administrative tasks that may arise out of committee meetings. You will oversee department visitor applications, and organise and manage events, and seminars and publicity for the department, as well as providing administrative assistance to departmental projects, and welcoming departmental guests. This is an interesting and varied role, which includes some HR administration duties in conjunction with the HR team, as well as event management and occasional cover for reception.
You will have a proactive and flexible approach to your work and will have relevant PA/administrative experience. You will have excellent IT skills and exceptional written, verbal and organisational skills. You will be able to use your own initiative as well as having the ability to work both independently and as part of a friendly and supportive team.
What we Offer Our Professional Services staff play a fundamental role in the School's academic vision of the pursuit of education and research at the highest levels of excellence. The University of Cambridge offers excellent benefits, extensive opportunities in a stimulating environment.
The University salary structure includes automatic service-related pay progression in many of its grades and an annual cost of living increase. In addition to this, employees are rewarded for outstanding contribution through a number of regular pay progression schemes. Staff also benefit from a generous annual leave entitlement.
The University offers employees a wide range of competitive benefits, from health care cash plans to childcare, a cycle to work scheme, to shopping and insurance discounts.
University-led initiatives in the areas of equality, diversity and wellbeing include staff and students networks. These include the Women's Staff Network, the Disabled Staff Network, the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Staff Network, Parents and Carers and the LGBT+ Network. We also hold a wide range of Equality and Diversity events on a regular basis.
Wellbeing at Cambridge is a university-wide initiative aiming at supporting and maximising the health and wellbeing of staff. It encompasses a network of Wellbeing Advocates, who provide guidance and general signposting about wellbeing issues, including mental or physical health and Dignity @ Work concerns.
The University offer a range of family-friendly policies, including maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. In addition, workplace nurseries, childcare vouchers, a childcare salary sacrifice scheme and a high-quality holiday play scheme are available to help support University employees with caring responsibilities
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Informal queries regarding this post may be sent to:
Jo Simmonds (jms311@cam.ac.uk) for queries about the role and relevant skills.
Fiona Lyall Grant (hr-team@psychol.cam.ac.uk) for queries about the application process.
Please quote reference PJ47232 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join an exciting Leverhulme Trust-funded project entitled "Into the minds of magpies: cognition, development, and comparative perspectives", based at the University of Cambridge with Prof Nicola Clayton FRS. This is a fixed-term post with funds available for 3 years. The work will be carried out at the University of Cambridge Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, located in Madingley village.
Whilst the mental abilities of corvids (the crow family) appear to rival those of the great apes, research with perhaps the UK's most ostentatious and culturally significant corvid species, the magpie (Pica pica), has remained scarce. Despite that magpies are often considered to be cunning and display seemingly 'intelligent' behaviours, the extent of their cognitive abilities remains unknown. This project will address this research gap by systematically assessing the mental capabilities and cognitive development of magpies.
Although freedom and flexibility will be given to the PDRA to tailor the experiments to their own interests and skills, this project has three general overarching and overlapping objectives: 1) To investigate the cognitive capabilities of magpies as a species, using well-established experimental paradigms employed across comparative psychology; 2) To assess how their cognition varies from hatching to adulthood, providing insights into the development of cognition in magpies and corvids in general; and 3) To position magpies within the corvid cognition research body and the broader framework of comparative cognition, shedding light on how various ecological and social pressures may shape cognition.
The PDRA will be primarily responsible for collecting and hand-rearing wild Eurasian magpies, and for designing and planning the experimental procedures, building the experimental apparatus, conducting the experiments, analysing the data, and producing the manuscripts for publication (as first author), as well as disseminating the results of the project at various conferences. Assistance will be given throughout by members of the Cambridge Comparative Cognition Research group (as well as external collaborators) and so will also provide the PDRA with opportunities for mentorship and leadership.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.
Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.
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The applicant must hold a PhD in psychology, animal behaviour, or another related field and must show experience with having worked with animals, ideally birds (and preferentially corvids). The applicant must have significant experience in animal cognition/experimental psychology research (including a relevant publication track record) and must demonstrate their ability to independently conduct and lead the research in order to successfully meet the project objectives. See the Further Particulars document for more details.
Informal queries regarding this post may be sent to Prof Nicola Clayton FRS (nsc22@cam.ac.uk).
If you have queries about the application process please contact Megan Norkett (hr-team@psychol.cam.ac.uk).
Please quote reference PJ46816 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Teaching Associate (Fixed Term)
We are seeking a Neuroscientist (/Cognitive Neuroscientist) to join the Department of Psychology as a Teaching Associate. The purpose of the role is to support and maintain the University's national and international reputation for excellence in teaching. The successful candidate will demonstrate a willingness to contribute to undergraduate education within the Department of Psychology and an ability to teach effectively at undergraduate level.
Reporting to the Professor Amy Milton, the post-holder will support the Department of Psychology's teaching in Human Neuroimaging and Neuroscience with a requirement to support the delivery of an EEG practical, and support students in EEG data analysis. The post-holder will work in collaboration with relevant Course Organisers and the Deputy Head of Department for Teaching, conducting lectures for undergraduate students, overseeing, coordinating and teaching a term length practical on using EEG to our second years, marking associated lab reports, and providing supervisions for small groups in 3rd year. The role will involve liaising with lecturers, students and administrative staff.
It is essential that the post-holder has a background in modern human neuroscience, and has some familiarity with EEG. The candidate should demonstrate a commitment to teaching and will have some experience of teaching psychology and neuroscience at university level. It is essential that the post-holder is self-motivated, can work independently as well as part of a team, and has good organisational and communication skills.
The position is funded for 1 year. Ideally, the successful candidate will be able to take up the post of Teaching Associate on 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The interview date is projected to be the week beginning 11/08/2025, and will involve a short skills-based test.
Further information may be downloaded from the University website.
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 1 years in the first instance.
Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Informal queries regarding this post may be sent to:
Professor Amy Milton (alm46@cam.ac.uk) for queries about the role and relevant skills
Fiona Lyall Grant (hr-team@psychol.cam.ac.uk) for queries about the application process
Please quote reference PJ46685 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Receptionist
The Department of Psychology is seeking a friendly and enthusiastic full-time Receptionist to provide a professional and welcoming reception for all staff, students and visitors to the department. Psychology is a large teaching and research department in the School of Biological Sciences and has approximately 150 members of staff, including 30 academics. The department also has around 100 postgraduate students. We offer a welcoming, friendly work environment where you will feel valued, encouraged to develop and supported to achieve your full potential.
You will be based full time in the main Psychology building in central Cambridge and will be responsible for dealing with and directing visitors, answering telephone and email inquiries to the Department. You will deal with incoming and outgoing mail and receipt of deliveries. The Receptionist also assists with the day-to-day security of the main building of the department.
You should have good interpersonal and communication skills and a good standard of written and spoken English. The role requires good IT skills and proven customer service experience either in a reception area or other customer-facing role. You must be able to multi task and work calmly under pressure to fulfil the duties and present a helpful attitude to visitors or callers.
What we Offer
Our professional services staff play a fundamental role in the School's academic vision of the pursuit of education and research at the highest levels of excellence. The University of Cambridge offers excellent benefits, extensive opportunities in a stimulating environment.
The University salary structure includes automatic service-related pay progression in many of its grades and an annual cost of living increase. In addition to this, employees are rewarded for outstanding contribution through a number of regular pay progression schemes. Staff also benefit from a generous annual leave entitlement.
The University offers employees a wide range of competitive benefits, from health care cash plans to childcare, a cycle to work scheme, to shopping and insurance discounts.
University-led initiatives in the areas of equality, diversity and wellbeing include staff and students networks. These include the Women's Staff Network, the Disabled Staff Network, the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Staff Network, Parents and Carers and the LGBT+ Network. We also hold a wide range of Equality and Diversity events on a regular basis.
Wellbeing at Cambridge is a university-wide initiative aiming at supporting and maximising the health and wellbeing of staff. It encompasses a network of Wellbeing Advocates, who provide guidance and general signposting about wellbeing issues, including mental or physical health and Dignity @ Work concerns.
The University offer a range of family-friendly policies, including maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. In addition, workplace nurseries, childcare vouchers, a childcare salary sacrifice scheme and a high-quality holiday play scheme are available to help support University employees with caring responsibilities
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact Fiona Lyall Grant Email: hr-team@psychol.cam.ac.uk
Please quote reference PJ46648 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
