Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Scientist (PDRA) x 2 positions

The Marine Biological Association

Hours: 37 hours per week (Full time)

About The Role

We are seeking to appoint two Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Scientists to join the new Microplastics and Marine Pollution group at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth. These roles are funded by the UKRI project Microplastics and multistressor effects on marine ecosystems in the context of global change (MICROMIX), led by Dr Alice Horton. The two PDRAs will have relevant and complementary expertise and skills to support the project’s goals. The post-holders will undertake experimental design and execution, sample processing and analysis, data analysis and preparation of peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts for publication. The positions will also involve engagement with the wider scientific community, including presentation of research findings at workshops and conferences.

Microplastics are a global concern, contaminating every environment that has been studied: in air, land, rivers and the sea. There is now substantial evidence to suggest that microplastics are regularly entering the bodies of organisms that are exposed, with potentially long-term negative effects for ecosystems. However, microplastics are but one of many stressors with the potential to affect organisms. In this respect, when considering the effects of microplastics, it is essential that we also account for the wider stressors, and the interactive (‘multistressor’) effects that these will have when combined. This is increasingly important in the context of increasing environmental contamination and global environmental change.

This project will address various aspects of microplastics as a chronic multistressor to marine organisms including:

• Experimentally investigating the effects of microplastics alongside key stressors including chemicals of emerging concern (such as PFAS, tyre additives and UV stabilisers) and ocean warming on various invertebrate species
• Assessing the effects of microplastics on microbial and microbiome communities
• Analysis of archived time-series samples to investigate whether microplastic contamination and thus organism exposure has increased through the decades
• Use of predictive tools to determine likely future risk in a rapidly changing environment

The MBA has excellent aquatic experimental facilities including the Seawater Hall Aquarium and multiple CT rooms. The Marine Microbiome Centre of Excellence at the MBA was opened in 2023 and includes the Mary Parke Bioimaging Centre.

Working at the MBA also provides unique access to the CPR Survey and associated expertise, enabling analysis of samples dating from the 1950s (corresponding with the inception of our ‘plastic age’). Experienced technician support is available across all facilities.

Salary and benefits

• Salary based on experience within the range above
• 30 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• 3 Privilege Days given by the MBA (used during festive closure week)
• Sick pay
• Pension scheme – the MBA will contribute 10% of basic salary into a defined contribution scheme with staff making a 3% minimum contribution. The MBA will match additional employee contributions up to an additional 5%
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Cycle to work scheme
• Low-cost bookable parking on site

For more information on the role and person requirements please see the Job Description

Job Description

Equal Opportunities

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and seek talented people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives in order to enhance all that we do.

How to apply

Please email recruitment@mba.ac.uk quoting reference 1225PDRASAH.  You will need to provide three things to apply:

• Covering letter that outlines your previous and most relevant experience and explains how and why this makes you right for the role.
• CV of education and employment history along with details of two referees (one must be your current employer). References for shortlisted candidates may be sought in advance of interview but only with the permission of the candidate.
• Confirmation of...

NDCYS and The Briars retreat centre offer employees the chance to work in an engaging and welcoming environment whilst also equipping their team with the chance of spiritual renewal and growth.

If you are keen to join our expanding team, email your CV and covering letter to info@ndcys.com and if there are any opportunities available, we will be in touch! We may keep your details on file for a year in case anything suitable comes up, please do keep checking our website for any opportunities that arise.

In the meantime, please feel free to browse the job vacancies below.

In honour of the canonisation of Carlo Acutis and in recognition of his dedication to evangelising through digital media, we are pleased to offer a distinguished opportunity for a creative and motivated individual to join our team as a Volunteer Marketing Intern, as part of the inaugural Carlo Acutis Internship Program.

This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in marketing, design, and communications, while contributing meaningfully to the mission of our diocesan youth service.

Job Introduction

Working for the Bradford Children and Families Trust offers the opportunity to work with some great people who are passionate about delivering change in a city whose culture offers as much diversity as it’s geography. You can make a real difference to families and children and be an active part in delivering the service Bradford families should receive.

We are fully committed to equal opportunities and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

About the role

• Deliver a friendly and efficient reception service by professionally handling incoming calls, messages, and mail, ensuring all enquiries are managed promptly and courteously.
• Provide proactive support to families, social workers, and partner agencies by responding to enquiries and requests for information in a sensitive and timely manner.
• Maintain and update information systems accurately, in accordance with Trust protocols and statutory requirements, ensuring data is reliable and secure.
• Produce clear, well-presented documents such as letters, reports, and meeting minutes using Microsoft Office, upholding high standards of accuracy and professionalism.
• Organise and prepare for meetings by booking rooms, arranging equipment, and facilitating effective multi-agency collaboration.
• Assist with essential financial processes, including the preparation of purchase orders and the processing of invoices, to support the efficient operation of the service.
• Uphold compliance with data protection legislation, including GDPR, and adhere to all relevant Trust policies and procedures.
• Accurately input and manage information in electronic databases and manual files, supporting statutory reporting and effective case management.
• Support the induction and integration of new staff and placement students, and contribute ideas for continuous improvement of business support services.
• Manage business support resources efficiently, including arranging travel and accommodation as needed to meet service requirements.
• Undertake additional tasks as required to support the service, including involvement in safeguarding activities and supporting external inspections.

Our strategic vision and values https://www.bradfordcft.org.uk/about-us/our-vision-and-values/ are upheld across the Trust, fostering a reliable and supportive environment for both staff and the children in our care. 

Our approach is rooted in restorative and relational practice, fostering trust, mutual respect, and meaningful relationships with children, families, and professionals.

What We’re Looking For:

• Qualifications: GCSEs in Maths and English at grades A–C (or equivalent), or evidence of strong literacy and numeracy skills.
• IT Proficiency: Confident in using Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel, with the ability to quickly adapt to new digital systems.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the capacity to engage effectively with vulnerable children, families, and professionals.
• Confidentiality: Ability to manage sensitive information discreetly and uphold a high standard of professionalism at all times.
• Adaptability and Learning: Eagerness to learn, respond positively to instructions, and embrace opportunities for developing new skills.
• Data Protection: Understanding of, or willingness to develop an awareness of, data protection and information security protocols.
• Flexibility: Willingness to work flexibly, which may include occasional evenings, weekends, or bank holidays to meet service needs.

Training and Progression

You will benefit from a comprehensive, structured training programme, working towards a recognised Level 2 or 3 qualification in Business Administration. Upon successful completion, you will have the opportunity to progress to a fully qualified Business Support Officer, gaining valuable experience and skills to support your career development.

You’ll also be joining an organisation that truly values its people, offering a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance, including:

• Generous annual leave - 31 days rising to 34 with service, plus bank holidays
• Excellent Local Government pension
• Family-friendly policies and enhanced parental leave
• Health & wellbeing support, including Occupational Health and counselling
• Professional deve...

Job Introduction

Working for the Bradford Children and Families Trust offers the opportunity to work with some great people who are passionate about delivering change in a city whose culture offers as much diversity as it’s geography. You can make a real difference to families and children and be an active part in delivering the service Bradford families should receive.

We are fully committed to equal opportunities and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

About the role

• Deliver a friendly and efficient reception service by professionally handling incoming calls, messages, and mail, ensuring all enquiries are managed promptly and courteously.
• Provide proactive support to families, social workers, and partner agencies by responding to enquiries and requests for information in a sensitive and timely manner.
• Maintain and update information systems accurately, in accordance with Trust protocols and statutory requirements, ensuring data is reliable and secure.
• Produce clear, well-presented documents such as letters, reports, and meeting minutes using Microsoft Office, upholding high standards of accuracy and professionalism.
• Organise and prepare for meetings by booking rooms, arranging equipment, and facilitating effective multi-agency collaboration.
• Assist with essential financial processes, including the preparation of purchase orders and the processing of invoices, to support the efficient operation of the service.
• Uphold compliance with data protection legislation, including GDPR, and adhere to all relevant Trust policies and procedures.
• Accurately input and manage information in electronic databases and manual files, supporting statutory reporting and effective case management.
• Support the induction and integration of new staff and placement students, and contribute ideas for continuous improvement of business support services.
• Manage business support resources efficiently, including arranging travel and accommodation as needed to meet service requirements.
• Undertake additional tasks as required to support the service, including involvement in safeguarding activities and supporting external inspections.

Our strategic vision and values https://www.bradfordcft.org.uk/about-us/our-vision-and-values/ are upheld across the Trust, fostering a reliable and supportive environment for both staff and the children in our care. 

Our approach is rooted in restorative and relational practice, fostering trust, mutual respect, and meaningful relationships with children, families, and professionals.

What We’re Looking For:

• Qualifications: GCSEs in Maths and English at grades A–C (or equivalent), or evidence of strong literacy and numeracy skills.
• IT Proficiency: Confident in using Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel, with the ability to quickly adapt to new digital systems.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the capacity to engage effectively with vulnerable children, families, and professionals.
• Confidentiality: Ability to manage sensitive information discreetly and uphold a high standard of professionalism at all times.
• Adaptability and Learning: Eagerness to learn, respond positively to instructions, and embrace opportunities for developing new skills.
• Data Protection: Understanding of, or willingness to develop an awareness of, data protection and information security protocols.
• Flexibility: Willingness to work flexibly, which may include occasional evenings, weekends, or bank holidays to meet service needs.

Training and Progression

You will benefit from a comprehensive, structured training programme, working towards a recognised Level 2 or 3 qualification in Business Administration. Upon successful completion, you will have the opportunity to progress to a fully qualified Business Support Officer, gaining valuable experience and skills to support your career development.

You’ll also be joining an organisation that truly values its people, offering a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance, including:

• Generous annual leave - 31 days rising to 34 with service, plus bank holidays
• Excellent Local Government pension
• Family-friendly policies and enhanced parental leave
• Health & wellbeing support, including Occupational Health and counselling
• Professional deve...

Revalidation & Specialty Training Intern

Posted on: Tuesday 6 January 2026

Closing: Friday 30 January 2026 17:00 (UK time)

The organisation

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FPM) is a charity and membership body for physicians who advance health through innovations in medicines, vaccines, medical devices, precision therapies, diagnostics, and digital health technologies. Our small team works closely with the Board of Trustees and our 1,600 members to deliver on our mission and our strategic objectives, to improve the health of the public around the world.

The role

The Revalidation & Specialty Training Intern role is an opportunity for someone who thrives on a challenge, who is happiest when putting their excellent organisational and customer facing skills through their paces. Someone who is at their best working collaboratively with others.

They will play a dual supporting the delivery of key GMC-regulated services:

• Revalidation – All doctors wishing to maintain a licence to practise are required to demonstrate they are up to date and fit to practise. It also gives extra confidence to patients that their doctor is regularly checked. FPM is a designated body for the purposes of revalidation, and the team works with a Responsible Officer whose role is to make a revalidation recommendation to the GMC.
• Specialty Training – The Pharmaceutical Medicine Specialty Training programme, or PMST, is a comprehensive four-year specialty training programme, offered exclusively by FPM. It is a cornerstone of FPM’s commitment to equipping pharmaceutical physicians with the specialist knowledge and capabilities to practise to the highest ethical and professional standards.

The postholder will support FPM’s Revalidation Manager and Specialty Training Manager in delivering a high quality customer experience.

We are looking for a bright, dynamic self-starter who is a team player, organised and has good communication skills. The ideal candidate will bring great energy, diligence and attention to detail, and will be keen to make a positive contribution in all aspects of the role. Specific tasks include: acting as the first line of response for queries; supporting the registration of new connecting doctors and trainees; assisting with administration of meetings, including circulating meeting notices, agendas and packs and handling apologies; and maintaining accurate records. An understanding of professional development in a professional environment is not necessary. Full training will be given.

The successful applicant will join FPM’s team initially on a 12-month contract which could be made permanent. FPM offers a fantastic benefits package, including flexible working, 29 days annual leave, and Christmas closure days. A pension is offered after three months. The role is offered subject to successful completion of the six-month probation period.

FPM welcomes and actively seeks to recruit people regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Salary: £22,500
Hours: 35 hours per week
Term: 12-months initially
Location: Hybrid, comprising working in FPM’s London office for three days per week initially, with the option to drop to two days per week following successful completion of the qualifying period.

How to apply

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to fpm@fpm.org.uk by 17:00 (UK time) Friday 30 January 2026. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

NMC Pupillage

Our vision is for safe and effective nursing and midwifery practice across the four countries of the UK – regulated and supported by the NMC – a fit for the future organisation, with fairness and equity at the heart of everything we do.
 

Our role is to
 

We do this by setting and promoting high education and professional standards for all future and registered nurses and midwives in the UK and nursing associates in England.
 

We also ensure every nurse, midwife and nursing associate on our Register meets
 

We have a duty to
 

We are building a new NMCwith integrity, fairness, respect, equity and effectiveness at its core.

We are determined to improve and modernise our culture and ways of working. This will ensure that the public and professionals feel confident in our work.

This role is available on a 12 month training contract.

Fitness to Practise

Being fit to practise requires a nurse, midwife or nursing associate to have the skills, knowledge, health and character to do their job safely and effectively. The Code sets out the professional standards that nurses, midwives and nursing associates must uphold to be registered to practise in the UK. We will investigate whether someone on our register is fit to practise if an allegation is made that they do not meet our standards for skills, education and behaviour. The NMC’s fitness to practise work sits within the larger Professional Regulation directorate. 

Case Preparation and Presentation (‘CPP’) team

Our pupil will mostly be based within the directorate’s CPP team, which has the largest number of Lawyers and Paralegals within the NMC. The legal team review, prepare and present fitness to practise cases before the NMC’s practise committees. The hearings are very varied, and include new interim orders, interim order reviews, substantive hearings and substantive order reviews. The team also prepares applications to the High Court in relation to interim order extensions as well as conducting the advocacy before Judges. Finally, the team also advises on appeals brought by registrants and the Professional Standards Authority, and again the lawyers conduct the advocacy.  

Pupillage structure

The pupil will be employed by the NMC on a fixed term contract for 12 months. In advance of the end date, we will explore with the pupil the possibility of continuing their employment with the NMC. We have an excellent track record of pupils staying with us once the pupillage has been completed.   

The pupil will undertake the NMC’s standard induction, as well as specialised induction to the CPP team and the work of other legal teams across the directorate. Pupillage will be conducted and assessed in accordance with the Pupillage Handbook and the NMC’s bespoke pupillage programme. 

During the course of the pupillage, there will be the opportunity to spend periods of time with other legal teams across the NMC.  

It is likely the pupil will have two different supervisors during the course of the pupillage to reflect the difference in work between the first six and the second six.

During the first six, the pupil will undertake a wide range of NMC legal work under supervision. Within the CPP team, this includes:

• Legal research, advice, and drafting;
• Reviews of cases which have been referred to Fitness to Practise Committee.
• Preparation for hearings; and assisting with the preparation of cases in the High Court.

The pupil will be expected to attend all types of hearings to observe advocacy by the pupil supervisor and other advocates.

In the second six, the pupil will continue to work on cases as well as undertake advocacy under supervision in both substantive and non-substantive matters.

Person Specification

Applicants must have their BPTC results at the time of application. In addition, applicants with more than a 5-year gap between completion of their vocational Bar training course and the start of this pupillage must set out the legal experience they have gained during this period and have gained a BSB exemption.