RSU Vacancy announcement: Pharmaceutical technology and/or biopharmaceutics research group leader

RSU Vacancy announcement:
Pharmaceutical technology and/or biopharmaceutics research group leader

Requirements:

• Doctoral degree (PhD) in pharmaceutical technology or related fields
• Experience in pharmaceutical technology or biopharmaceutics research
• Internationally recognized research activities (e.g. publications peer-reviewed journals)
• Research projects participation/leading experience
• Experience in the independent acquisition of competitive third-party funds
• Good leadership and management skills
• Active cooperation with research institutions within and outside the EU
• English language proficiency level C1

​​​​​Duties and responsibilities:

• Pharmaceutical technology and/or biopharmaceuticals research group leading
• Research process management and development
• Participation in public and private competitive research projects contests, funding rise
• Research article publication in peer-reviewed journal
• PhD students’ research supervision
• Contribution in RSU Faculty of Pharmacy scientific strategy development
• Participation in activities to acquire funding for research and innovation from third parties. Submission of grant applications, implementation of contractual cooperation, etc.

Competences required:

• Independent research ability
• Ambition to develop knowledge of research methodologies and discipline
• Good analytical skills, ability to generate reasonable research ideas
• Good communication skills
• Contribution through original research that extends the frontier of knowledge by developing a substantial body of work, innovations or applications
• Management of career progress, setting realistic and achievable career goals, identifying and developing ways to improve employability

Applications (in English) must include:

• CV (should include academic qualifications, publication list, mobility experience, management and fundraising experience)
• Motivation letter, particularly outlining experience in pharmaceutical technology or biopharmaceutics
• Optional - recommendation letters on leadership skills and teamwork
• Research plan – to be submitted in the second round of the selection process

RSU offers:

• Basic salary according to the RSU remuneration policy for scientific leading staff
• Supplementary rewards for exceptional scientific results (publishing in high impact journals), supervised PhD and MSc thesis, awarded and managed public and private competitive projects
• Health insurance
• Dedicated funding for: a) training and short-term mobility (e.g. scientific conferences); b) upgrade and build-up of infrastructure for research; c) development of research group (~ 3 FTEs) with secured financing for 3 years

Applications with supporting documents as well as a research statement including collaboration plans must be addressed to cvrsu[pnkts]lv by August 15, 2021.

Enquiries may also be directed to dace[pnkts]banderersu[pnkts]lv.