About the Role
Salary Range: £33,002.00 - £38,784.00 We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, creating a community where colleagues feel respected and valued. We aim to reflect the diversity of our students and communities, and to strengthen our university through collaboration and diverse perspectives, across all roles at the University. The post-holder will be expected to join the active research community in the Energy and Environment Institute, which brings together leading academics to tackle global issues surrounding climate change and its consequences on livelihoods. Established in 2016, the Institute has a vision to become an internationally leading centre for research into the interfaces between energy and environmental resilience; a centre that focuses on global sustainability challenges and delivers research that makes a difference. This post is funded through the EPSRC Place-Based Impact Accelerator: Northern Net Zero Accelerator (NNZA) Fostering Partnerships Scheme. The project, “Closing the Performance Gap: Building Decarbonisation Partnerships across the Humber Region”, is led by the University of Hull and delivered in collaboration with Reckitt and Hull Truck Theatre. The project addresses a major challenge in the UK net zero transition: the gap between how non-domestic buildings are designed to perform and how they operate in practice. Using two demonstrator sites, Reckitt’s Hull R&D site as a commercial example and Hull Truck Theatre as a community and cultural example, the project will develop evidence-based approaches to reducing energy use and carbon emissions through digital modelling, monitoring, and stakeholder-led operational improvements. This is for the externally funded project with a fixed start date 1-May and ending on 30 April 2027 This role is part of the EPSRC-funded Northern Net Zero Accelerator Fostering Partnerships initiative, supporting real-world decarbonisation of buildings through digital innovation and regional collaboration. The successful candidate will join a dynamic research team at the University of Hull’ s Energy and Environment Institute, working on a 12-month project that brings together cutting-edge energy modelling, stakeholder co-design, and demonstrator validation across two high-profile sites: Hull Truck Theatre (a community arts venue) and Reckitt’s R&D building. This is a particularly attractive opportunity because of the strength of the project partners. Reckitt is a global consumer health and hygiene company behind widely recognised brands such as Dettol and Finish, offering the postholder exposure to a high-profile industrial and commercial environment. Hull Truck Theatre is a pioneering and regionally rooted cultural organisation with a strong community mission, with broad engagement across artists, audiences and local communities. The postholder will play a central role in the technical delivery of the project. This includes developing and calibrating building energy models, analysing building performance data, supporting the interpretation of live monitoring information, evaluating decarbonisation measures in real operational settings, and implementing the measures working collaboratively with the project partners. The postholder will also contribute to project outputs including reports, presentations, and dissemination activities. This is an excellent opportunity for a researcher with expertise in building energy modelling, monitoring, and performance analysis to work on a high-impact applied project with strong regional relevance, excellent partner visibility, and clear potential to shape real-world building decarbonisation. In your covering letter please refer directly to the criteria given in the person specification below. Applications are assessed by the selection panel according to these criteria. For more information regarding the specific duties for the role please view the job description here Applications close at 00:01am of the closing date listed. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. If you are interested in this role, please submit your application as early as possible. At the University of Hull, we are committed to building a community where everyone feels respected, valued and able to succeed. We recognise that diverse perspectives strengthen our university and the impact of our work. We particularly welcome applications from people who are underrepresented within our workforce, including people from global majority backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, and women, particularly in senior roles. You can read more about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy and our transparency reports on our Fairness and Inclusion page. Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.