Lecturer in Microbiology

Lecturer in Microbiology

Company: The Royal Veterinary College

Location: Hatfield, AL9 7TA

Salary: £53,188 - £68,063

Hours: Full-time

Job type: Permanent

Working pattern: Not specified

Posting date: 28 Jul 2026

Closing date: 21 Aug 2026

Summary

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) invites applications for a Lecturer in Microbiology to join the Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences. You will be based in the Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Disease (CEEED); one of the UK's leading centres for research on infectious diseases affecting animals and humans.

The post is suitable for an individual who has completed a PhD in Microbiology or a closely related subject. The successful applicant will have a proven track-record of high-quality publications and demonstrate the potential to attract external funding in the area of bacterial zoonoses/antimicrobial resistance/veterinary microbiology (bacteriology). The department includes researchers with interests in AMR, One Health, Disease tracking in populations and host-pathogen interactions and the new role will interface with these areas. The successful applicant will also form strong collaborative links with the two other Departments at RVC, Comparative Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Science and Services.

Applicants must be enthusiastic teachers and will contribute significantly to the delivery and assessment of our undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes and develop leadership roles in teaching.

The RVC has a welcoming and collegiate culture.

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

• Competitive and attractive pension package
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays + concessionary days)
• Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD
• A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant
• Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, Zumba, yoga and Pilates classes included)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus

Prospective applicants wishing to have an informal discussion should contact Professor Sharon Kendall, skendall@rvc.ac.uk, by email in the first instance.

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The post is suitable for an individual who has completed a PhD in Microbiology or a closely related subject. The successful applicant will have a proven track-record of high-quality publications and demonstrate the potential to attract external funding in the area of bacterial zoonoses/antimicrobial resistance/veterinary microbiology (bacteriology). The department includes researchers with interests in AMR, One Health, Disease tracking in populations and host-pathogen interactions and the new role will interface with these areas. The successful applicant will also form strong collaborative links with the two other Departments at RVC, Comparative Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Science and Services.

Applicants must be enthusiastic teachers and will contribute significantly to the delivery and assessment of our undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes and develop leadership roles in teaching.

The RVC has a welcoming and collegiate culture.

We offer a generous reward package and benefits including:

- Competitive and attractive pension package

- Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays + concessionary days)

- Access to free in-house CPD and funded external CPD

- A range of family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave

- On site café and restaurant

- Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, Zumba, yoga and Pilates classes included)

Cycle to work scheme

- Free mini-bus service to and from Potters Bar station and Hawkshead Campus