Research Assistant – MRC Human Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, UK

The UK Medical Research Council seeks a research assistant to join the Nutrition and Bone Health Group, a nutrition science unit in the UK. The role will include responsibility for the day-to-day running of some volunteer studies including participant recruitment and musculo-skeletal, body composition and other physiological measurements; data scrutiny and analysis; literature searches and other generic research tasks.

This is a full time, fixed-term position with salary dependent on qualifications and experience. The MRC also offers 30 days annual leave, free on site car parking and optional membership of MRC’s final salary pension scheme.

The deadline for applications is 17 August 2014. For further information, please visit the Research Council UK job website.