Current Vacancies

This website now advertises vacancies for BBSRC and NERC Swindon offices only. Vacancies in AHRC, EPSRC, ESRC, RCUK SSC Ltd and STFC can now be found on our new job board. To apply for these roles please visit the iRecruitment site

For further information or support with accessing our application documentation please visit our help section.

Vacancies which are only open to internal candidates require Research Council employees to login, via the link at the top of this page, in order for them to be visible. For help with logging in please visit our help section.

Internal candidates: Employees from AHRC, EPSRC, ESRC, RCUK SSC Ltd and STFC must apply for Research Council vacancies by using Oracle and selecting the RCUK iRecruitment Employee Candidate permission with the exception of vacancies in BBSRC and NERC which will continue to be advertised on this website.  All Research Council employees wishing to search for and apply for vacancies in BBSRC and NERC Swindon office should apply via this website until further notice.

We prefer to receive applications completed electronically and emailed to RCUKJobs@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk when emailing your application please ensure that you put the job title and job reference number in the subject box.

The different Research Councils each have different grading systems. A chart comparing these grades and linking them to the old Civil Service grades can be found here.