ARIA, London; deadline November 16; three years; 70-105k/year. ARIA is the UK's new "moonshot" funding agency, established in 2023 with a mandate of funding research at the edge of the possible. It's a wonderful place to work and to try to make world-changing dreams come true. We're hiring a Technical Specialist to help shape and run an ambitious 55 million research programme within the Engineering Ecosystem Resilience space. More details on the general roles of technical specialist: https://aria.pinpointhq.com/technical-specialist Think of this role as a superpostdoc or institute manager, except that we decide to assemble and fund the best possible teams to do the coolest most potentially impactful work possible. In this specific role you'll act as the programme's technical lead alongside Programme Director Prof Yannick Wurm assessing proposals, advising and managing funded teams, benchmarking progress against the state-of-the-art, and building collaborations across academia, research institutes, startups, and industry, while also working across diverse stakeholders including government and charities to ensure appropriate governance and ethical dimensions are considered. Ideal background: deep expertise in areas such as evolutionary genetics, community/quantitative ecology, or synthetic biology; PhD or equivalent technical experience preferred. ARIA's Engineering Ecosystem Resilience opportunity space: https://www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-spaces/engineering-ecosystem-resilience Apply here: https://aria.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/49ea3b40-34f9-432d-8818-6dbb43404e12 Informal questions welcome: yannick.wurm@aria.org.uk. Yannick Wurm Programme Director Engineering Ecosystem Resilience aria.org.uk|@ARIA_Research Yannick Wurm (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)