Job Vacancies
Positions available in the School of Earth and Environment
For more information and to apply for any of the below vacancies please go to the University job page
NCAS Assistant Administrator (ENVEE0078)
Grade 4
Fixed term for 2 years
F/T or P/T
(Part time working arrangements will be considered with working hours covering 5 days per week between 25 and 35 hours (full time) per week).
We are seeking an Assistant Administrator to provide high quality general administrative / clerical support as a member of the NCAS operational team at Leeds. In particular you will be responsible for providing support to run a range of specialised and complex events and meetings as well as being a contact person for NCAS externally.
You should have previous experience of working in a varied office environment, being an effective team worker. You must demonstrate highly effective communication and organisational skills, an ability to work to deadlines and a proven ability to multi task and prioritise your own workload. Experience of administering specialised events and meetings is also essential.
You must be computer literate, showing a willingness to learn University software systems, and be educated to GCSE level, including possessing a grade C in English and Mathematics (or equivalent).
University Grade 4 (£17,329 - £19,972 p.a,) (pro rata where applicable)
Informal enquiries may be made to Nikki Burton, tel +44 (0)113 343 1581, email n.burton(at)leeds.ac.uk.
Closing Date: 28 February 2012
(Redeployment End Date: 21 February 2012)
Science Communicator
Faculty of Environment
School of Earth and Environment
Fixed term post available to 31st July 2012
This post is to prepare written material describing the state of the art in forecasting of the onset of seasonal rainfall in parts of Africa. The work will be conducted in close collaboration with the Met Office. The post will advance the bringing of Met Office Climate Services Research Programme (CSRP) research into use by liaising with African agriculturalists in the testing of Met Office trial onset forecasts for use in planting decisions and crop prediction and feeding back to CSRP. The outcomes of the work will be a high level report, suitable for distribution to stakeholder organisations in hard copy, and supporting web pages, to be displayed on the School of Earth and Environment web site at the University of Leeds. This activity is part of the new knowledge exchange initiative "Climate and Geohazards Services" (CGS) at the University of Leeds.
University Grade 7 (£30,122 - £35,938 p.a.)
Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Peter Knippertz, tel +44 (0)113 343 6422, email p.knippertz(at)leeds.ac.uk.
Closing Date: 5 March 2012
Chair in Satellite Geomagnetism/Geodesy
Reference Number ENVEE0076
University Grade 10 Professorial
Closing Date: Friday 30th March 2012
Job Summary
The use of remote sensing techniques by satellites, to understand physical processes both on and under the Earth's surface, has provided exceptional global datasets. Both satellite geomagnetism and geodesy contribute to areas of high impact science: reversals of the Earth's magnetic field, space weather, ice cap and glacier melting, groundwater usage, sea-level and ocean current variations, climate change.
The School of Earth and Environment is investing in a number of Chair appointments. This post will provide new academic leadership to an area of internationally renowned cross-disciplinary geophysical research.
The appointment of a world-leading academic in geomagnetism is expected to supply new expertise in observation, and assist the group in tackling the major questions of the origin and dynamics of the Earth's magnetic field. Such studies require collaboration between experts in mathematics and geophysics in order to develop complex computer models of the Earth's core.
The appointment of a world-leading academic in geodesy will address variations in mass distributions of our planet, identifying locations of rapid glacial melting and areas where groundwater usage is unsustainable, and study gravitational effects due to sea-level changes to improve the understanding of ocean circulation.
Salary
The salary, which is negotiable, will be within the Professorial range - minimum £59,302 p.a.
This role is part of a £23M strategic investment in academic leadership across the University of Leeds. For more information please visit: www.universityofleedschairs.co.uk
Chair in Climate Modelling
Reference Number ENVEE0077
University Grade 10 Professorial
Closing Date: Friday 30th March 2012
Job Summary
The School of Earth and Environment is investing in a number of Chair appointments. Here we seek to appoint a world leading climate modelling scientist with either regional or global research interests to provide a high level of research integration and enable existing research clusters to tackle problems of greater societal importance.
The appointee will be expected to: provide cross-disciplinary leadership, enabling greater integration and expansion of existing experimental and modelling based research on climate and weather processes; provide the expertise to carry the research through to the modelling of regional and global implications for society; provide effective and direct links through to wider climate-related research, and help create an obvious hub of climate science expertise for the University; exploit and expand opportunities created through the Academic Partnership with the Met Office and our long-standing collaboration and shared staffing with the National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences.
Salary
The salary, which is negotiable, will be within the Professorial range - minimum £59,302 p.a.
This role is part of a £23M strategic investment in academic leadership across the University of Leeds. For more information please visit: www.universityofleedschairs.co.uk
Chair in Geochemical Proxies for Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction Faculty of Environment
School of Earth and Environment
Reference: ENVEE0074
Closing Date: Friday 30th March 2012
The School of Earth and Environment is investing in a number of Leadership Chair appointments. In this position, we seek to appoint a world leading Earth Scientist who specializes in the application of geochemical proxies to understanding major events in the history of the Earth system.
Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction is essential to our understanding of the Earth system under conditions often very different to today. The appointee will be expected to both complement existing research at Leeds and significantly extend our expertise by integrating and expanding our current experimental, analytical, theoretical and field / application approaches in geochemistry, palaeontology and palaeoclimate research. The appointee will develop and apply new and existing geochemical proxies to help understand the evolution of the Earth, ocean and atmosphere systems through recent to deep geological time.
Preliminary enquiries about the post may be made to:
Professor Liane Benning (e-mail: l.benning@see.leeds.ac.uk, tel: +44(0)113 343 5220) or Professor Simon Bottrell (e-mail: s.bottrell@see.leeds.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)113 343 5228)
Salary
The salary, which is negotiable, will be within the Professorial range - minimum £59,302 p.a.
For more information and to apply, please go to www.universityofleedschairs.co.uk