Research Fellow in Physical Geography and Environmental Science

5 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY

Research Field

Environmental science
Geosciences
Geography

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

United Kingdom

Application Deadline

31 Jan 2024 - 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Northumbria University in Newcastle is inviting applications for a Research Fellow position in ocean modelling. This position is fully funded for 36 months. Candidates will undertake innovative research in the field of climate change, with a focus on the future ocean-driven melting of the Antarctic ice sheet between the present-day and 2300. We invite candidates with interests and experience in the fields of physical and computational oceanography, numerical glaciology, mathematics, physics, or related disciplines. The aim of this work is to develop new understanding of how the large-scale climate drivers influence the access of warm waters to the ice shelves leading to ice loss in Antarctica. Better understanding the ice-ocean interactions could help to reduce uncertainty in estimates of future Antarctic ice loss. This work will utilise ocean model NEMO in a state-of-the-art fully coupled ocean-ice climate model to simulate changes in climate and the water masses on and around the Antarctic ice sheet. The successful candidate is also encouraged to develop their own research portfolio across a broad range of topics, depending on specialism and interests.

For further information, please see the role description .

ABOUT THE TEAM

The successful candidate will be part of the NERC-funded project “Rethinking Antarctic Sea level Projections (RASP)”. They will work closely with RASP project leader Dr Christopher Bull and an ice-dynamics focused Research Fellow within the RASP project. The candidate will also collaborate with the other members of RASP at Northumbria University: Dr Ronja Reese and Prof Adrian Jenkins. As well as external project partners: Dr Robin Smith (University of Reading, UK) and Dr Hélène Seroussi (Dartmouth College, USA). The candidate will be based in the Department of Geography & Environmental Sciences at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK, and be part of the Inter-Disciplinary Research Theme Extreme Environments, the Peak of Excellence 'Future of Ice on Earth', and the Cold Environments Research Group. The candidate will have the opportunity to work and interact with other research groups worldwide and be absorbed into a diverse and vibrant research community tackling important questions in climate change.

The Department of Geography & Environmental Sciences is ranked 2nd in the UK for research power in Geography and Environmental Studies, with over 90% of our research outputs, and 100% of our research impact rated as world-leading or internationally excellent (UK Research Excellence Framework, 2021).

ABOUT YOU

Successful candidates will have a PhD in Physical Oceanography, Physics or Mathematics, or in a related discipline such as Geophysics or Earth Sciences and have demonstrable specialist expert knowledge in numerical modelling. The post will commence in Spring 2024, with 1st of April being the target start date -- flexibility is possible to support our interest in a diverse and inclusive research environment.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact C. Bull on [email protected] .

We welcome applications from the UK and across the world. Visit our web pages for details about Relocation Assistance .

ABOUT US

At Northumbria, we embrace tomorrow. We pursue new thinking, forge new partnerships, create, and exchange new knowledge, and find new solutions. Our inspirational academics, partners and students work together to tackle tomorrow’s challenges head on. We are ready for the future whatever it may hold.

Awarded the title of University of the Year  in the 2022 Times Higher Education Awards, Northumbria University is a research-intensive modern university with a global reputation for academic excellence.

Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 for this measure.

One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from 137 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience, Northumbria is a new kind of excellent university. Discover more about us .

Northumbria University is a great place to work. We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance. We offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and more .

Our Northumbria Values are guiding principles that define who we are, what we do and what is important to us. Our Values are: Academic Excellence; Innovation; Inclusivity; Collaboration; and Ambition.

Our Behaviours describe how we do things and how we work together at Northumbria, reflecting our culture and our decision-making. Our Behaviours are: We listen and learn, we support one another to success, we respect everyone and their contributions, we trust in ourselves and each other and we are bold.

Our Behaviours were co-created by colleagues from a range of roles across the University, who worked collaboratively to consider what it feels like to work for Northumbria, and where we need to continue to transform together to achieve what’s important to us.

Please visit Our Values and Behaviours  page to find out more.

We are an on-campus organisation where colleagues work regular patterns of hours and on campus, with some flexibility on the timing of their hours and the location of their work in discussion with their manager. Our campus locations include City Campus Newcastle and Coach Lane Campus Newcastle.

Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our staff. We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Leader, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess  initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers.

The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.

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Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY

Country

United Kingdom

City

Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Where to apply

Website

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Contact

City

Newcastle Upon Tyne

STATUS: EXPIRED