SAGES Vacancies

All SAGES posts are currently filled. Information on SAGES appointed staff can be found on the SAGES appointees page.

Opportunities still exist each year for SAGES or SAGES Associate studentships. These will be advertised here and at SAGES member institutions.

Vacancies external to SAGES

As part of a large network of organisations and people working in the climate change field the SAGES office oftens receives information about positions vacant both in Scotland and abroad which may be of interest to SAGES members. If you are interested in any of the vacancies below please go to the respective weblink for more information.

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Post-doctoral Research Associate in Ocean Acidification Research Salary: £28,983 - £35,646

We are looking for a talented and highly motivated postdoctoral scientist for a 3-year research project examining the impacts of ocean acidification on two important marine calcifiers, cold-water corals (Lophelia pertusa) and coralline algae (maerl). This work forms a component of a new benthic research consortium funded through the UK’s £12m Ocean Acidification Research Programme.
The appointee should be prepared to carry out fieldwork and work at sea on ocean-going research cruises. Although desirable, prior experience of ocean acidification and biomineralisation research is not essential.
The position is based within the School of Life Sciences on the University’s Edinburgh campus. Heriot-Watt University has a 100 year tradition of University level higher education, while the School of Life Sciences was recently voted to be within the top three Scottish Universities for Biosciences Education. Starting salary will depend on qualifications and experience Interviews will take place in week beginning 26 July 10. The position will be available from October 2010.
For informal enquiries please contact Dr J Murray Roberts (j.m.roberts@hw.ac.uk).
Download an application pack from our website www.hw.ac.uk/jobs or contact the
Human Resources Office,
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS tel 0131 451 3475 (24 hours)
email hr@hw.ac.uk quoting Ref 107/10/J
Closing date: 23 July 2010
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Dr Nick Kamenos
Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences,
Gregory Building,
University of Glasgow,
Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland.
Web: www.ges.gla.ac.uk/staff/nkamenos
www.gla.ac.uk/marinescience
Tel: 0044 (0)141 3305443
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PhD Opportunities
Marine Renewable Energy and the Environment

The UHI Millennium Institute (UHI) is the ‘emergent university of the Highlands and Islands’.
Through funding secured from Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the European Regional Development Fund and the Scottish Funding Council, the UHI is delighted to offer six new PhD opportunities at two of its academic partners, the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at North Highland College in Thurso and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban.

Projects are fully funded and will address some of the key environmental issues underpinning the development of marine renewable energy.

Six projects (four at ERI and two at SAMS) will be supported from the following:
At the ERI, Thurso:
· Assessing movements of seabirds in relation to marine renewable energy
· Tidal races in the Pentland Firth as an obstacle to tidal stream energy development.
· The meteorological forcing of current and sea level anomalies in Pentland Firth
· Temporal variability in benthic habitats of the Pentland Firth
· Weather window constraints and costs for marine power
· Practical methods for the estimation of surface waves within a tidal channel; The Inner Sound, Pentland Firth, Scotland
· Tidal energy and the matching of supply and demand over the UK Grid

Full descriptions of these projects and details of how to apply can be found at www.eri.ac.uk

At SAMS, Oban:
· Marine Spatial Planning, innovation and renewable energy – supporting a transition to sustainable regional economies
· Sensitivity of biogenic reef forming organisms and commercially important benthic invertebrates in an era of marine renewable development

Full descriptions of these projects and details of how to apply can be found at www.sams.ac.uk

Applicants should have, or expect to obtain, a first class or upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline. Each position will be salaried at c. £16,800.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 14th July.

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Marine Renewable Energy
Post Doctoral Research
Associates / Research Fellows
PDRA £23,228 – 26,864; Research Fellow £26,864 – 34,767

The waters round Scotland are estimated to hold 10% of the European wave and 25% of the European tidal energy resource. While marine renewable technologies are advancing well, major environmental questions present ongoing challenges to the development of the sector.

The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) of the North Highland College in Thurso and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban are partners in the UHI Millennium Institute (UHI); the ‘emergent university of the Highlands and Islands’. Together we have secured £4 M funding from the European Regional Development Fund, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Funding Council, for a unique multi-disciplinary research programme, Marine Renewable Energy and the Environment (MaREE) to address these key environmental issues.

We now seek to appoint dynamic, enthusiastic and well-motivated research scientists to address environmental research priorities in the following areas:

Climatology, physical oceanography & remote sensing
Specialities of particular interest are tides (modelling & measurement), waves (modelling, measurement & climate), marine meteorology (e.g. weather windowing) and interactions of currents, waves, bathymetry and structures.
Sustainable development
Integrating social, economic & environmental aspects of marine renewables.

For further information on these exciting opportunities and details of how to apply please visit www.eri.ac.uk

Closing date for receipt applications is 23 July 2010

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Lectureship / Senior Lectureship in Unconventional Geoenergy at Newcastle

Salary: Up to £43,840 (with potential progression to £49,342) Lecturer Up to £52,347 (with potential progression to £60,439) Senior Lecturer

The internationally leading Geosciences Group in the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences is expanding its capabilities in unconventional geoenergy.

For more information go to Lectureship/Senior Lectureship in Unconventional Geoenergy at Newcastle

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RPS energy currently have a permanent position for a recent graduate/post graduate (MSc) to join the specialist geology group which forms part of RPS Energy, a service company for the oil and gas sector based in Woking, Surrey. The candidate should be a recent geology graduate with an interest in the oil-sector and a possible background in sedimentology, palaeoentology/micropalaeontology. Duties will include the lithological description of oil-rig cutting samples, wireline log interpretation and the integration of these with other disciplines principally biostratigraphy and sedimentology to produce a sequence stratigraphic framework.

Complete inhouse training will be provided though a sound geology background and good computational skills are expected.

Covering letters and C.V.'s should be emailed to westonj@rpsgroup.com RPS Energy Limited, company number 1465554 (England). Registered office: Centurion Court, 85 Milton Park Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 4RY. RPS Group Plc web link: http://www.rpsgroup.com

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IPCC Scholarship Programme

A call for Proposals for the IPCC Scholarship Programme was announced yesterday on their website (www.ipcc.ch).

Please see link for more information IPCC Scholarship Programme

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