Salary: £26,921 - £28,378 per annum. Access to employer’s contributory pension scheme to a maximum of 7% per annum.
Closing date: Monday 10th September 2018 Location: Located in Fermanagh House, Broadmeadow Place, Enniskillen, BT74 7HR. There will be regular travel across Northern Ireland and occasional travel throughout the UK and Ireland. Ulster Wildlife is seeking to recruit an experienced conservation professional who will be responsible for developing conservation action plans for the active raised bog Special Areas of Conservation Moneygal, Cranny Bogs, and Fairy Water Bogs and assist with Cuilcagh Mountain SAC; also co-ordinating on-ground restoration works to improve the conservation status of the Cuilcagh SAC and the Magheraveeley/Kilrooskey Lakes SAC over the lifecycle of this project. Contract: Fixed term to 31 October 2021. Hours: Full time post (37.5 hours per week, inc some weekend & evening work). Apply: https://www.ulsterwildlife.org/jobs/senior-technical-officer-conservation
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Mapping of meltwater landforms and bedforms beneath the former Scandinavian Ice Sheet to understand drainage networks and evolution and to advance process modelling
Project Description Currently there is major uncertainty surrounding the contributions of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to future sea-level rise. Observations made beneath these ice sheets reveal significant basal meltwater generation, storage and evacuation, which can lubricate the bed causing rapid ice-flow. Unfortunately, the pattern and evolution of meltwater flow beneath modern ice sheets is poorly understood. This project tackles the problem by using the beds of palaeo-ice sheets, which have fully retreated revealing a bewildering array of landforms created by flowing meltwater. These landforms can be used to determine ice sheet hydrological properties and inform reconstructions of ice sheet geometry, dynamics and retreat. In this PhD project we will use newly available high-resolution elevation datasets (e.g. ArcticDEM and Lidar) to map meltwater landforms across the former Scandinavian Ice Sheet. Mapping will be used to determine the spatial organisation, morphology and geometries of meltwater landforms, such as tunnel valleys and eskers, and to reconstruct their evolution during retreat. These data will be used along with numerical and / or physical modelling approaches to advance understanding of how subglacial water produces landforms, and their effect on ice flow. Funding Notes Fully funded for of 3 years, studentship covers: (i) a tax-free stipend at the standard Research Council rate (£14,777 per annum for 2018-2019), (ii) research costs, and (iii) tuition fees References The candidate will need a background in Quaternary science and geomorphology and a strong desire to search and discover new information from digital elevation models. GIS expertise is helpful but can easily be picked up. A 1st or 2i class degree is required, MSc not essential. You will join Sheffield’s Ice and ClimatE Research (ICERs) group and gain from its world-leading expertise and enthusiasm for palaeoglaciology. You will benefit from being part of the PALGLAC (Palaeoglaciology) team comprising three other PhD students, four postdoctoral researchers and around 6 staff members. This team is funded by an ERC Advanced Grant project (2018-2023) led by Chris Clark. Some fieldwork opportunities are expected to arise if interested. Candidates should indicate on the application form under Funding Source details that they wish to be considered for the “Mapping of meltwater landforms”. Applications should include a CV in the “personal supporting documents” section of the application form. Note that there is no need to provide a research proposal with this application – please provide a covering letter in this field of the application. Selection process: Shortlisting will take place as soon as possible after the closing date and successful applicants will be notified by email. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview to take place at the University of Sheffield the w/c 10th Sept 2018 – interviews via Skype (or similar) will be available. Apply: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgradapplication/www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgradapplication/ AFBI has an urgent requirement for an experienced Assistant Scientific Officer to join the existing team. This role is available immediatley and for 26 weeks, 37hrs per week, rate of pay is £7.38 (or £7.83 if over 25) rising to £10.30 per hr after 12 completed weeks.
Main Duties The purpose of the post is to assist in sourcing, organising, reformatting and delivering marine biodiversity datasets. Main Qualifications / Experience SOUGHT
To express interest in this role please submit CV using the link: https://www.nijobfinder.co.uk/job/766332/assistant-scientific-officer-newforge/www.nijobfinder.co.uk/job/766332/assistant-scientific-officer-newforge/ A funded PhD Scholarship (€16,000 annual stipend + €5,750 towards fees p.a. for four years.) is available for a student to work on the Irish Research Council Laureate Award-funded CLICAB project (Climates of Conflict in Ancient Babylonia) in the Department of History, Trinity College Dublin, under the supervision of Dr Francis Ludlow, beginning in September 2018 (or, exceptionally, March 2019). The project aims to advance our understanding of climate’s role in the incidence of violence and conflict in Ancient Babylonia during the first millennium BC. To do so, the project aims specifically to:
The PhD student may undertake research that contributes to one or several of these aims, working closely with the project PI, a postdoctoral researcher and external collaborators. The application deadline is June 29, but if extra time is required to apply, please contact the project PI at [email protected] See full details: http://histories-humanities.tcd.ie/postgraduate/IRC-PhD-scholarships.php PhD Studentship
Job Posted: 12 June 2018 Closing Date for Applications: 30thJune 2018 Department: Department of Geography and the Centre for Marine Renewable Energy MaREI Contract Type: Fixed Term Whole-Time Job Type: Research Salary: 18,500 plus payment of EU fees only – see below. SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND PhD OPPORTUNITY We are seeking to recruit 1 PhD student to work on, “Present and Past Coastal and Marine Processes Functioning for Dublin Bay”. It is desirable that the successful applicant should have a strong interest in coastal environments and will need to be a dynamic, highly motivated researcher. This work is to be part of a Science Foundation Ireland project entitled, “Integrating multidisciplinary geoscientific data into forecasting models to monitor and predict coastal change: proof of concept in Dublin Bay”. The successful student will be part of a multi-institute research cluster (Dublin City University, University of Maynooth, University College Cork and University College Dublin). The PhD position will commence as soon as possible after the 1stJuly 2018 and will be based in the department of Geography and the Centre for Marine Renewable Energy (MaREI), University College Cork. Background Coastal zones are threatened by forces such as climate change and sea-level rise that combine to drive increasingly intense storms, flooding, and erosion. Assessment and prediction of coastal vulnerability can only be achieved by systematic and sustained monitoring of physical, chemical and biological processes that occur in coastal zones. The object of the SFI project is a coordinated program of coastal observations that will be used to validate, calibrate and extract as much information as possible from satellite and other environmental data. Overall, project work will integrate these data to generate forecasting models that can be used to predict environmental change and inform future planning. This PhD is intended to establish an integrated understanding of the coastal processes and systems’ functioning of the Dublin Bay region under climate warming. Knowledge of the impacts of future climate changes on these heavily populated and urbanised coasts of Dublin is of great regional and national significance and some urgency. The research will contribute to the establishment of the critical techniques to be used in the development of coastal management practice in Ireland. There are two main aims of the PhD work. Firstly, the development of high quality, Homogeneous and long-term coastal data for the Dublin Bay region (e.g., wave, wind, tide, sea-level, sediments and hydrodynamics data). The region has been the subject of many research studies since the 1970s, e.g. of former sea-level changes, marsh, beach and dune environments, coastal sediments and hydrodynamics. This PhD will build on these earlier studies, through the acquisition of new high resolution (<0.5km2) data, using approaches of direct coastal to offshore monitoring, airborne reconnaissance (e.g. LiDAR) and satellite information. Secondly, the development and validation (using the established data sets) of numerical model projections of the coastal process and wider environmental changes for the Bay region, primarily for detailing present to future wave, sea-level, storminess and sedimentary changes. Requirements Applicants should have a good primary degree (First or Upper Second Class Honours), and preferably an M.Sc., in an appropriate discipline (Coastal, Marine, Earth, Environmental Sciences background or cognate). The successful candidate should be highly self-motivated, a good communicator in both oral and written format and with an understanding of environmental modelling and basic programming. Stipend and Fees The studentship is for 48 months and includes a stipend of €18,500 p.a. and the payment of EU fees. Non-EU candidates may apply but they will have to cover extra fees themselves. To apply: Interested applicants should email their CV, including the names of 2-3 referees to Ms. Agnes O’Leary (Department of Geography, UCC at [email protected]on or before the closing date of 30thJune 2018. |
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