Paleonet: 4 Academic Positions at UCL

[Bown, Paul]

Dear All, 

Please find details below of four academic positions available in the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London. They are open to any area of Earth Sciences, including palaeobiology and palaeoceanography. Please do not hesitate to contact me off list for further information.

Best wishes

Paul Bown

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

2 x PROFESSORIAL POSITIONS 2 X LECTURESHIP POSITIONS

Hours: Full time

Salary (inclusive of London allowance):

Professorial appointments - the salary will be negotiable on the professorial scale but not less than £62,110 per annum. Lectureship appointments will be at Grade 8 of the UCL salary scales (£39,818 - £46,972 per annum).

Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Earth Sciences invites applications for two professorial posts and two lectureship posts from 1st October 2012 in any area of the Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences. Applicants whose research will contribute to areas of strategic importance, and complement and strengthen the current research portfolio within the department are particularly welcome. We are seeking to appoint outstanding individuals with academic standing, vision and proven expertise who will provide leadership in their field of expertise, develop world-class research programmes and contribute to advanced teaching and knowledge exchange activities.

Key Requirements

Successful candidates will have an outstanding record of academic research, a strong publications portfolio, a track record of success in income generation from public and/or commercial sources, and will be able to work collaboratively with an inter-disciplinary approach.

Further Details

Job descriptions and person specifications for the posts can be accessed at the link at bottom of this page. If you wish to discuss the post informally, please contact Professor Philip Meredith, email: es-hod at ucl.ac.uk, tel [+44] (0)20 7679 7824. For enquiries about the application procedure, please contact Leisa Clemente, email: l.clemente at ucl.ac.uk.

We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.

Closing Date: Tuesday, 5th June, 2012.

For further information and details of how to apply, please go to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/

Professorial posts can be found using reference 1248092.
Lectureship posts can be found using reference 1248077.
Prof. Paul Bown
Dept. of Earth Sciences
University College London
Gower Street
LONDON WC1E 6BT

020 7679 2431
p.bown at ucl.ac.uk
www.es.ucl.ac.uk/people/bown/PBwebpage.htm