Queen’s university, Belfast
POSITION: Beaufort Senior Research Fellowship
SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT: School of Biological Sciences
REFERENCe: 11/101888
CLOSING DATE: Friday 27 January 2012
SALARY: £37,990 per annum
ANTICIPATED INTERVIEW DATE: February 2012
DURATION: 3.5 years
JOB PURPOSE:
To lead and conduct pioneering research in theoretical marine community ecology of relevance to fisheries management within the Beaufort project-plan and raise the University’s international reputation by taking significant rôles in international fora and publishing high impact papers in relevant journals. Also to contribute significantly to the planning of Beaufort research activities, supervision of
research students and to provide world-class specialist advise to theoretical ecology research projects in the School.
MAJOR DUTIES:
1. Lead scientific innovation by planning and conducting original theoretical research in marine community ecology, leading the subject into new territory through the publication and dissemination of pioneering research so that it can provide a theoretical foundation for ecosystem management of commercial fisheries.
2. Construct and evaluate computer-based models of marine community dynamics in fulfilment of the plans agreed for the Beaufort programme in theoretical ecology for fisheries management.
3. Significantly contribute to planning and development of theory components of Beaufort EAFM through work-plan specification,collaboratively establishing goals for research students, contributing to Beaufort planning meetings and strategic developments and mentoring and advising research students and staff.
4. Initiate and develop grant applications for further funding in marine ecology and fisheries management and make appropriate contributions to their execution (upon success), including the establishment and cultivation of international scientific collaborations.
5. Take a significant role in Beaufort Consortium programme of stake-holder engagement by initiating and taking part in meetings and other communications designed to engage fisheries managers, marine ecosystem management decision makers and other identified stake-holders.
6. Take a significant role in planning for the future continuation of the marine theory research group beyond the Beaufort Grant,
including the preparation of research plans to secure funding for the research group and its lateral extensions. Ensure that research projects are completed on time and within budget.
7. Contribute to the strategic thinking and planning of the theoretical ecology research group and wider Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour and Environmental Economics research cluster, following the School’s Academic Plan, including taking part in the coaching and developing of research staff where appropriate.
8. Manage the use of specialist resources within the research group and contribute to planning and maintenance of computational biology resources for the research group, including assisting in basic system management tasks.
9. Represent the School, the University, and the Beaufort Consortium in international meetings, advisory bodies and scientific publications, to enhance the reputation of the hosting bodies, and to gain wider recognition in the subject field and advance the theory of marine ecosystem management.
PLANNING AND ORGANISING:
1. Plan and organise own work over remaining contract.
2. Lead the supervision of one PhD student and support in supervision of two others.
3. Lead in collaborations and grant development work to extend beyond Beaufort funding.
4. Significantly contribute to annual reports and work-plans.
5. Establish academic priorities within the Beaufort work-plan.
6. Organise scientific communications meetings and significantly contribute to Beaufort stake-holder group meetings and scientific conferences.
7. Act independently in leading research activity, operating within broadly defined research objective over a 3.5-year time-span with significant decision making latitude.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Responsible for own working environment and resources and provision of computational services on unix compute-servers.
2. Responsible for day-to-day work of one to two PhD students.
3. Responsible for resource management of own research grants, collaborative enterprises and meeting organisation.
4. Significantly contribute to resource management of those of the School’s bio-theory group and to goal setting for other researchers in the team and collaboration.
5. Act as a mentor for students and Research Fellows.
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS:
1. Report to leader of the School bio-theory research group.
2. Direct, advise and motivate research students.
3. Represent the University in international fisheries committee – negotiation and specialist advice.
4. Act as key contact with external funding projects - exchanging information, motivating and negotiating.
5. Take a lead in stake-holder engagement – communicating complex and conceptual ideas at various levels of understanding appropriate to a diverse range of audiences.
essential criteria:
1. A relevant degree with a PhD completed in a mathematical subject (e.g. physics, mathematics, mathematical biology, mathematical computation, computational fisheries science).
2. A high academic standing with a growing reputation in research within theoretical community ecology and / or quantitative fisheries science.
3. A sustained RAE returnable record of peer reviewed journal publications in theoretical or mathematical modelling.
4. Expertise with at least one mathematical modelling language such as Matlab, Mathematica, or R.
5. Experience, achievement and growing reputation in the discipline, reflected in relevant international committee memberships (e.g.ICES) and/or involvement in international research events.
6. Experience of leading the research field in new areas by pioneering creative thinking.
7. Mastery of the subject and ability to lead academic research.
8. Ability to communicate complex information effectively in a wide variety of academic fora and engaging with stake-holders.
9. Supervise research projects of post graduate students.
10. Ability to communicate in English.
11. Ability to manage resources.
12. Demonstrable intellectual ability.
13. Ability to supervise work of others in research team and persuade colleagues and stakeholder groups.
14. The Beaufort Fellowship in EAFM was created to provide a platform for new leadership in marine community ecology relevant to Ecosystem Management.
DESIRABLE CRITERIA:
1. Experience with Unix tools and willingness to learn basic Unix cluster management .
2. Experience of parallel computing for numerical modelling.
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