KINGS COLLEGE LONDON: Postdoctoral Analysis Affiliate in Unseen Local weather Extremes

About Us

The Division of Geography at King’s School London is a vibrant hub of multi-disciplinary scholarship that seeks to deal with and resolve essentially the most urgent points dealing with our world as we speak. By drawing collectively a singular cohort of students, the Division consists of experience in world environmental governance, the bodily and social science dimensions of local weather change, cross-border migration, rising economies, and politics.

In regards to the Function

The aim of this function is to work on the UK Analysis and Innovation Future Chief’s Fellowship: Lowering World Catastrophic Dangers from Unseen Local weather Extremes.

The appointed candidate will work inside a staff of bodily and social scientists to assist establish essentially the most urgent threats to humanity from ‘unseen’ local weather extremes – these occasions which lack a historic precedent, however which may happen within the comparatively close to future.

The researcher shall be liable for analysing very massive multidimensional local weather datasets to establish and characterise such novel occasions underneath completely different local weather states (e.g., ranges of worldwide warming). Though the evaluation will initially goal the hazard of maximum warmth, the search ought to finally embody a wider set of local weather threats. The flexibility to drawback clear up and work independently shall be key for this function. 

This can be a full-time put up and you’ll be supplied an a set time period contract till June 2028

About You

To achieve success on this function, we’re searching for candidates to have the next expertise and expertise:

Important standards

• A PhD in local weather science, meteorology, or a cognate discipline2.

  
  

  A wonderful understanding of the bodily processes driving local weather and climate extremes

1. Experience in utilizing computer programming to analyse massive, multidimensional local weather datasets

2. Expertise in publishing scientific articles

3. Wonderful written and oral communication skills

4. A wonderful capacity to drawback clear up and work independently

Fascinating standards

1. Familiarity with the JASMIN information evaluation facility

2. Experience within the hazard of maximum warmth

3. Competence in statistical evaluation and/or machine learning, particularly for downscaling

4. Expertise of working collaboratively inside an interdisciplinary context

Please observe that it is a PhD stage function however candidates who’ve submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs shall be thought-about. In these circumstances the appointment shall be made at Grade 5, backbone level 30 with the title of Analysis Assistant. Upon affirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will change into Analysis Affiliate and the wage will enhance to Grade 6.

Downloading a duplicate of our Job Description

Full particulars of the function and the abilities, data and expertise required will be discovered within the Job Description doc, offered on the backside of the following web page after you click on “Apply Now”. This doc will present data of what standards shall be assessed at every stage of the recruitment course of.

Additional Data

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We’re dedicated to working with our workers and unions on these and different points, to proceed to assist our individuals and to develop a various and inclusive tradition at King’s.

We ask all candidates to submit a duplicate of their CV, and a supporting assertion, detailing how they meet the important standards listed within the advert. If we obtain a robust area of candidates, we might use the fascinating standards to decide on our ultimate shortlist, so please embody your proof in opposition to these the place potential.

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Interviews are attributable to be held on in June 2024

This function does meet the necessities of the Dwelling Workplace and due to this fact we’re / usually are not capable of supply sponsorship for candidates who require the correct to work within the UK.