Job Opportunities

Job position at CEBC - Deadline 23 May 2012 (posted 03/05/2012)

BANGOR UNIVERSITY

CENTRE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CONSERVATION

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND GEOGRAPHY

Part-Time Research Officer (0.6 FTE)

Starting Salary: £30,122 (on Grade 7) p.a.

Applications are invited for the above post with Professor Andrew Pullin in the Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation (www.cebc.bangor.ac.uk) and Professor Michel Kaiser in the School of Ocean Sciences. CEBC is recognised as a world leader in evidence-based practice in conservation and environmental management and seeks to appoint a talented individual to further strengthen our programme of research aimed at improving the use of science to inform environmental policy and practice.

The post-holder will be responsible for conducting a NERC-funded Knowledge Exchange programme on End-user testing of an open-access database of research syntheses: the Environmental Evidence Database of Research Syntheses. The successful applicant will possess a PhD in a relevant subject. They will have experience of working at the science-policy interface that demonstrates potential to successfully conduct and communicate research of international quality. They will have experience of database and website design and management and also possess a strong interest in environmental management.

The successful candidate will be expected to start by 01 July 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter and the post is available for 12 months.

Application forms and further particulars should be obtained by contacting Human Resources, Bangor University; tel: (01248) 382926/383865; e-mail: personnel@bangor.ac.uk; web: www.bangor.ac.uk

Please quote reference number 12-11/203 when applying.

Closing date for applications: 1.00 p.m. Wednesday 23 May 2012.

Anticipated date of interview: Week commencing May 28 2012.

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Professor Andrew S. Pullin, tel: (01248) 382444, e-mail: a.s.pullin@bangor.ac.uk.

Committed To Equal Opportunities

Job position at CEBC - Deadline 30 Nov 2011 (posted 22/11/2011)

CENTRE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CONSERVATION

SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND GEOGRAPHY

Research Officer

Salary: £29,972 - £35,788 (on Grade 7) p.a.

Evidence synthesis to inform policy and practice in conservation and environmental management

Applications are invited for the above research post to work with Professor Andrew Pullin in the Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation (www.cebc.bangor.ac.uk). CEBC is recognised as a world leader in evidence-based practice in conservation and environmental management and we seek to appoint a talented individual to further strengthen our programme of research aimed at improving the use of science to inform environmental policy and practice.

The post-holder will contribute to an international programme of research on the utilisation of evidence synthesis at the science-policy interface. The successful applicant will possess a PhD in a relevant subject. They will have a publication record that demonstrates potential to successfully conduct and communicate research of international quality. They will also possess a strong interest in environment management and a good understanding of the environmental sector. The successful candidate will be expected to start by 1st February 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter and the post is available for 12 months.

Application forms and further particulars should be obtained by contacting Human Resources, Bangor University; tel: (01248) 382926/383865; e-mail: personnel@bangor.ac.uk; web: www.bangor.ac.uk

Please quote reference number 11-11/100 when applying.

Closing date for applications: 1.00 p.m. 30 November, 2011. Interviews will be held in early January 2012.

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Professor Andrew S. Pullin, tel: (01248) 382444, e-mail: a.s.pullin@bangor.ac.uk.

The link to the Bangor website is
www.bangor.ac.uk/corporate/vacancies/home.php?jobdetails=1&reference=11-11/100&category2=Academic

Committed To Equal Opportunities

British Ecological Society Fellowship at POST (posted 28/03/2011)

Applications are open for the BES Fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). This fantastic opportunity allows a second or third year PhD student, based at a UK institution, to spend three-months at the Houses of
Parliament in Westminster researching and drafting a POSTnote or contributing to a parliamentary inquiry. The POST Fellow receives £5,000 from the BES to support their living costs whilst in London working for POST.

Full terms and conditions, and details of how to apply, can be found here:
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/grants/policy/post_fellowship.php

Marie-Curie Fellowships (posted 18/03/2011)

CEBC is willing to consider hosting applicants for these fellowships: the European Commission have published 3 Calls for proposals for Marie Curie Actions today, 16th March, with deadlines of 11th August 2011:

*International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)*
/(for those wishing to leave UK and go to a non-EU country for 12 to 24 months and then return)/

IOP aims to reinforce the international dimension of the career of European researchers by giving them the opportunity to be trained and acquire new knowledge in a high-level organisation active in research established in a third country* (outgoing phase) after which they will return with the acquired knowledge and experience (reintegration phase).

Grants will be for a maximum 36 month (12 to 24 months for the outgoing phase and 12 months for reintegration). Projects must include a coherent research programme for both the outgoing and reintegration phases.

Eligible researchers should be nationals of a Member or Associated State or have resided and carried out their main activity in a Member or Associated State for at least 5 years prior to proposal deadline. For the outgoing phase applicants must demonstrate mobility from a Member or Associated Country to a third country*.

Call Identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IOF

* Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF)*
/(for those wishing to come to Bangor for 12 to 24 months from another EU Member State or Associated State)/* *

IEF provide financial support for 12 to 24 months for advanced training and trans-national mobility in support of the career development, or restart, of individual researchers active in EU Member or Associated States at different stages of their careers through an individual project.

Applicants must demonstrate mobility from an EU Member or Associated state to another Member or Associated State and comply with the rule for mobility at the deadline for proposal submission.

Call Identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF

* International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)*
/(for those wishing to come to Bangor for 12 to 24 months from a non-EU Country)/

//IIF provide support for 12 to 24 months for incoming experienced top-class researchers active in a third country* to work on a research project in Europe with a view to developing mutually-beneficial research co-operation between these countries. For researchers from International Cooperation Partnership Countries financial support could be available for a return phase of 12 months/./

//Applicants must demonstrate mobility from a third country* to a Member or Associated State and comply with the rule for mobility at the deadline for proposal submission.

Call Identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF

*Deadline for all three Calls: 11 August 2011*

**/* ‘third countries’ are countries which are neither EU Member States nor third countries associated to FP7 (associated countries8). For more information (click on Call identifier and download information package): http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm

to contact CEBC please mail: b.a.livoreil@bangor.ac.uk

Research Officer (posted 10/02/2011)

Evidence synthesis to inform policy and practice in conservation and environmental management

The post-holder will be responsible for developing an international programme of research on the utilisation of evidence synthesis at the science-policy interface, including seeking funding to extend this programme beyond 12 months. The successful applicant will possess a PhD in a relevant subject. They will have a publication record that demonstrates potential to successfully conduct and communicate research of international quality. They will also possess a strong interest in environment management and a good understanding of the environmental sector. The successful candidate will be expected to start by 1st May 2011 or as soon as possible thereafter and the post is available for 12 months.

Application forms and further particulars should be obtained by contacting Human Resources, Bangor University; tel: (01248) 382926/388132; e-mail: personnel@bangor.ac.uk; web: www.bangor.ac.uk

Please quote reference number 11-10/138 when applying.

Closing date for applications: 1.00 p.m. Friday 11th March, 2011. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 21st March 2011.

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Professor Andrew S. Pullin, tel: (01248) 382444, e-mail: a.s.pullin@bangor.ac.uk.