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Faculty of Science and Technology

The position

The Department of Geosciences at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø has a vacant postdoctoral position to work in the project ‘ARCLIM – The Arctic Ocean under warm climates’. The appointment is for a period of 2 years with a possibility of 1-year extension. In addition to this announced position, two PhD candidates and one other postdoc will be appointed to work with different tasks of the ARCLIM project.

Appointment to the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow is mainly intended to provide qualification for work in top academic positions. It is a prerequisite that the applicant can carry out the project over the full course of the employment period. No person may hold more than one fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the same institution.

The workplace is at UiT in Tromsø. You must be able to start in the position within a reasonable time after receiving the offer.

The position's field of research

The position is a part of the research project ‘ARCLIM – The Arctic Ocean under warm climates’ at the Department of Geosciences. ARCLIM will investigate the feedback processes between the Arctic Ocean and other components of the Earth’s climate system during warmer-than-present time past periods. ARCLIM is a multidisciplinary project that includes method development, data acquisition and earth system modelling. The appointed candidate will specifically implement seawater Nd isotope composition in the ocean component of the earth system model iLOVECLIM, including validation tests, and perform last interglacial simulations to investigate Arctic cryosphere-ocean circulation-climate interactions. Working with other ARCLIM team members and collaborators, a direct data-model comparison approach will be followed.

Affiliation and collaboration

The position is affiliated with the research project ‘ARCLIM – The Arctic Ocean under warm climates’ at the Department of Geosciences and is closely attached to the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrates, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. The appointed postdoctoral candidate will benefit from cooperation with cross-disciplinary groups within ARCLIM, CAGE, as well as with other groups at the Department of Geosciences. The postdoctoral candidate will also work closely with Dr Pepijn Bakker and Prof Didier Roche at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE, Paris), including extended visits to VU Amsterdam and LSCE.

Contact

For further information about the position, please contact:

• Dr Mohamed Ezat, mohamed.ezat@uit.no
• Dr Pepijn Bakker, p.bakker@vu.nl

We offer

• A cross-disciplinary, interactive and stimulating working environment.
• National and international mobility to work closely with the project partners and to present the work in conferences/workshops.
• High performance computing is available through the Dutch SURFsara supercomputer facilities.
• State of the art sampling and analytical facilities to successfully reach the project objectives.
• Opportunities to join Arctic research cruises.
• Opportunity to develop academic components of the career, i.e., working closely with PhD and master students.
• Guidance and support to identify and apply to relevant grants.
• UiT has good welfare arrangements for employees including beneficial arrangements for pension and insurances. UiT pays 12 % directly to the pension fund on top of the salary.
• A unique hometown Tromsø combining a multicultural urban scene with nearby Arctic wilderness. More practical information for working and living in Norway can be found here.

Qualifications

The successful applicant must hold a PhD in oceanography, physics, climate science or a related field. The suitable candidate must have documented experience with numerical modelling. Experience with high latitude paleoceanography is a clear advantage. The candidate must have a documented good command of English (both written and oral).

Additional required qualifications include:

• Independence, creativity and engagement
• Strong problem solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent work ethics

The applicants will be assessed by an expert committee. The applicants who are assessed as the best qualified will be called to an interview. The interview shall among other things aim to clarify the applicant’s personal suitability for the position.

Qualification with a PhD is required before commencement in the position. If you are at the final stages of your PhD, you may still apply if you have submitted your PhD thesis for evaluation within the application deadline. You must submit the thesis with your application. You should have dissertated before the preferred start-up date of the position (March 2022).

At UiT we put emphasis on the quality, relevance and significance of the research work and not on where the work is published, in accordance with the principles of The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).

Inclusion and diversity

UiT The Arctic University i Norway is working actively to promote equality, gender balance and diversity among employees and students, and to create an inclusive and safe working environment. We believe that inclusion and diversity is a strength, and we want employees with different competencies, professional experience, life experience and perspectives.

If you have a disability, a gap in your CV or immigrant background, we encourage you to tick the box for this in your application. If there are qualified applicants, we invite least one in each group for an interview. If you get the job, we will adapt the working conditions if you need it. Apart from selecting the right candidates, we will only use the information for anonymous statistics.

Application

Your application must include:

• Cover letter explaining your motivation and research interests that provided experience relevant for conducting the work within the vacant position (max. 2 A4 page)
• CV (containing a complete overview of education and professional work; max. 3 pages)
• Diplomas and transcripts (all degrees)
• Names and contact information of three referees
• Academic works (papers, PhD thesis, etc) relevant for the position.

All documentation to be considered must be in a Scandinavian language or English. We only accept applications and documentation sent via Jobbnorge within the application deadline.

General information

The appointment is made in accordance with State regulations and guidelines at UiT. At our website, you will find more information for applicants.

The remuneration for Postdoctoral research fellow is in accordance with the State salary scale code 1352. A compulsory contribution of 2 % to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund will be deducted.

The successful candidate must be willing to get involved in the ongoing development of their department and the university as a whole.

UiT wishes to increase the proportion of females in academic positions. In cases where two or more applicants are found to be approximately equally qualified, female applicants will be given priority.

According to the Norwegian Freedom and Information Act (Offentleglova) information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, also in cases where the applicant has requested non-disclosure.

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