Benthic Seamount Ecologist

Applications are invited for a Post Doctoral Research Assistant to join an NERC-funded project to investigate the benthic assemblages found on seamounts of the southwest Indian Ocean Ridge.

The PDRA will undertake the collection of benthic macrofaunal samples and be responsible for the sorting and identification of the fauna, in particular the polychaete worms, from five seamounts comprising a range of habitats and locations in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

The successful candidate will have experience in macrofaunal identification, analysing faunal datasets using statistical software such as PRIMER and CANOCO, creating species catalogues as well as a voucher specimen collection, writing papers and have excellent organisational skills for sample and data management.

You must have good microscope and taxonomic skills, have the temperament to undertake sustained periods of routine work at the microscope, be a team player, and have the ability to work independently. You must also be able to go to sea for a six week period starting early November 2011.

This is a collaborative project involving SAMS, the University of Oxford and the Natural History Museum, London.

Applicants should note that interviews will be held on Monday 5^th September 2011.

To apply, please click the ‘Apply’ button below.  Please include a cover letter with your CV. 

The closing date for receipt of applications is

Thursday 1^st September 2011.