Ocean and Climate Model Manager

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), part of the Natural Environment Research Council, aims to undertake a world-class programme of scientific research, and to sustain for the UK an active and influential regional presence and a leadership role in Antarctic affairs. 

Based within the Polar Oceans programme at our Cambridge office, you will be part of a team investigating oceanographic variability in the Southern Ocean and the Arctic, and its impacts on the Earth System. The group runs sophisticated idealised, regional and global oceanographic models (including sea ice and ice shelf components) to simulate past conditions and also to predict how the ocean will evolve in the future. Models are run on local and national supercomputing facilities and generate large volumes of data, and we also use output from very large models run by external collaborators. You will be responsible for managing all aspects of our ocean modelling infrastructure and writing code to support model users. You will also process and maintain the large datasets required to force our ocean models. In addition you will be responsible for accessing and pre-processing of IPCC climate model data. Other datasets, such as those produced by satellite remote sensing, will also require management.

Qualifications: You will have a degree or higher qualification in computer science or relevant science subject, previous experience of programming in a linux/unix environment including familiarity with Fortran and Python, and experience of handing large data sets.

Duration: The position is open-ended and full-time, though we are willing to consider part-time or flexible working patterns for an appropriate candidate.

Salary: Salary will be in the range of £26,450 to £29,710 per annum (pro-rata if applicable). We offer a generous benefits package including a final salary pension scheme, free car parking, flexible working hours and 30 days annual leave.

On-line application forms and further information are available on our website at www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment

These are also available from the Human Resources Section, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET. Tel: (01223) 221508. 

Please quote reference: BAS 46/13
Closing date for receipt of application forms is 21st April 2013
Interviews are scheduled to be held w/c 6th May 2013

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. People from ethnic minorities are currently under-represented and their applications are particularly welcome.