research assistant
Queen Mary University of London, Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets
research assistant
£38419-£39022
Queen Mary University of London, Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 30 May | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
The Earth Surface Science group at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) are seeking a research assistant in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology. The research aim is to use the marine sediment archive to investigate past climate change. The key duties are to:
- Prepare sediment samples including washing and picking for planktic and benthic foraminifera
- Assist with general laboratory activities including data management
You should have a university degree level in a relevant field (e.g. Oceanography, Earth Sciences). Key skills include being familiar with processing marine sediment, picking planktic and benthic foraminifera, and maintaining databases for palaeoceanography investigations.
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable. Throughout our history, we've fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it's simply 'the right thing to do' but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers. We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days' leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements. Queen Mary's commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly. Closing Date