UCL
Job title:
Lecturer in Experimental Petrology or Mineralogy
Company
UCL
Job description
About usUCL Earth Sciences is one of the oldest centres for earth and planetary sciences in the UK, situated in Bloomsbury in the heart of London. The Department is housed in the refurbished Kathleen Lonsdale Building (inaugurated by Sir David Attenborough in April 2018). The completion of this £28M project means that we have modern teaching laboratories now co-located with our research laboratories.Our Department is a friendly and welcoming place to work, with many opportunities for career development within an exciting and dynamic teaching and research environment. In the latest QS rankings, we are 21 st in the world and 3 rd or 4 th in the UK (depending on degree scheme).About the roleWe are offering a full-time permanent academic post at Lecturer level (Grade 8) in experimental petrology or mineralogy. The specific research of the successful candidate could focus on any sub-field of earth’s interior petrology or mineralogy including, but not limited to, crustal, volcanic, magmatic-hydrothermal or subduction zone processes, high temperature ductile deformation, deep volatile cycling, mantle geochemistry, mineral or melt properties and deep Earth processes.UCL Earth Sciences has a strong tradition of research into the materials in the solid Earth. As such, our experimental laboratories host a broad range of equipment designed to study the physical and petrological properties of rocks and minerals. Our laboratories are supported by technical staff with decades of design, mechanical engineering, electrical and systems control knowledge allowing us to build and maintain unique capabilities that constantly push the frontiers. We expect the successful applicant to embed themselves within our lab community, aiming to use or extend our facilities to realise their own ambitious research programme. Their research focus could fall anywhere within the fields of igneous or metamorphic petrology provided it incorporates a significant experimental component which will complement and extend our existing lab community and their capabilities. The appointed person will build links across the department, both within the experimental lab groups and those throughout ES and UCL more widely.About youThe successful candidate will have a PhD, or equivalent qualification, in an appropriate discipline that must have been awarded at the time of application.Expert knowledge and expertise in any area of Earth’s interior petrology or mineralogy provided it includes an experimental element is essential and should be evidenced by a strong publication record and/or other indicators of academic reputation.Knowledge, skills and desire to independently lead a program of lab-based research at UCL and the ability to deliver inspiring lectures to our diverse student community is essential.Candidates must have evidence of obtaining external research funding in a role that is equivalent to at least that of a significant co-investigator (e.g. UKRI Project Co-lead [PcL] or Researcher Co-lead [RCoL] roles.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.
Expected salary
Location
London
Job date
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:06:14 GMT
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