POSITION DETAILS

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,130 to £45,413 with potential progression once in post to £48,149
Grade: 7
Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to December 2027
Closing date: 24th June 2025
UK and International travel may be required for this role
’Open House’ Drop In Session: We will be holding an ‘open house’ drop in session at the University’s Exchange building, in Centenary Square, Birmingham, between 10am and 5pm on Friday 6th June 2025. If you’re interested in working at the University of Birmingham and perhaps have a few questions, this is an opportunity to meet colleagues in the Recruitment team. It will be a relaxed and informal event – you can drop in at any time.

ROLE SUMMARY

• Work within the DefMet interdisciplinary project team.
• Investigate methane exchange in upland trees drawing on information derived from parallel field studies spanning a rainfall gradient in Ghana (and elsewhere) and modify empirical models of tree methane exchange accordingly, integrating them into LPJ-GUESS
• Work with the other team members, including field ecologists and the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana to deliver new understanding of how forests interact with climate
• Operate within area of specialism
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results
• Contribute to generating funding
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar

MAIN DUTIES

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Develop and apply the LPJ-GUESS vegetation model to integrate new knowledge on methane emission and uptake dynamics
• Analyse and interpret data
• Integrate these findings into publishable work, disseminate findings for publication, research seminars and for presentation at conferences, etc
• Collaborate with the wider interdisciplinary project team to develop potential overlaps in findings and applications where possible
• Contribute to the supervision of students on related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline and reciprocally support fellow lab colleagues.
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
• Undertake management/administration arising from research
• Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research
• Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
• Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required
• Contribute to writing bids for research funding
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
• Contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader
• Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research
• Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
• Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture