Marine Renewable Energy and the Environment (MaREE)

The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) is a unique research centre situated in the town of Thurso in the northern Highlands of Scotland. It is part of the North Highland College, one of the partners in the UHI Millennium Institute; the emergent 'University of the Highlands and Islands'.

Together with our partners at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), we have successfully secured £4 M funding for a unique multi-disciplinary programme to develop applied and fundamental research that supports the development of marine renewable energy in Scotland.

Funded by Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE), the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the MaREE programme aims to address issues of 'Resource and Risk', 'Environmental Impacts' and 'Sustainability'.

We now seek to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to oversee the leadership and management of the MaREE programme:

MaREE Programme Leader

£36,241 - 44,830

For full information please visit www.eri.ac.uk. For further information please contact: Prof. Stuart Gibb, ERI, UHI-North Highland College, Castle Street, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7JD; + 44 (0)1847 889581, Stuart.Gibb@thurso.uhi.ac.uk.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 31 March 2010.