Scientific Data Manager

Please quote ref no: BAS 57/13
Closing date for applications: 02 Jun 2013

Main Description

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. We are currently seeking a scientific data manager to work at our modern complex of offices on the outskirts of Cambridge.

We are looking to appoint a Scientific Data Manager to manage scientific data collected by the UK polar community with an emphasis on marine and aerogeophysical datasets. In this sense ’manage’ means a series of steps including planning, acquisition and processing through to reviewing and archiving and onto analysis and dissemination.

Qualifications: Degree or Higher in a Geoscience

Duration: Open-ended full time appointment

Salary: Salary will be in the range of £26,450 to £29,710 per annum. We offer a generous benefits package including a defined 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, please click the APPLY button below.
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
Closing date for receipt of application forms is 2nd June 2013
Interviews are scheduled to be held on. w/c 10th June 2013

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