Research Assistant

About the Role
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.

About You
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.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The School of Environment and Society which is nested within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. With 150 academic staff, the School is a vibrant inclusive community where disciplines come together to explore and challenge our understanding of the world. The Department of Sociology, Politics and International Relations is internationally recognized as a world-leading centre of theoretically informed, empirically-grounded and politically-engaged research.

About Queen Mary
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.

Benefits
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.

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