Role: Senior Scientist - AmazonFACE
Contracting Authority: Government
Contract Length: 3 Months
Location: Exeter
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate: £425 per day
An exciting opportunity has become available with our prestigious client who is a prominent government department. The client is seeking an experienced Senior Scientist - AmazonFACE to join their welcoming team.
The Senior Scientist - AmazonFACE Role:
This position will work as part of the Earth System and Mitigation Science (ESMS) team working as part of the AmazonFACE project. AmazonFACE is a large international experiment project aimed at better understanding and quantifying the response of tropical forests to rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. The project is primarily a partnership between the UK and Brazil led by the client in the UK and National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) in Brazil.
This post will work with the Unified Model (UM) on the client HPC. The post will design, run and analyse experiments assessing the impact of the CO2 response of vegetation on contemporary and future regional climate and its subsequent feedback. The contractor will develop the model incorporating new science components from the wider project.
What Senior Scientist - AmazonFACE Will Need:
* PhD or equivalent
* Knowledge and ability to run climate models, preferably UM based setups including UKESM
* Knowledge and experience of analysing climate model data
* Security clearance
Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Interviews will commence this week and next week, so please apply immediately or call Bangura Solutions to discuss the role further.
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