Lecturer or Associate Professor in Atmospheric Science

Salary: Grade 8 (£46,974 - £56,021 pro rata p.a. depending on experience) or Grade 9 (£57,696 - £66,857 pro rata p.a. depending on experience)

0.2 FTE | Ongoing

Are you an experienced and ambitious researcher with an understanding of research in an operational weather and/or climate setting? Are you looking to grow your own research and wider build collaborations between the University of Leeds, the Met Office and the Met Office’s other University partners? Do you have ambitions to obtain external research funding? Do you want to supervise student research to foster and encourage the next generation? 

The University of Leeds is a founding member of the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) and home to sizeable joint Leeds/Met Office research group. To build on this long-standing collaborative strength, it is seeking to appoint 5 enthusiastic and self-motivated scientists to lead collaboration between the Met Office and University. As the climate crisis deepens, and technologies rapidly advance, working across disciplines becomes ever more important for meteorological science, and these posts will not only grow links between the School of Earth and Environment with the Met Office, but also build new links with the School of Mathematics, School of Computing and School of Civil Engineering. 

Your role will also be to strengthen and enhance SEE's excellent, internationally recognised profile in atmospheric and climate science research with a special focus on building collaborations with the Met Office and MOAP. You will lead research, obtaining external research funding, and build collaborations between the University and the Met Office, to deliver on research, innovation and impact. You will have deliver student teaching in ways consistent with a remote 0.2 FTE role, primarily through supervision of student research projects. We are open to researchers in any aspect of weather and climate science, but are particularly interested in applications from individuals working in: (i) machine learning, data science and advanced statistics, (ii) climate science linking to climate impacts, (iii) observational atmospheric/climate science. 

You will have a PhD (or equivalent research experience) in weather/climate science, data science, computing, or allied subjects and a proven record of research in atmospheric or climate science is essential. You will have a track record of collaboration and a willingness to engage with a wide set of researchers across the University to build new collaborations between Leeds and the Met Office. This, depending on research focus, may include researchers in the named Schools, the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics, water@leeds, Global Food and Environment Institute (GFEI), Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA), the National Centre of Atmospheric Science (NCAS) and the Centre for Environmental Modelling and Computation (CEMAC).

Please note that due to Home Office visa requirements, this role is not suitable for first-time Skilled Worker visa applicants.  Information on other visa options is available at: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!Generous pension scheme options plus life assuranceHealth and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!  

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Professor John Marsham

J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk

Closing Date: 22 Sep 2024

Section: Academic

Salary: £46,974 to £66,857 per annum pro-rata Salary is dependent on experience.