DEAR COLLEAGUE,
PLEASE, FIND BELOW A POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER.
FEEL FREE TO FORWARD IT TO ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR CROSS POSTINGS.
BEST REGARDS, CHRISTOPH HEINZE

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Postdoctoral fellow in ocean carbon cycle modelling at the Geophysical
Institute / Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research – re-announcement

A position as postdoctoral fellow in climate modelling is available
(under usual reserve of available funding) at the Geophysical Institute
in association with the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. The
position is financed by the Research Council of Norway through project
“Carbon Heat” and the European Commission through project “MONARCH-A”.

The postdoctoral position is a fixed-term post, the chief objective
being to qualify the selected candidate for work in senior positions in
their disciplines. The term of employment for this position is 2 years.
It is not possible for any person to work under more than one temporary
appointment as postdoctoral fellow for the same institution.

The Geophysical Institute carries out research and provides education in
meteorology, climate, physical and dynamical oceanography and chemical
oceanography. The department currently has 16 permanent scientific
positions and 10 technical/administrative positions. In addition, there
are 6 adjunct professors and around 50 PhD students, postdoctoral
fellows and full-time researchers. The Bjerknes Centre for Climate
Research (BCCR – http://www.bjerknes.uib.no) is a joint climate research
venture between the University of Bergen (UiB), the Institute of Marine
Research (IMR), the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
(NERSC) and Uni Research AS. The BCCR integrates observationalists and
modellers in a concerted interdisciplinary research effort. The BCCR
comprises the largest climate research group in Norway and is awarded
status as a national Centre of Excellence by the Research Council of
Norway.

The candidate will work within the projects “Carbon Heat” and
“MONARCH-A” with coupled biogeochemical-physical ocean general
circulation models of global coverage. Special emphasis in the model
analysis will be placed on the Nordic Seas (“Carbon Heat”) and the
Arctic Ocean (“MONARCH-A”). Model runs will be carried out with
realistic synoptically changing forcing taken from re-analyses data
sets. The models will be validated and optimized against biogeochemical
as well as physical observations over a broad spectrum of field and
satellite data.

Applicants must have achieved a Norwegian doctorate in oceanography,
meteorology, physics, earth sciences, applied mathematics or related
disciplines, or must have achieved equivalent education abroad, or have
presented the dissertation for assessment by the closing date for the
application. It is a prerequisite that the dissertation has been
approved before appointment is granted.

Scientific requirements for the position are an interest in
interdisciplinary earth system science and relevant experience in at
least one of the following fields: climate dynamics, geophysical fluid
dynamics, carbon cycle biogeochemistry, and numerical mathematics.
Technical qualifications include excellent knowledge of the programming
language FORTRAN, as well as experience with the operating system UNIX,
the development of complex software packages, and analysis of large data
sets. The successful candidate will work in a lively research
environment, must have good team working skills, and the ability to
pursue a scientific career in geosciences or computational science.

For further information about the position please contact Professor
Christoph Heinze at the Geophysical institute and the Bjerknes Centre
for Climate Research, e-mail: christoph.heinze@gfi.uib.no / phone (+47)
55 58 98 44.

Initial salaries at grade 57 (code 1352/pay framework 24.1) in the Civil
Service pay grade table; currently NOK 448,400 gross p.a.; following
ordinary meriting regulations (wage range 57-64). In the case of
particularly highly qualified applicants a higher salary may be considered.

Women in particular are invited to apply. If, in the opinion of the
evaluation committee, several applicants have approximately equivalent
qualifications, the rules on equal opportunities laid down in the
Personnel Regulations for Academic Positions will be applied.

State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at
large to the highest possible degree. We have therefore adopted a
personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and
sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic
backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore
encouraged to apply for the position.

The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to
the position at any time. The University of Bergen applies the
principles of public openness when recruiting staff to scientific
positions.

Information about the applicant may be made public even though the
applicant has requested not to be named in the list of applicants. The
applicant will be notified if his/her request is not respected.

Electronic application and CV are to be submitted via the link:
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=68173.
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top panel).]

A cover letter, copies of diplomas, a list of scientific work including
completed reprints and the names and e-mail adresses of two additional
referees should be uploaded to www.jobbnorge.no Applications in general
have to be carried out through www.jobbnorge.no, however, if uploading
of supplementary material such as manuscripts or documents to
www.jobbnorge.no are inconvenient for format reasons, these (3 copies of
all documents) may be submitted to the Geophysical Institute, University
of Bergen, PO Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway, reaching the institute by
the closing date.

Do no send any applications by e-mail.

Closing date for applications: 13 August 2010

The application should be marked: 2010/2815

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