Postdoctoral fellow in ocean carbon cycle modelling

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 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 3 
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 17 permanent 
scientific positions and 12 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 with coupled biogeochemical-physical ocean 
general circulation models and fully coupled earth system models of 
global coverage. Special emphasis in the model analysis will be placed 
on the global ocean as well as the Nordic Seas and the Arctic Ocean. 
Model runs will be carried out with realistic synoptically changing 
forcing taken from re-analyses data sets or with pre-scribed 
greenhouse gas emissions. 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 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 +47 975 57 119.

A project plan and a progress plan will be written in cooperation with 
the project leader on appointment. It is a premise that the selected 
candidate will complete the project within the stipulated period of 
employment. The project proposal and progress plan shall (sic: form 
part of) be annexed to the employment contract, and shall include the 
name of the person who is to be the discipline advisor for the 
selected candidate.

The teaching language will normally be Norwegian.

Starting salary on 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. Hence, the evaluation 
committee?s report will be disclosed (in full detail, and not 
anonymised) to all of the applicants.

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.

Send electronic application, CV, certificates and diplomas by clicking on:
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You find the Norwegian and English text of the position announcement also on:
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=71336
(You can change the language on the upper right part of the screen.)

Scholarly works should be sent in triplicate, fully inventoried and 
sorted in 3 identical bundles, by ordinary mail to the Geophysical 
Institute, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway, 
reaching the institute by the closing date.

Applicants must state the works or parts of works they wish to be 
given particular attention in the evaluation of their applications. 
These should not exceed 10 in number.

Do not send any applications by e-mail.

Closing date for applications: 4 February 2011