Post-Doctoral Researcher (PDR) EAFM Post 2 – OceanICU

The Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for marine research, technology, development and innovation (RTDI). The Marine Institute seeks to assess and realise the economic potential of Ireland’s 220-million-acre marine resource; promote the sustainable development of marine industry through strategic funding programmes and scientific services; and safeguard the marine environment through research and environmental monitoring. The Institute works in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) and a network of other Government Departments, semi-state agencies, national and international marine partners.

Summary of the Role:

The successful candidate will work closely  will work closely with the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Principal Investigator on delivering the research for the OceanICU project.  The individual will work specifically on helping to develop ecosystem modelling approaches that will enable an understanding of the implications of fishing on the role of fish in the sequestration of carbon to the seabed. This will be done in collaboration with other experts in the field in the Marine Institute, and in the project partner institutions in the UK, Denmark and France. The individual will then apply the methods to calculate to construct fishing associated carbon budgets for the shelf seas around Ireland. You will also collaborate with a second PDR on this project who will be working on Connecting OCEANICU to Society.     

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Educational and Professional Requirements:

Essential / Important:

•    A relevant PhD in marine social-ecological analysis, or a related field. 

•    Demonstrated experience of working in the arena of fisheries and/or marine ecosystem science or similar.

•  Demonstrated experience of working in an interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary science and in eliciting the perspectives of stakeholders

•    Demonstrated skills in qualitative and semi-quantitative data analysis

•    Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work with, organise and effectively communicate with people ranging from scientists and policy advisors to users of the sea (e.g. fishers) and the wider public.  

•    Good statistical analysis skills (ideally implemented in R).

•    Proven Scientific Report and peer reviewed paper writing skills.  

•    Strong and effective organisation and administration skills.

•    Good time management and the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.

•    The ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team.

•    Good written and verbal communication skills in addition to effective numeracy skills.

•    Full, clean driving license.

Duration of Contract:

The maximum duration of this temporary specified purpose contract of employment will be up to four years. The successful candidate will be on probation for the first six months of this contract.

How to Apply:

A C.V. and letter of application, summarising experience and skill set applicable to the position should be emailed to recruitment@marine.ie or posted to Human Resources at the Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Galway. All correspondence for this post should quote reference FEAS/PDRA2/OeanICU-2/MAR2023

Closing date for Applications:

All applications for this post should be received by the Marine Institute in advance of 12 noon on the 26th of April 2023. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

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