We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Met office to assist with the appointment of a Senior Scientist, on a 9-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £328.90 - £425.00 per Day

Summary:

This post will be based at the Met Office in Exeter, UK and work with the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) on the Met Office HPC. The post will design, run and analyse experiments assessing the impact of the CO2 response of vegetation on contemporary and future regional carbon sinks and ecosystems. The contractor will develop the model incorporating new science components from the wider project.

Qualifications:

• PhD or equivalent
• Knowledge and ability to run land models, preferably JULES based setups
• Knowledge and experience of climate model data
• Security clearance you must meet security requirements to work unsupervised at the Met Office.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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