Glacier Modeller

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), part of the Natural Environment Research Council, aims to undertake a world-class programme of scientific research, and to sustain for the UK an active and influential regional presence and a leadership role in Antarctic affairs.

Based within the IceSheet program at our Cambridge office you will be a part of a team working on the NERC project ‘Ice shelves in a warming world: Filchner Ice Shelf system, Antarctica’.

You will use state-of-the art numerical flow models to simulate the effect of ocean ties on ice-stream flow and to determine the mechanical interaction between floating and grounded ice. Your modelling work will aim at determining the nature of basal control on ice flow upstream from the grounding line. In addition to the modelling work, you will be responsible for preparing and doing field observations in Antarctica, collecting GPS data on ice-stream and ice-shelf motion. You will use the data collected to validate your numerical model and to test hypothesis about basal sliding.

Qualifications: You will have a Ph.D in the earth sciences (for example glaciology, oceanography), physics or mathematics, some prior experience in running numerical models, and good programming skills (for example Matlab or Python).

Duration: The position is a full-time fixed position of 36 month duration with an expected start date of 1st September 2015.

Salary: Salary will be in the range of £26,715 to £30,000 per annum. We offer a generous benefits package including a defined salary pension scheme, free car parking, flexible working hours and 30 days annual leave

For informal enquires please email PD Dr. G. Hilmar Gudmundsson (ghg@bas.ac.uk)

On-line application forms and further information are available on our website at www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment

These are also available from the Human Resources Section, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET. Tel: (01223) 221508.

Please quote reference: BAS 25/15
Closing date for receipt of application forms is: 5th July 2015
Interviews are scheduled to be held on: 20th July 2015


We welcome applications from all sections of the community. People from ethnic minorities are currently under-represented and their applications are particularly welcome.