| Characteristics
| Essential Requirements
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| Desirable Requirements
Importance rating in parenthesis (1 is high, 5 is low)
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| Communication skillsa) oral skillsb) written skills |
| * Fluent in written and spoken English language. Evidence of good quality presentations and first author publications in international journals. |
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| * Track record of first author publications in international journals. |
(1) |
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| Computer / IT skills |
| * Skilled in the use of multibeam echo sounding data processing and mapping software, as well as spreadsheet, drawing, word processing and slide presentation software. |
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| * Familiarity with linux, MB-System, Generic Mapping Tools (GMT), ArcGIS, ProMax, seismic interpretation software (e.g. Petrel or Kingdom Suite), Microsoft Office and CorelDraw software |
(1) |
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| Decision Making |
| * Capability to make day-to-day decisions about data collection, processing and interpretation, and to progress with work in the absence of the Workpackage Manager. |
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| * Capability to stand in for line manager and Workpackage Manager in their absence |
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| Interpersonal skills |
| * Ability to work as part of a team. |
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| Managerial ability |
| * Strong personal time management. |
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| * Experience of operations at sea. |
(1) |
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| Numerical ability |
| * At a level commensurate with a PhD in geophysics. |
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| Other Factors |
| * Physically capable and medically fit to work on Antarctic marine cruises. |
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| * Evidence of contributing to applications for external funding. |
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| Qualifications |
| * PhD in geological or environmental sciences. |
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| * PhD in Marine Geophysics.
Postdoctoral experience. |
(1) |
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| Resource Management ability |
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| * Experience of managing small project budgets. |
(3) |
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| Skills / Experience |
| * Experience of processing and interpreting multibeam echo sounding and high-resolution seismic reflection/ acoustic sub-bottom profiler data. |
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| * Experience of processing and interpreting oversnow radio-echo and/or seismic sounding data.
Experience of working on sediment cores. |
(1) |
| * Experience of working on geophysical data from polar continental margins or ice sheets. |
(1) |
| * Marine geoscience cruise experience, and particularly experience of collecting multibeam echo sounding and acoustic sub-bottom profiler data. |
(1) |
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