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Job Description
School/Department: / Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
Energy and Climate Change Group
Post Title: / Research Fellow in Integrated Modelling
Career Pathway and Level: / ERE / TAE / MSA / CAO
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ERE Category / Academic Posts / Non-Academic Posts
Academic / Research / Teaching / Enterprise / Education Development
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Post Responsible to (and Level):
Posts Responsible for (and Level): / Professor in Coastal Engineering, Level 7
Some supervision of junior research staff
Job Purpose:
As part of the NERC-funded ‘Assessing Health, Livelihoods, Ecosystem Services And Poverty Alleviation In Populous Deltas’ project and the CARRIA-funded ‘Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation’ project, to undertake research intochanging deltaic environments. The main focus is the analysis ofecosystem services and poverty alleviation in coastal Bangladesh, and impacts and adaptation to climate change in Ganges-Brahmaputra delta (Bangladesh and India), Mahanadi delta (India), Nile delta (Egypt) and the Volta delta (Ghana). The job will focus on the issues of integration within these projects under the supervision of Professor Robert Nicholls.
Key Accountabilities/Primary Responsibilities:
  1. Working closely with the delta research team at the University of Southampton and other relevant members of the two consortia, developing and maintainingrelevant integrated assessment models of the study deltas which address the projects’ aims and objectives. This will include conceptual development and design, developingand using databases, constructing and validating algorithms, and producing software.
  1. Overviewing and collaborating with the work of partners engaged in a range of detailed assessment and modelling activities across the project, including hydrodynamics and sediment transport, morphodynamics, water quality and quantity, mangroves, agriculture, fisheries,ecosystem services, poverty, human health and well-being, and migrationto facilitate the integration theme across the project.
  1. Undertake travel to consortia members in the UK and internationally (specifically Bangladesh, India, Egypt, Ghana, and potentially others) where deemed appropriate.
  1. To help in the preparation of policy briefing documentation for use by relevant stakeholders such as the UK and Bangladeshi, Indian, Egyptian and Ghanaian Governments.
  1. Regularly disseminate findings by preparing publication materials for referred journals, presenting results at conferences, participating in workshops or exhibiting work at other appropriate events, and providing material for the project web site.
  1. Carry out administrative tasks associated with specified research funding, for example risk assessment of research activities, organisation of project meetings and documentation. Implementation of procedures required to ensure accurate and timely formal reporting and financial control.
  1. Assist Ph.D. activities associated with the project where appropriate
  1. Carry out occasional undergraduate supervision, demonstrating or lecturing duties within own area of expertise, under the direct guidance of a member of departmental academic staff.
  1. Any other duties that fall within the scope of the post as allocated by the project manager following consultation with the post holder.
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Internal & External Relationships:
Direct responsibility to holder of research award or academic supervisor.
May have additional reporting and liaison responsibilities to external funding bodies or sponsors.
May be asked to serve on a relevant School committee, for example research committee.
Collaborators/colleagues in other work areas and institutions.
Special Requirements:
To attend national and international workshops and conferences for the purpose of disseminating research results.
Experience in developing numerical models with at least one high level programming language (e.g. Matlab, C++, etc.) is essential.Working with probabilistic models or agent-based models will be an advantage.
A willingness to travel to the study countries is essential.
Person Specification
Criteria / Essential / Desirable / How to be assessed
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:
PhD or equivalent professional qualifications and experience in some form of integrated assessment.
Detailed understanding and knowledge of cross-disciplinary research.
Experience of developing and using models, specifically data management, producing software and constructing algorithms.
Experience and knowledge of stakeholder participation processes and policy formation / 
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Planning and Organising:
Able to organise own research activities to deadline and quality standards /  / Application/ Interview/ References
Problem Solving and Initiative:
Able to develop understanding of complex problems and apply in-depth knowledge to address them
Able to develop original techniques/methods / 
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Management and Teamwork:
Able to supervise work of junior research staff, delegating effectively
Able to contribute to school management and administrative processes
Work effectively in a team, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of others to help teamwork development / 

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Communicating and Influencing:
Communicate new and complex information effectively, both verbally and in writing, engaging the interest and enthusiasm of the target audience
Able to present research results at group meetings and conferences
Able to write up research results for publication in leading peer-viewed journals
Work proactively with colleagues in other work areas/institutions, contributing specialist knowledge to achieve outcomes / 


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Presentation at Interview
Assess Publications
Interview/ References
Other Skills and Behaviours:
Understanding of relevant Health & Safety issues
Positive attitude to colleagues and students / 
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Interview
Special Requirements:
Able to attend national and international conferences to present research results /  / Interview

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