Rhizocore Technologies (however, the post will be based at The James Hutton Institute (JHI), Aberdeen)

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We require an experienced soil and water biogeochemist or catchment scientist with field and laboratory knowledge of catchment processes to support this Innovate UK funded research project. The candidate will set up and run several experiments sequentially at the James Hutton Institutes (JHI) main site in Aberdeen and undertake field trials on a farm in East Scotland. Field monitoring is also being undertaken in England, led by Harper Adams University and Cheshire Wildlife Trust and the candidate will occasionally travel with the team to see other trials and share knowledge across project activity centres.

There will be an expected element of problem solving, designing and adapting some equipment when developing experiments and real on-farm field trials. Samples will need to be prepared for analysis and involvement in the analysis side of the role is encouraged, but the person will be part of a wider support team. In the immediate workplace this includes a field work and lab team, supervisors and fellow academics who you will work with directly. In the wider project the team extends to Rhizocore Technologies researchers and other
partners, with whom you will get experience.

Having two post docs on this project (one at JHI [this post], another at Harper Adams) will allow peer support in sharing ideas and progress. Experience and training will be gained in wider catchment measures for landscape mitigation on farms. We need a self-reliant person capable of organising and undertaking year-round fieldwork and experiments out of doors, maintaining high standards of data quality from field and lab investigations, working up data including statistical analyses, communicating findings across wider disciplines of catchment sciences, industry partners and stakeholders.

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To be considered for the position, applicants must provide the documents listed below. A checklist has been provided as further guidance for what to include:

Document 1: Cover Letter

• Please provide examples of your relevant skills, abilities, knowledge and experience
  to support your application for this role. Please refer to the essential criteria (see link )

Document 2: CV

• Education and employment history
• Contact details for two referees

Once completed, please email your documents to:
Rhizocore Technologies Ltd.
recruitment@rhizocore.com