Chief Scientist, BGS Multihazards & Resilience Challenge Area

Job title:

Chief Scientist, BGS Multihazards & Resilience Problem Space

Firm

STFC

Job description

The British Geological Survey (BGS)Wage: Appointment might be at UKRI Pay Band X – wage is circa £98k each year.
Contract Sort: This can be a everlasting full-time place, however some versatile and distant working choices could also be accessible.
Location: The function might be based mostly on the BGS workplace in Edinburgh (Lyell Centre) or on the Headquarters in Keyworth, Nottingham. You can be required to recurrently journey to different BGS places of work in addition to travelling nationally and internationally to attend key partnership occasions to advertise the work and science of BGS.The cut-off date for receipt of functions is Thursday 4 April 2024. Interviews are anticipated to be held on Tuesday 30 April in Keyworth.This can be a very important function throughout the British Geological Survey management construction. It presents an thrilling alternative for an skilled senior science chief to contribute to growing the BGS technique and supply its marketing strategy. By the appliance of your in depth senior administration expertise, together with an impressive scientific background in geological hazards, you’ll set the path of BGS science the Multi-hazards and Resilience Problem to make sure its supply.In regards to the functionAs a member of the Senior Administration Board (SMB) and the Science Technique Group (SSG), you’ll be accountable for working along with your colleagues to develop the BGS Technique and implement the marketing strategy. You’ll have a strategic outlook on dealing with a number of stakeholders in a posh atmosphere, with specific concentrate on NERC and UKRI relationships, frameworks, and techniques.In addition to taking a pivotal science and organisational management function, you’ll be accountable for the administration, efficient supply and monitoring of the Multi-hazards and Resilience (MHR) science programme. This programme addresses danger mitigation and adaptation via monitoring, characterisation and forecasting of hazardous processes and their impacts. You’ll do that via the road administration of the programme administration group together with agreeing and attaining targets for earnings era and efficient funding inside MHR.You’ll establish alternatives to develop BGS’ portfolio, entice new funding and create strategic partnerships to proceed to drive BGS’ place as a world-leading geological survey and environmental science organisation, delivering a programme of analysis internationally. It will embody working with the Administrators of Nationwide & Worldwide Geoscience, Coverage, and Communications & Exterior Affairs, to make sure that BGS science is promoted to authorities coverage advisors.About youOn this function, you might be required to have the next {qualifications}, expertise, abilities, and skills (precedence standards):

• Robust senior administration and management expertise with a confirmed capability to set path and to develop and implement technique.
• A profitable observe document of overseeing the supply of initiatives, (each scientific affect/outcomes and monetary/programme).
• A PhD in a related science self-discipline, or equal comparable expertise.
• A powerful science profile evidenced by, for instance: peer-reviewed printed papers, convention displays, together with keynote addresses; senior journal editorial expertise; a big portfolio of profitable scientific grant proposals and trade/authorities associated contract agreements and membership of related worldwide panels.
• Expertise of figuring out and securing vital exterior alternatives.
• Proof of the power to develop strategic and institutional relationships and collaborations with a number of, advanced stakeholders, each at a nationwide and worldwide degree.
• Consciousness and understanding of the BGS Technique and Public Science Position in addition to wider earth science sector points.
• Wonderful communication abilities, evidenced by clear examples of fine negotiating and influencing abilities.
• Capacity to deal with advanced multidimensional issues, overcoming boundaries and growing artistic options to repeatedly enhance.

Please additionally consult with the precise important and fascinating abilities specification under and be sure that these are evidenced in your software.Expertise SpecificationCandidates might be assessed towards the next standards at Shortlist – ‘S’ and Interview ‘I’ stage:{Qualifications}
Important:

• Diploma and PhD in related science self-discipline or equal comparable expertise {S}

Expertise/Data
Important:

• A considerable science profile with analysis printed in peer reviewed scientific journals, convention displays, together with keynote addresses and a considerable portfolio of profitable scientific grant proposals and trade/authorities associated contract agreements {S}
• Expertise of taking a senior company organisational management function to enhance general organisational effectiveness alongside scientific management {S&I}
• Expertise of managing budgets {S&I}
• Expertise of working internationally and growing partnerships {S&I}
• Consciousness of the BGS technique and appreciation of the BGS Public Science function in addition to an understanding of the broader context of Earth science points at each the nationwide and worldwide degree {I}

Fascinating:

• Familiarity with Public Sector Data and different related legislative points {S}
• Laws and insurance policies to multi-hazards and resilience, and knowledge e.g. EIR, FoI, GDPR {S&I}
• Membership of related worldwide panel {S}

Expertise and Talents
Important:

• Capacity to steer and develop strategic relationships and collaborations with different stakeholders {S&I}
• Capacity to work successfully inside company operational capabilities, frameworks, and techniques {I}
• Capacity to deal with advanced multidimensional issues, overcoming boundaries and growing artistic options {I}
• Wonderful communication abilities together with negotiating and influencing abilities with the arrogance and credibility to problem senior colleagues constructively to attain the specified outcomes and safe buy-in to proposals {I}

Private Qualities
Important:

• Robust dedication to self-development and growing others {I}
• In a position to journey off-site throughout the UK and internationally {I}

Motivation
Important:

• Alignment to BGS company values & dedicated to delivering exemplary public companies to its stakeholders {I}
• Demonstrates an curiosity within the work of BGS {I}
• Shows an enthusiasm for the function and a ardour for geoscience with a need to innovate and frequently enhance {I}
• Reveals an understanding and private dedication to EDI {I}

About The British Geological Survey (BGS)The British Geological Survey (BGS) is an utilized geoscience analysis centre that’s a part of UK Analysis and Innovation (UKRI) and affiliated to the Pure Setting Analysis Council (NERC). It’s a world main geological survey that gives a core science mission to tell authorities of science associated to the subsurface and its interfaces and likewise undertakes utilized analysis for options to earth and environmental processes, each within the UK and globally. It’s funded instantly by UKRI in addition to via analysis grants and through personal sector contracts.BGS has an annual finances of roughly £60 million and employs 650 individuals. It has two fundamental websites, a head workplace in Keyworth close to Nottingham and the Lyell Centre, which is a joint collaboration with Heriot Watt College in Edinburgh. BGS works with greater than 150 personal sector organisations in addition to having shut hyperlinks with 40 universities and sponsors roughly 100 PhD college students every year.The best way to ApplyCandidates are required to incorporate a CV and protecting letter outlining their suitability for the function and offering particular examples of proof towards the precedence important standards for the publish. We might stress the significance of this paperwork in our choice course of. Be sure that the job reference quantity is included within the filename description of every doc uploaded. Observe that failure to handle the above standards or submit your software with out a protecting letter could lead to your software not being thought-about. You’ll solely be assessed on the content material of your CV and protecting letter and never the ‘expertise’ part of the appliance.Please word, to use through the UKRI Careers Portal you’ll obtain a notification confirming your profile has efficiently been created (when you’ve got not beforehand arrange an account) and a second notification confirming your software for this function has been submitted. If you don’t obtain the second notification confirming your software for this function has been submitted or expertise any points making use of, please contact .About UKRIUKRI launched in April 2018, UKRI is a non-departmental public physique sponsored by the Division for Science, Innovation and Expertise (DSIT).Our organisation brings collectively the seven disciplinary analysis councils, Analysis England, which is accountable for supporting analysis and information change at greater schooling establishments in England, and the UK’s innovation company, Innovate UK to create an unbiased organisation with a robust voice for analysis and innovation, and a imaginative and prescient to make sure the UK maintains its world-leading place in analysis and innovation. Extra data might be discovered at .Selecting to come back to work at UKRI signifies that you should have entry to a complete host of advantages from an outlined profit pension scheme, glorious vacation entitlement, entry to worker buying/journey reductions and wage sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For extra particulars, go to .The function holder might be required to have the suitable degree of safety screening/vetting required for the function. UKRI reserves the precise to run or re-run safety clearance as required throughout the course of employment.How we assist EDI within the workforceAt UKRI we consider that everybody has a proper to be handled with dignity and respect, and to be supplied with equal alternatives to flourish and achieve an atmosphere that permits them to take action. We additionally worth range of thought and expertise inside inclusive teams, organisations and the broader neighborhood. For additional data, please go toIncapacity Assured EmployerAs customers of the incapacity assured scheme, we assure to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimal standards for the emptiness/ies. We are going to be sure that people with disabilities are supplied cheap lodging to take part within the job software or interview course of, to carry out important job capabilities, and to obtain different advantages and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request lodging.

Anticipated wage

£98000 per 12 months

Location

Edinburgh

Job date

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 03:07:03 GMT

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