Postdoctoral Researcher - Marine Beacon Project

Organisation Description:

The Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for marine research, technology, development and innovation (RTDI). The Marine Institute seeks to assess and realise the economic potential of Ireland’s 220-million-acre marine resource; promote the sustainable development of marine industry through strategic funding programmes and scientific services; and safeguard the marine environment through research and environmental monitoring. The Institute works in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) and a network of other Government Departments, semi-state agencies, national and international marine partners.

Summary of the Role:

The Post-Doctoral Researcher (PDR) will work closely with the Marine Beacon project co-ordinator in the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Team as well as with colleagues in the wider Fisheries Ecosystem Advisory Services team to deliver research for the Marine Beacon project. 
The Marine Beacon project aims to improve knowledge and understanding and produce the tools and technology to reduce the discarding of protected, endangered and threatened species (PETS), in European waters. The PDR will work specifically on tasks related to; identifying and overcoming bycatch related knowledge gaps for fish, marine mammals and sea birds, and evaluating the risk of fisheries bycatch and determining the vulnerability of PETS in European waters. 
A focus of the work will be on Irish waters, although there will be opportunities for collaboration with European partners to improve understanding of bycatch risk across large geographic areas. There will also be opportunities to work with wider fisheries stakeholders.

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Educational and Professional Requirements:

Essential / Important:

•    A relevant PhD in fisheries science, marine science, marine ecological analysis or a related field.
•    An understanding of issues related to bycatch in European fisheries.
•    Demonstrated experience of working in the arena of fisheries and/or marine ecosystem modelling or similar.
•    Demonstrated skills in statistics and data analysis linked to marine ecological/fisheries science, with particular experience of analysing spatial data (ideally implemented in R).
•    Experience with spatial data analysis and GIS, or other task appropriate statistical and data handling skills. 
•    Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work with and effectively communicate with scientists, the fishing industry and other relevant stakeholders.  
•    High level of experience in the use of Microsoft Office applications.  
•    High level statistical analysis skills (ideally implemented in R).
•    Proven Scientific Report and peer reviewed paper writing skills.  
•    Effective organisation and administration skills.
•    Good time management and the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
•    The ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team.
•    Good written and verbal communication skills in addition to effective numeracy skills.
•    Sea going experience or sufficiently fit to pass an ENG II Medical.
•    Full, clean driving license.

Duration of the Role: 

This temporary specific purpose contract of employment will be for up to 48 months period from start date. The successful candidate will be on probation for the first six months of this contract.

How to Apply:

A C.V. and letter of application, summarising experience and skill set applicable to the position should be emailed to recruitment@marine.ie or posted to Human Resources at the Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Galway, H91 R673. All correspondence for this post should quote reference FEAS/PDR/BEACON/AUG24

Closing Date for Applications: 

All applications for this post should be received by the Marine Institute in advance of 12 noon on the 12th of August 2024. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

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