Pay/conditions: £22,000 starting salary, based
at the National Lobster Hatchery, Padstow, some work away from site will be
required as will some antisocial hours and weekend cover. This is a fixed term
contract for 23 months, with a view to becoming permanent. Annual leave for this position is 22 days per
year excluding public holidays.
Qualifications: The successful applicant will
have a PhD in lobster culture or a closely related discipline and a good honours
degree in marine biology and or fisheries/aquaculture science.
Skills and experience:
The successful applicant will
have the following skills and experience:
·
Proven project
management skills and a track record of completing research projects through to
publication.
·
Excellent
communication skills both written and oral including a track record of presenting
at National and International scientific conferences, as well as through other
forms of media (TV, radio, newspapers etc.).
·
The
ability to network in order to create and maintain functional partnerships.
·
Experience
of involving key stakeholders (fishermen and fish-farmers) in R&D projects.
·
Extensive
experience of lobster larval and post larval culture and its development.
·
An
exhaustive knowledge of the scientific literature on the European Lobster
pertaining to its: culture, fisheries management and stocking.
·
A track
record of supervising postgraduate students in delivering component parts of
research projects.
·
Feed
development, morphometric assessment and microbiological assays pertaining to
lobster culture.
Summary of role:
The overarching aim of the
position is to build the charity’s capacity for research. The role will have 3 key functions:
·
To
advance the charity’s stock enhancement program by improving culture techniques
(and therefore post release survival) and to support on-going work to assess
the effectiveness of the charity’s stocking program. Specifically the charity would like to
establish a pilot scale cage culture site during this project and make
significant advances in stabilising larval culture.
·
To raise
restricted funds to support further development of the charity’s research and
development operations and to ensure that the position remains an economically
viable one.
·
To
publish and present the findings of the charity’s research and disseminate
these findings as broadly as possible in order to continue developing the
charity’s academic reputation.
·
The National
Lobster Hatchery operates under an equal opportunities policy
Closing date for applications: Monday 22nd October @5.00pm
Interview date: TBC
Start date: November/December 2012
For further information contact: Dominic Boothroyd, General Manager
The National Lobster Hatchery
South Quay
Padstow
PL288BL
01841 533877
