Greenland Ocean/Ice Physicist
10 days ago
Cambridge
Description £41,344 - £45,479 the band minimum is the normal starting pay for those new to a role. In exceptional circumstances, when relevant skills and experience can be identified, a higher starting salary may be considered. We will give full consideration to requests for flexible and part time working, such as reduced hours, compressed hours or job sharing. We also offer hybrid working and recognise the many benefits this brings. The nature of the role will determine if flexible and hybrid working options are possible. Interview date - 15th December 2025 The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is looking for a Greenland Ocean/Ice Physicist to join our Polar Oceans and Ice Dynamics teams. This posts is part of the Greenland Ice sheet to AtlaNtic Tipping points from ice loss (GIANT) project, which forms part of the ARIA-funded Forecasting Tipping Points programme. GIANT is a large international collaboration across 15 institutions, led by BAS, that is dedicated to observing and modelling the melting and calving of glaciers in Greenland fjords. At BAS, you'll join an interdisciplinary team of oceanographers and glaciologists working closely together to improve our understanding of the evolving ice and ocean dynamics in Greenland and Antarctica. You'll help us to deliver exciting and impactful scientific research on one of the biggest questions facing society: how much and how fast will ice sheets melt, influencing North Atlantic climate and causing global sea-level rise? For the Greenland Ocean/Ice Physicist role, we are looking for someone to help collect, rapidly deliver, interpret and analyse measurements of vertical ice-face data - in terms of the geometry and nearby ocean properties - from the ARIA-GIANT research cruise in summer 2026. The project will use a series of autonomous underwater vehicles, a large uncrewed surface vehicle, and workboats equiped with multibeam sonar, ADCP and CTD profiling capabilities. The ice-face geometry changes and variations in ocean properties (temperature and turbulence) is a critical deliverable of the ARIA-GIANT project and will be correlated with other oceanographic datasets acquired on the cruise. Ultimately, these observational data will constrain ocean modelling of heat transport towards Greenland's marine glacier faces, and their melting response to that heat transfer. This work will form part of a close collaboration with turbulence and ocean and ice physics experts from across the GIANT project. If this role appeals to you we'd love to hear from you, whatever your background. The role is available immediately but our top priority is to recruit the best candidates and we would consider any start date. Informal enquiries about the posts are very welcome and should be addressed to Pierre Dutrieux () and/or Kelly Hogan (). Please see the job description for more details. Apply now at bas.ac.uk/vacancies. In our Ice/ocean collaborative team we support the individual needs of our colleagues within a wider culture that is friendly, respectful, open and honest. We want the postholders to have freedom to pursue this science in the direction they think best, though we will of course offer full training in the technical aspects and guidance on the research questions. As a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for the following benefits: • 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 2.5 privilege days, • Excellent civil service pension (with 26% or more employer contribution), • Flexible and family friendly working opportunities, • Cycle to work scheme, • Access to discounted shopping on a range of retail, leisure, and lifestyle categories and much more. You'll be joining a world-leading interdisciplinary research organisation that is committed to recruiting talented people like you and giving you the support you need to thrive. Within these roles, there will be opportunities to develop your scientific career in collaboration with scientists across BAS and beyond. We offer significant support and guidance in applying for funding, including a tailored mentorship scheme for fellowship applications. Training is available on in-house models and techniques where required, and more broadly on skills for career development such as grant writing and scientific leadership. Working at BAS is rewarding. Our skilled science, operational and support staff based in Cambridge, Antarctica and the Arctic work together to deliver research that uses the Polar Regions to advance our understanding of Earth as a sustainable planet. Through our extensive logistic capability, BAS facilitates access for the British and international science community to the UK polar research operation. Numerous national and international collaborations, combined with an excellent infrastructure, help sustain a world leading position for the UK in Antarctic affairs. BAS is a component of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (). If you require the job information in an alternative format (i.e. email, audio or video), or would like any further information or support, please do not hesitate to get in touch at or alternatively you can call us on 01223 221508.