Professors in Natural Environment Environment and Sustainability Institute

University of Exeter - College of Life and Environmental Sciences

(Ref. R10166)
Salary by negotiation
We are taking a unique opportunity to create a world-leading, interdisciplinary centre investigating the consequences of environmental change and the mitigation and management of its effects. Building on the existing academic strengths of the University of Exeter, the £30 million Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) will focus on undertaking significant cutting-edge research in finding solutions to problems of environmental change, and the application of an ecosystem services approach. There will be three major themes: Clean technologies, Natural environment, and Social science. The initiative is funded with a £22.9 million investment from the European Regional Development Fund and £6.6 million from the South West of England Regional Development Agency.
We are looking to appoint two professors in the area of natural environment, to complement existing research strengths and build on strong links with local environmental businesses and organisations and the European Centre for the Environment & Human Health. We are particularly interested in research leaders in biodiversity science or in  ecological/ecosystem/landscape processes - including research with relevance to agriculture, conservation biology, land use and disease control, and other areas of environmental management.
Applicants are invited to apply on-line via our e-recruitment system. This can be found at www.exeter.ac.uk/jobs Please quote reference number R10166 in any correspondence.
The full range of necessary skills and experience can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification document http://www.admin.ex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/R10166.pdf
Your full academic CV should be accompanied by a short letter of application explaining why you are interested in the post.
The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon 21 March 2011.