vacant position

[sj10019@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Soren Jensen)]

University of Cambridge
Lectureship or assistant lectureship in
palaeobiology/palaeoecology
or
low-temperature/marine geochemistry

Applications are invited for a University Lectureship or Assistant 
Lectureship in either:
+ Any aspect of the broad area of palaeobiology and palaeoecology.  The 
Department will particularly welcome applicants with research programmes in 
evolutionary palaeobiology, micropalaeontology and biomineralization.
or
+ The general area of low temperature geochemistry, marine geochemistry, 
including applications of geochemistry to palaeoceanography, modelling of 
oceanic processes.

The appointment will be made at either University Lecturer or University 
Assistant Lecturer level, depending on the age of the person appointed, and 
will be for three years, with the possibility, for a University Lecturer, of 
reappointment to the retiring age or, for a University Assistant Lecturer, 
of reappointment for two years.  The statutory limit of tenure for a 
University Assistant Lectureship is five years, but all holders of the 
office of University Assistant Lecturer are considered for possible 
appointment to the office of University Lecturer during the course of their 
tenure.

The pensionable scales of stipends (under review) are:

University Lecturer: £18,294 a year, rising by eleven annual increments to 
£28,215.  There is no grade of Senior Lecturer.

University Assistant Lecturer: £14,317 a year, rising by seven annual 
increments to £19,848.

10 copies of c.v., lists of publications, 1,000 word statement of current 
and intended research programme and names, addresses and e-mail numbers of 
three referees should be sent to The Administrator, Department of Earth 
Sciences, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK, by 14 February 1997.  
Candidates are requested to ask their referees to write direct to the 
Administrator by the same date.