Material Systems Research Analyst

Salary: £41,344 to £45,479 (depending on skills and experience)

A great benefits package is offered, including an outstanding pension scheme and 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time - 37 hours a week (some flexible working options may be available, including a small amount of remote working, but this role does require regular onsite attendance)

Location: BGS headquarters in Keyworth in Nottingham

About the role

We are undertaking important research exploring how to build a circular economy for mineral raw materials, including technology metals crucial to the UK economy. We lead the development of a UK technology metals observatory and develop stocks and flows models for a range of technology metals.

The key duties/responsibilities of the role will include:

• Assist with the development of system dynamics models and towards the future development of the technology metals observatory.
• Collate, process and analyse a range of physical, environmental, economic and social data associated with mineral raw materials.
• Collaborator engagement to generate new data and information essential for the modelling work, and to assist with scientific reports and peer-reviewed journal papers.
• Presentation of the work to key project partners and collaborators in government and industry, and at UK and international conferences.

About you

Do you have either an MSc with sufficient relevant post qualification experience, or a PhD in a related field (for example geology, industrial ecology, sustainable resource management)? Previous experience in working with mineral raw material and technology metals is highly desirable.

You will provide the expertise required to develop material flow analysis (MFA) models for mapping the stocks and flows of mineral raw material value chains within the UK.

As part of a larger community of researchers and geoscientists in BGS and project partner organisations, you will be expected to share your knowledge and help with the development of new research ideas and projects.

The additional specific essential and desirable skills criteria for this post will be assessed at Shortlist (S) stage, interview (I) stage, or both (S&I).

• Educated to 2:1 in a relevant degree and have either an MSc with sufficient relevant post qualification experience or a PhD in a subject relevant to the post (S)
• Completion of material flow analysis (MFA) modules as part of undergraduate or postgraduate degree PLUS applied knowledge of MFA arising from use in project/ thesis work (S)
• Experience in developing stocks and flows models (including material flow analysis, input-output analysis) as well as experience in collating, processing, analysing data on materials flows and modifying models accordingly (S&I)
• A record of accomplishment of scientific writing and publication in peer-review journals and technical reports (S&I)
• Knowledge of the concept of the circular economy (CE) and knowledge in system dynamic modelling (S&I)

Equal Employment Opportunity

UKRI is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

Please note - you will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role.