Research Assistant in the Godwin Radiocarbon Laboratory (Fixed Term)

We invite applications for a Research Assistant to join our team at the University of Cambridge. The post holder will help to manage and run the radiocarbon sample preparation and graphitisation facility in the Department of Earth Sciences. The successful candidate must have sufficient experience with manual graphitisation of carbonate materials for the purpose of radiocarbon dating to work independently. Applicants should ideally also have experience in sediment processing (wet sieving) and micropalaeontology for the purposes of picking marine planktonic and benthic foraminifera.

The successful candidate will be educated to first degree level in a relevant subject such as Earth and/or Environmental Science. Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential, alongside an ability to work both independently and effectively as part of a team.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 29 November 2025 in the first instance.

Earliest start date: 01 April 2025.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above. 

Further information on the role can be found in the Further Particulars document.

For enquiries and further details on the project, please contact PI Prof. Luke Skinner (lcs32@cam.ac.uk).

Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), and a covering letter outlining how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for the role, in the upload section. If you upload any additional documents that have not been requested they will not be considered as part of your application.

Please quote reference LB44972 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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