NERC BAS Director of Science

UK Research and Innovation

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Reference number

374163

Salary

£92,000 - £99,000
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 1

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

UKRI - Science Group

Type of role

Science
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Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Job summary

The Director of Science at BAS is a role of profound responsibility and opportunity. You will guide our scientific research with a clear vision, making sure our work not only meets but exceeds world-class standards. Your role will promote BAS science to a diverse array of stakeholders, fostering international collaborations, and championing interdisciplinary approaches extending across UKRI and beyond. 

You will provide visible, charismatic, leadership across all areas of BAS science, ensuring strategic delivery of world-class science with impact.  You will also promote and champion BAS science to external stakeholders, researchers and government departments. You will make sure BAS scientists develop opportunities for international collaboration across the UK and with international partners and facilitate cross-disciplinary working at UKRI level and beyond. 

Job description

To ensure that BAS fulfils its mission to undertake world-class science and deliver high quality outcomes for UK polar science 

To ensure that BAS science is ambitious and strategic and is aligned to UKRI-NERC’s and government’s objectives and priorities  

To champion BAS involvement in the wider polar sciences agenda and with the wider polar sciences community both nationally and internationally, and support new opportunities to apply BAS science expertise in other relevant areas (particularly data science and AI) 

To ensure that BAS science is structured, organised and strategically positioned to face the new science challenges in the polar regions 

To develop a clear financial strategy for science, including an emphasis on increasing funding and sound budgetary management 

To lead and co-ordinate BAS senior science leaders in order to ensure that all BAS science staff have/provide effective line management 

To ensure BAS’s science skills and staff engage with appropriate career and personal development  

To ensure good relationships with UKRI and NERC and work closely with other NERC and UKRI Centres and other appropriate research institutions in the UK and overseas 

To ensure membership of influential committees, such as those in NERC and UKRI and in the international polar community

To represent the Director of BAS in appropriate international and national scientific forums and committees, and to engage with relevant external stakeholders for the benefit of BAS 

Person specification

Candidates should be at professorial level or above and are normally expected to hold a PhD 

Senior leadership experience in a complex, multi-disciplinary organisation  

A motivational and inspirational leader with experience of successfully leading and developing high performing teams 

Strong financial management and strategic planning skills  

Experience in leading operations in Antarctica 

Outstanding communication skills, with a proven ability to engage and influence a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including government and international bodies  

A commitment to health and safety excellence and risk management  

A track record of delivering organisational transformation and change management 

Alongside your salary of £92,000, UK Research and Innovation contributes £26,652 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Selection process details

Applicants are required to provide an up-to-date CV (up to four pages) and a statement of suitability (up to two pages) outlining their suitability for the role. Please click ‘apply’ for further information and to visit our careers page.  

UKRI is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are open to flexible working arrangements, including job share and secondment opportunities. 



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This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

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Job contact :

  • Name : seniorrecruitment@ukri.org
  • Email : seniorrecruitment@ukri.org

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