Lecturer in Marine Spatial Ecology

• Make an effective and sustained contribution to the University in achieving its strategic objectives and fulfilling its operational responsibilities
• Undertake high-quality research of national and increasingly international standing, secure external competitive and other funding, publish research findings and contribute to the successful supervision of research higher degree students
• Undertake scholarly undergraduate or postgraduate coursework teaching of a high quality
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of productive and effective links inside the University and locally and nationally with the discipline, relevant interdisciplinary domains, profession, industry and/or wider community
• Undertake other duties as assigned by the supervisor

• A PhD or equivalent in a relevant field such as Marine Ecology, Marine Science or Spatial Analysis
• Expertise in animal movement and spatial ecology, animal tracking and telemetry applied to marine mammals and/or seabirds
• Strong quantitative skills in spatial ecology, movement ecology, ecological data analysis, and potentially epidemiological modelling
• Demonstrated experience with advanced analytical methods such as state-space modelling, habitat-use and step-selection functions, spatial and time-series modelling, behavioural analyses, disease-risk and transmission modelling, and linking species distributions, movements or disease dynamics to environmental and ecological drivers, with capacity to incorporate machine learning and AI-based approaches where appropriate
• Demonstrated expertise or willingness to be trained in practical deployment of animal tagging devices, including ethical animal handling skills

17% superannuation