At Leicester we're going places. Ranked in the top 20 universities in Britain our aim is to climb further. A commitment to high quality fused with an inclusive academic culture is our hallmark and led the Times Higher Education to describe us as "elite without being elitist".

A Research Associate (Earth Scientist) is required to join an established team engaged in the acquisition and analysis of core petrophysical and borehole measurement data for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.

Closing date for applications: 17 April 2013.

We anticipate that interviews will take place on 26 April 2013