Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 120 nationalities, 14 000 students, 400 professors and close to 5000 faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community’s diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community. We are seeking a talented and ambitious Postdoctoral Researcher in Remote Sensing of Peatlands to join the newly established Center of Excellence in Peatlands, Climate Change and Ecological Restoration (PeatResC), funded by the Research Council of Finland, for a three-year position. The preferred starting date for the position is spring 2026. Your role The Center of Excellence in Peatlands, Climate Change and Ecological Restoration (PeatResC) is a newly funded, highly competitive Centre of Excellence starting in January 2026, bringing together Aalto University, University of Eastern Finland, Finnish Meteorological Institute and University of Helsinki. PeatResC addresses fundamental questions on ongoing changes in northern peatlands, focusing on climate-change impacts on biodiversity and climate feedbacks, as well as the effects of upcoming large-scale restoration efforts. The postdoctoral researcher will be based in the PeatResC research team led by Professor Miina Rautiainen at Aalto University and will work in close collaboration with partners across this internationally recognized consortium. The main research responsibilities include the development of novel methods and analysis of remote sensing data to monitor water table dynamics and biophysical properties of northern peatlands, from local to Holarctic scales. The position also involves participation in peatland field measurement campaigns, as well as teaching and student supervision at Aalto University. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to participate in extended field campaigns during the summer months, including travel for several weeks at a time and work in remote field conditions. Your experience We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with: A doctoral degree in a relevant field A strong understanding of the physical principles of remote sensing, and demonstrated experience in developing novel satellite-based remote sensing methods A publication record in peer-reviewed, high-quality scientific journals as the first author Advanced data analysis and programming skills Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, a proactive and collaborative working style, and excellent written and spoken English The application will be considered particularly strong if the candidate has one or more of the following: Prior knowledge of peatland ecosystems Experience in using high-performance computing resources Experience conducting fieldwork in remote or logistically demanding environments A valid driving license in Finland, and willingness to drive independently during field campaigns What we offer Opportunity to shape research questions based on your prior experience and scientific interests in collaboration with other PeatResC researchers Be part of a large, interdisciplinary peatland consortium with regular exchange and collaboration with leading academic partners Opportunity to develop an independent research profile while contributing to high-impact, societally relevant outcomes Possibility to work with students and develop your supervisory and pedagogical skills Strong networking and visibility across institutions and international partners Experience in research coordination and funding Our team works on the Otaniemi campus but occasional remote work in Finland can be negotiated. Life on the Otaniemi campus is vibrant, featuring stunning architecture, tranquil nature, and a variety of cafes, restaurants and services, all complemented by excellent public transportation connections. The campus can be reached in 12 minutes by metro from Helsinki center. The starting salary for postdocs is approximately 4050 EUR per month (before taxes). Join us! To apply, please share your application with us through our recruitment site ("Apply now!”) latest at 23.59pm (EET) 18 January 2026. Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. We will go through applications, and we may invite suitable candidates to interview already during the application period. All applications must include the following materials: Motivation letter with the applicant’s contact information and an indication of the preferred starting date (max 1 page) CV including details of all academic merits, and contact information for 2 persons who may be contacted to provide a reference (max 3 pages) Complete list of publications Summary of the applicant’s doctoral thesis (max 1 page) Copy of the applicant’s doctoral degree certificate All materials should be submitted in English in a single pdf-file (compiled in the order specified above). Aalto University reserves the right to leave the position open, extend the application period and consider candidates who have not applied during the application period. Please note: Aalto University’s employees should apply for the position via our internal HR system Workday (Internal Jobs) by using their existing Workday user account (not via the external webpage for open positions). If you are a student or visitor at Aalto University, please apply with your personal email address (not aalto.fi) via Aalto University open positions For more information about the role, please contact prof. Miina Rautiainen (miina.a.rautiainen@aalto.fi). For questions related to the application process, please contact HR partner Sanni Mero (sanni.mero@aalto.fi). Want to know more about us and your future colleagues? You can watch these videos: This is Aalto University!, Aalto University – Towards a better world and Shaping a Sustainable Future. Read more about working at Aalto: https://www.aalto.fi/en/careers-at-aalto Check out our new virtual campus experience: https://virtualtour.aalto.fi About Finland Finland is a great place for living with or without family – it is a safe, politically stable and well-organized Nordic society. Finland is consistently ranked high in quality of life and was listed again as the happiest country in the world: World Happiness Report 2025 For more information about living in Finland: Aalto Careers for International Staff. More about Aalto University: Aalto.fi youtube.com/user/aaltouniversity linkedin.com/school/aalto-university/ www.facebook.com/aaltouniversity instagram.com/aaltouniversity To view information about Workday Accessibility, please click here. Please see more of our Open Positions here.

About us King’s College London is seeking a highly experienced individual for the role of Director of its Post-Award Department within the Research Management and Innovation Directorate. The Research Management and Innovation Directorate provides strategic leadership and operational support for research and innovation activities across King's College London.  The directorate works to enable high-quality research by delivering expert services in research development, funding, compliance, and governance. We partner with academic and professional teams to foster collaboration, drive innovation, and ensure that research aligns with institutional priorities and external requirements. Our goal is to create an environment where research can thrive and deliver impact locally, nationally, and globally. About the role The post-holder will lead a large business-critical, high-performing unit managing the financial and related administrative requirements of the University’s portfolio of externally-funded grants and contracts. This role is central to the professional and efficient delivery of research support across the university, with a strong emphasis on financial integrity, transparency and communication. The individual will have a particular responsibility for strategic and operational leadership, including team development for the Post-Award staff who manage the administrative aspects of the post-award process for research and consultancy projects. In the last financial year, income from the combined research and consultancy portfolios totalled £M267. This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract. About you To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteria Degree or equivalent professional qualification Significant experience of financial administration, with demonstrably strong accounting ability and comfort with complex transactions and processes and the ability to work well under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines in the face of constantly shifting priorities and pressures Proven experience in leading, planning and organising complex and difficult projects and managing a large and varied turnover of research applications and agreements through their team/s as well as personally and a proven ability to take important and/or difficult, high-level decisions in consideration of the consequences Proven track record of senior operational leadership in research administration, upward influencing through persuasion and argument and contributing to high level strategic thinking. Confident in representing the University in negotiations and at national for a Experience of developing and implementing service standards, KPIs and metrics to drive high performance aligned to strategic priorities and the ability to perceive issues strategically in terms of the ‘bigger picture’, make informed decisions and plan accordingly Demonstrable track record of successfully managing, developing and retaining staff, including effective delegation Successful drafting and negotiation of complex terms and conditions with funders and collaborators, including intellectual property and liability and risk management Sound experience and understanding of university finance related issues e.g. VAT, FEC, TRAC, suitability of staff, choice & use of currencies, etc. Proven track record of devising and delivering change in a collegiate and effective way with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with a wide range of people in a positive and helpful manner whilst being capable of firmly maintaining university policies Desirable criteria Relevant accountancy or business qualification Downloading a copy of our Job Description Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. Further Information We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages. Interviews are due to be held on in mid-January 2026 Grade and Salary: Competitive Salary Job ID: 134405 Close Date: 11-Jan-2026 Contact Person: Paul Labbett Contact Details: paul.labbett@kcl.ac.uk

About Us ​​King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development. ​The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), Grade Point Average and Power. REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. ​As of 2025, Kings is number 1 in the world for Nursing (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe. ​The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams. ​Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes. ​We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth. About the role This is an exciting opportunity for a talented individual experienced in the practice and communication of sound statistical principles to join our Faculty. The Faculty supports high quality epidemiological studies and complex clinical trials in nursing, midwifery, palliative care, rehabilitation, technologies, and health services research. You will contribute to new grant applications and advise on studies to completion and publication, including supervision of junior statisticians. You will also contribute to teaching, provide PhD and MSc supervision and contribute to improving statistical skills across the Faculty. You will be associated with the UKCRC-registered King’s Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), working to their quality management system. The King’s CTU has world-leading statistical and trial delivery expertise and provides randomisation services and other management system support. You will be involved in grant applications to a variety of funding streams such as those offered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Medical Research Council (MRC), including pilot/feasibility to definitive trials and fellowships that typically involve trials or epidemiology using big data. There are excellent opportunities to develop, lead and apply novel methods and approaches, in response to complexities in data structures, interventions and outcome measures across the research areas of the Faculty. NMPC researchers collaborate in applications for trials of complex interventions, adaptive designs, cluster randomised trials and outcomes with intercurrent events. This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an ​indefinite ​contract. You will report to the Professor of Statistics and Epidemiology. Location: Hybrid – minimum of 2 days on campus (1 day at Waterloo, 1 day at Denmark Hill) About You To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Senior Lecturer (Education & Research)  Essential criteria Higher academic degree (PhD or medical equivalent) Clear upward trajectory of peer-review publications with sustainable track record consistent with world-leading or internationally excellent REF outputs, with originality, rigour, and significance in areas relevant to Faculty research themes. These should demonstrate growing international recognition of research excellence in their field. Evidence of ability to secure research grant funding, demonstrated by previous experience and upward sustainable track record, plans, experience of funding schemes relevant to Faculty research themes, and demonstrable leadership in delivering publications/projects. Clear ability to obtain sufficient funding to lead a research group to deliver an innovative research programme. Evidence of continued development in research methods in applied health and/or clinical research, and how these would contribute to improving and/or complement the Faculty’s research and education, with increasing expertise in specific areas (e.g. health services research, trials, mixed methods, co-design, big data analysis, implementation science, economics, statistics, patient and public involvement). Experience of and training in PhD supervision, as first or second supervisory and/or as part of supervisory progression panels.  Evidence of commitment to continued development in evidence-based practice, research methods and evidence relevant to care, with up-to-date knowledge, skills and accomplishments, able to supervise MSc and undergraduate student projects and critically appraise a wide range of relevant research, including data presentation and basic analysis. Evidence of high-quality expert statistical input into planning, funding applications, protocols, analysis, interpretation and write-up of original and rigorous clinical trials and other well-designed studies (especially big data epidemiology). Evidence of provision of high-quality statistical advice e.g. serving as the independent statistician on study oversight committees Hold a postgraduate qualification in teaching, recognised by Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy) Desirable criteria Relevant clinical, health or social care expertise and proven commitment to one or more of the fields relevant to the faculty, and a network of national successful collaborations that will benefit our future directions Ability to identify new research opportunities and collaborative partnerships to enhance the research of the Faculty and King’s Reader (Education & Research) Essential criteria Higher academic degree (PhD or medical equivalent) Clear upward trajectory of peer-review publications with sustainable track record consistent with world-leading or internationally excellent REF outputs, with originality, rigour, and significance in areas relevant to Faculty research themes. These should demonstrate growing international recognition of research excellence in their field or internationally recognised leadership in their field of research with new knowledge and innovation. Evidence of ability to secure research grant funding, demonstrated by previous experience and upward sustainable track record, plans, experience of funding schemes relevant to Faculty research themes, and demonstrable leadership in delivering publications/projects. Clear ability to obtain sufficient funding to lead a research group to deliver an innovative research programme or experience in obtaining funding and leading a research group to deliver an innovative research programme. Evidence of continued development in research methods in applied health and/or clinical research, and how these would contribute to improving and/or complement the Faculty’s research and education, with increasing expertise in specific areas (e.g. health services research, trials, mixed methods, co-design, big data analysis, implementation science, economics, statistics, patient and public involvement), and with international recognition of this. Experience of the planning and delivering high-quality evaluated education at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels with a strong focus on a high-quality student experience and success. Evidence of leadership in education or assessment initiatives. Evidence of supervising PhD students and strong progress and timely completion. Evidence of commitment to continued development in evidence-based practice, research methods and evidence relevant to care, with up-to-date knowledge, skills and accomplishments, able to supervise MSc and undergraduate student projects and critically appraise a wide range of relevant research, including data presentation and basic analysis. Evidence of high-quality expert statistical input into planning, funding applications, protocols, analysis, interpretation and write-up of original and rigorous clinical trials and other well-designed studies (especially big data epidemiology). Evidence of provision of high-quality statistical advice e.g. serving as the independent statistician on study oversight committees Hold a postgraduate qualification in teaching, recognised by Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy) Desirable criteria Relevant clinical, health or social care expertise and proven commitment to one or more of the fields relevant to the faculty, and a network of national and international successful collaborations that will benefit our future directions. Track record of successful capacity building, including PhD supervision, attracting PhD fellowship funding, and growing post-doctoral teams. Experience of serving on grant giving and funding committees. Ability to identify new research opportunities and collaborative partnerships to enhance the research of the Faculty and King’s. Downloading a copy of our Job Description Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. Further Information At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible. To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages. Grade and Salary: Senior Lecturer: £65,091-£74,613; Reader: £66,884-£74,613 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Job ID: 134485 Close Date: 15-Jan-2026 Contact Person: Stephen Bremner Contact Details: stephen.bremner@kcl.ac.uk