Dear Plasmachemists

The following job opportunity has arisen at The Natural History Museum, London:

Analytical Chemist / Geochemist, Department of Mineralogy
Starting at:  £20,122 - £31,315 pa inc, dependent upon qualifications and 
experience.
Closing date:  16th May 2003.  Ref:  NHM/ACG

Joining our team of scientists, you will help maintain and develop our 
mainly inorganic analytical chemistry/geochemistry facilities.  The 
Analytical Chemistry Facilities at The Natural History Museum house a wise 
range of state-of-the-art instrumentation including ICP-AES, quadrupole and 
multicollector based ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS, GFAAS, ion chromatograph, FTIR and 
CHN analyser.  Scientists in the Facility supply chemical analyses of a 
wide range of mainly inorganic materials from the earth, environmental and 
biological sciences in support of the Museum's inter-disciplinary research 
themes and consultancy work.  In addition to analytical work and instrument 
development, scientists in the Facility provide training for postgraduate 
students and visiting researchers.

Further details of some of the instrumental facilities can be found on the 
Museum's web pages:  www.nhm.ac.uk

You will have a degree or equivalent in Geology, Geochemistry, Chemistry, 
Environmental Science or similar relevant subject area.  You will be 
familiar with a range of classical and instrumental analytical techniques, 
and will have experience in maintaining and developing complex 
instrumentation and for solving analytical problems.  You will have some 
years' experience as an analytical chemist or geochemist, analysing samples 
from a range of inorganic materials and applications.  You will be expected 
to assist and advise scientists of differing skills and to provide training 
in analytical procedures at several levels.  You will have excellent 
interpersonal, planning and organisational skills, tenacity and creativity.

The Museum has engaged a recruiting agency to handle paper 
applications.  For further information and details of how to apply for the 
above post, please send an A5 stamped, self-addressed envelope to The 
Natural History Museum, c/o Kingsway Advertising, The Clove Building, 4 
Maguire Street, Butlers Wharf, London, UK, SE1 2NQ

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Quoting reference number:  NHM/ACG

If you have any information enquiries, please direct them to me.
Please do not respond directly to the list.


Dr Teresa E. Jeffries
Head of Analytical Chemistry
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London  SW7 5BD
United Kingdom

Tel:    +44 (0) 20 7942 5362
Fax:    +44 (0) 20 7942 5811
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http://www.nhm.ac.uk