Job Description

Ref Number

B04-06218

Professional Expertise

Research and Research Support

Department

UCL BEAMS (B04)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

43,374 51,860

Contract Type

Fixed-term

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

No

Closing Date

24-Jul-2025

About us

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UCL is a diverse global community of world-class academics, students, industry links, external partners, and alumni. Our powerful collective of individuals and institutions work together to explore new possibilities. Academic excellence is demonstrated by our 30 Nobel laureates and our top ranking in the UK for research strength. We are a global university with 14,300 employees and over 150 nationalities represented in a student body of 43,800 students. Our main location in Central London has recently been augmented by a campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.





The UCL Faculty of Engineering is the largest of its kind in the UK, ranked as the second most impactful engineering faculty in Europe and first for Research Strength in the Research Excellence Framework. Within Engineering, the UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering is a multidisciplinary department renowned for innovation and excellence in research and teaching. We are ranked in the Top 50 worldwide for civil and structural engineering according to the 2021 QS World University and Subject rankings.





The DE|RISC Lab (Disaster Engineering for ResIlient SoCieties Laboratory) within CEGE works at the intersection of civil engineering and other disciplines to facilitate multi-hazard risk- and resilience-informed decision-making for a better tomorrow's world. The ultimate goal is to provide society with a safer and more resilient, sustainable and equitable built environment.

About the role

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The Horizon Europe Minority Report (Mitigating environmental disruptive events using people-centric predictive digital technologies to improve disaster and climate resilience) project aims to develop and implement an end-to-end people-centred computational framework (and accompanying technology platform) to design and test resilience- and sustainability-increasing strategies for the built environment.





The Research Fellow will contribute to developing the Minority Report computational framework, mainly through the project's techno-scientific stream: "Multi-hazard Risk Modelling, Quantification & Mitigation". This will include 1) modelling physical impacts of multiple (including hydrometeorological and climatological) hazards, involving the quantification of effects on individual assets/infrastructure components (e.g., buildings) as well as network-level and distributed-system disruptions; 2) definining and characterising relevant risk and resilience metrics (e.g., education accessibility, unemployment, recovery time per income) that extend beyond simple asset losses considered as part of conventional risk assessment approaches.





This role is an open-ended contract with a funding end date of 31/07/2026.





Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at Grade 6B with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD Thesis





We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.


This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information. This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Academic Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/policies/2021/jun/conditions-service-academic-staff for more information.

About you

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Key requirements of the role are:


PhD in (Multi-) Hazard Disaster Risk Engineering or a relevant subject area (e.g., Civil/Structural Engineering) Knowledge of and experience in applying appropriate techniques/approaches for end-to-end disaster-related risk assessments and mitigation, with particular emphasis on hydrometeorological and climatological hazards and integration of both physical and social systems. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex or technical information effectively to a range of audiences.

The ability to thrive in multi- and interdisciplinary research environments.

What we offer

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As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:




41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Immigration loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance




Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.





A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.





To apply for the vacancy please click on the 'Apply Now' button below.





If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Carmine Galasso (c.galasso@ucl.ac.uk)





If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contactthe HR team at cege-hr@ucl.ac.uk .





We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.





The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work - please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.





In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date. As a minimum we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.





We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.





These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.





Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.





You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/