Job Specifications
About The Role
For informal enquiries, please contact Filip Rindler, Professor (University of Warwick), at f.rindler@warwick.ac.uk or Arghir Zarnescu, Professor (BCAM), at azarnescu@bcamath.org
2 Consecutive 1-year Contract Opportunity
1-year contract at the University of Warwick - salary band £35,605 - £46,049
Followed by a
1-year contract at BCAM, Bilbao – salary band €32.939 - €37.331
This 2-year opportunity is separated into 2 consecutive 1-year contracts. You will spend first year working at the University of Warwick based at their Coventry Campus, England, and then the second year working at BCAM Bilbao, based in Bilbao, northern Spain. The successful candidate will be required to make visits to the other respective institution within each year.
As this opportunity it split into 2 consecutive 1-year contracts, the successful candidate will be required to undertake pre-work employment checks with both institutions and that terms and conditions of employment will differ between the 2 employers, as 1 contract is with University of Warwick and 1 contract is with BCAM.
To work with Prof. Filip Rindler (Warwick) and Prof. Arghir Zarnescu (BCAM Bilbao) and collaborators in the newly-established BCAM-Warwick Joint Lab on Mathematical Material Science and the ERC Project* “CONCENTRATE - Concentration Phenomena in Nonlinear PDEs and Elasto-plasticity Theory”. You will spend one year working in Warwick and then one year working at BCAM Bilbao, with visits to the respective other institution in each year.
The BCAM-Warwick Joint Lab on Mathematical Material aims to create an international cluster around Mathematical Material Science. The core objectives of this strategic partnership are the development of new models for materials science and their analysis.
Selected by the ERC, funded by UKRI due to temporary non-association to Horizon Europe.
About You
Applicants must hold a PhD or equivalent in Mathematical Analysis (in particular, Nonlinear PDE Theory, Calculus of Variations or Geometric Measure Theory).
You will have excellent expertise in one of the core areas of the project, which is situated at the intersection of Nonlinear PDE Theory, the Calculus of Variations, and Geometric Measure Theory. Additionally, you will have some background in (mathematical) Continuum Mechanics or are willing to learn its elements while participating in the project. You can work effectively in a larger research group and have the ability to communicate its results to the wider research community.
For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description attached as a PDF below.
PhD Status
If you are near submission of your PhD, or have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made at Research Assistant level, at the highest spinal point of pay grade 5 (£34,610 per annum).
Upon receipt of evidence confirming the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow, at the lowest spinal point of grade 6 (£35,608 per annum).
About The Department
The Warwick Mathematics Institute is internationally recognised for its research and our best undergraduates are a match for those at any other UK university. We run a wide range of weekly seminar series, and many workshops and conferences, for which our Mathematics Research Centre provides organisational support.
A list of our staff and their research interests can be found at https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/research/researchers and you can see our undergraduate module pages athttps://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/currentstudents/ughandbook
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment, and we would particularly welcome applications from groups that are under-represented in UK mathematics. We are working hard towards improving our gender balance: we currently hold a Bronze Athena Swan award and our energetic Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion committee plays a significant role in shaping departmental policy.
We recognise that the successful candidate would need to relocate between the institutions. Please view the separate relocation packages below:
University of Warwick’s Relocation Package
BCAM Bilbao is offering a moving allowance of up to €2.000.
€2.000 gross in a single payment will be offered (you must be married-official register or with children and the certificate to prove it must be sent).
€1.200 gross per year/per child (up to 2 children) will be offered (the certificate to prove it must be sent).
About The University
We are a world-leading research-intensive university founded in 1965. We are ranked 106th in the world and 8th in the UK.* Additionally, 92% of our research is rated world-leading or internationally excellent.**
Find out more about us at warwick.ac.uk/about/.
World University Ranking 2024, Guardian University Guide 2025
Research Excellence Framework 2021
How to Apply
CLOSING DEADLINE: Tuesday 15th December 2025 at 11:55pm (UK Time)
To apply, please click "Apply"
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