Job description

As the Project Manager for the European Research Council Synergy Grant project Into the Blue – Resolving Past Arctic Greenhouse Climates (i2B), Mariana leads and coordinates both the administrative and communication activities of the project, while collaborating closely with project leads, the consortium, and communication teams at UiT, NORCE, and AWI. Mariana's role involves managing the daily operations, organizing events, overseeing internal and external communication, and driving project strategies. Mariana also engages with stakeholders, support dissemination activities, coordinate project reporting and budgeting, and ensure smooth information flow within the consortium and among collaborators.

 Prior to this, Mariana worked as:

1. The project Coordinator for the Directors of iC3 at the Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, helping to coordinate and oversee several of the directors projects, including:
   - iC3 associated projects, such as setting up the iC3 Field School and Centre Roadmap;
   - RCN FRIPRO project METALLICA - Meltwater release of heavy meTALs from gLacIer to ocean in a Changing Arctic.
2. Centre Manager (2022-2023) and Communications Advisor (2021-2022) for the previous Norwegian Centre of Excellence at the Department, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE);
3. Temporary Centre Manager (April-June 2023) for iC3: Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate; 
4. Researcher in Palaeoglaciology/Marine Geology at UiT (2018-2022), focusing on an array of projects, including reconstructing the marine-based parts of the Barents-Fennoscandian Ice Sheet and investigating subglacial hydrological systems and ice stream retreat patterns in the Barents Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum. PhD was completed at UiT August 2018. 

Mariana is an active member the Department of Geosciences JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) group and was co-lead from January 2024-January 2025.