Co-leader of The Climate Variability and Change - Barcelona, España - Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

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Isabel García

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Job Reference:

225_24_ES_CVC_R4
Position:
Coleader of the Climate Variability and Change Group (R4)
Closing Date:
Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
Reference: 225_24_ES_CVC_R4
Job title: Co-leader of the Climate Variability and Change Group (R4)
About BSC
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads largescale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 900 staff from 55 countries.
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Context And Mission
CVC is looking for a senior scientist to colead all the group activities.
The group workforce combines a large variety of expertise in climate processes from the atmosphere down to the deep ocean and from tropical to polar latitudes, together with expertise in climate modelling and data analysis. The group relies on the close collaboration with tens of engineers and technicians to support the use of the computer infrastructure in place, improve the computational performance of the climate model, and develop new tools required by the scientific team.
Key Duties
Oversee and coordinate the research and development activities of the CVC group
Develop and implement a strategic vision for the group
Coordinate the model development, experimental production and scientific evaluation of the different versions of IFS-NEMO
Prepare and submit supercomputing access proposals to support the production of the high resolution IFS-NEMO simulations
Coordinate the BSC contributions to several project deliverables
Supervise the work of group members, both researchers and research engineers
Actively seek new funding opportunities, both national and international, to consolidate and extend the core research activities of the group, including the necessary support from the Computational Earth Sciences group
Oversee and plan the funding distribution of the group's resources
Participate with a leading role in different European research projects

Requirements:

Education
PhD in climate sciences, applied mathematics, engineering, fluid dynamics or a related discipline
At least 5 years of postdoctoral experience
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Solid experience participating with a leading role in different research proposals
Demonstrated experience in high resolution modelling and climate prediction
A solid publication record, both as lead and senior author
Experience supervising the work of junior researchers
Proven ability for independent and innovative thinking
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Knowledge of version control systems (git)
Active participation in key international scientific panels (e.g., from WCRP)
Demonstrated capacity to write and lead the preparation of research and computing proposals
Competences
Fluency in spoken and written English, while fluency in other European languages will be also valued
Highly collaborative spirit; ability to work as part of a large, stronglycoordinated team and to share both knowledge and tools

Conditions

The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
We offer a fulltime contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with stateoftheart infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
Duration: Openended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
Starting date: February

Applications procedure and process- A full CV in English including contact details

A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references
Applications without this document will not be considered

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