Senior Climate Services Research Engineer - Barcelona, España - Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

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Barcelona, España

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Isabel García

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Job Reference:

365_23_ES_ESS_R4
Position:
Senior Climate Services Research Engineer (R4)
Closing Date:
Saturday, 16 September, 2023
Reference: 365_23_ES_ESS_R4
Job title: Senior Climate Services Research Engineer (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 800 staff from 55 countries.
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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research.
Context And Mission
The aim of the Earth System Services Group (ESS) within the Earth Sciences Department is to demonstrate the ongoing value of climate prediction services, atmospheric composition and weather forecasting to society and the economy. The group actively works in identifying user needs that partly guide research in the Department. The goal is to quantify the impact of weather, climate, aerosols and gaseous pollutants upon socioeconomic sectors through the development of useroriented services. This ensures the transfer of the technology developed and the adaptation to a rapidly changing environment.
The Earth System Services Group has an interdisciplinary approach closely collaborating with all research groups within the department (Climate predictions, Atmospheric compositions and Computational Earth Sciences) and support groups at the BSC (technology transfer, communications, visualization, education and outreach).

Key Duties

Attend to international initiatives in the field of climate services to interact with other research institutions and stakeholders
Clustering. Coordinate and explore synergies between research centers, academic institutions, public administration and private sector at National and International level
Plan and carry out userengagement activities to understand user needs, present research results in climate services and promote the participation of users in key sectors in applied research projects
Help to focus the research lines of the Earth System Services Group to advance sustainable development in key sectors of society

Requirements:

Education
Technical or social sciences degree (Philosophy, Economics, Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Environmental Studies, Biology, etc.)
Postgraduate studies on Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Sociology Economics or Communication will be valued
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Experience on solutionsoriented research in the interface between poverty, development and climate change
Previous experience in science communication, userengagement activities and stakeholder liaison
Previous experience on climate services for the private sector, governance and private sector engagement for transformations to sustainability.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Experience in private sector will be valued
Competences
Ability to work in a professional environment within a multidisciplinary and international team
Good organizational skills and interest in project and team management issues
Good interpersonal skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

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: 01/09/2023

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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