Technical Researcher in Climate-and-health - 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:

278_24_ES_CS_RE2/R2
Position:
Technical researcher in ClimateandHealth (RE2/R2)
Closing Date:
Sunday, 30 June, 2024
Reference: 278_24_ES_CS_RE2/R2
Job title: Technical researcher in Climate-and-Health (RE2/R2)
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
The Climate Services Team (CST) at the BSC Earth Sciences Department (ES), led by Dr. Ángel G. Muñoz, is looking for a climate scientist to work on the development of subseasonal, seasonal and decadal climate service products for health.
The successful applicant will participate in different projects operating in Europe, Asia, and the Latin America & Caribbean region and work with stateoftheart climate predictions to obtain relevant climate indicators for health assessments at both global and local spatial scales. His/her/their activity will be positioned within the context of WMO's Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), whose aim is to advance climate predictions to provide actionable subseasonal to decadal climate information to key sectors of society. This position therefore presents the opportunity to work alongside a wide range of leading international climate scientists delivering cuttingedge climate science and climate services across Europe. The position holder will enjoy joining one of the leading and most dynamic European groups in the field of climate services.
Key Duties
Postprocess, analyse and tailor climate subseasonal and seasonal forecasts to inform epidemiological indicators
Assess and communicate the quality of postprocessed climate information
Aggregate climate data to administrative units
Perform useroriented research, understand user needs and facilitate technology transfer
Actively participate in EU projects (participate in teleconferences, workshops, meetings, and writing deliverables)
Contribute to disseminate the results in peerreviewed scientific papers and international conferences
Teamwork: Interaction with scientists in the group and the department to enhance synergies
Develop and deliver training materials for users and decisionmakers in handling, post processing, and analysing climate information

Requirements:

Education
MSc in physical sciences, applied mathematics, environmental sciences or engineering, or a related discipline.
A PhD (or equivalent in terms of experience) is considered useful but it is not strictly required.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Experience handling, analysing and validating large climate model datasets
Experience with climate statistical analyses, using computing languages such as R or Python
Experience with UNIX/LINUX environments and scripting languages
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Ability to work in a professional environment within a multidisciplinary and international team
Written and verbal communication skills in English, especially for scientific publications
Competences
Capacity to interact and build strong relations with climate, health and computer scientists
Ability to take initiatives, prioritize the tasks and work under set deadlines

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: As soon as possible

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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