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:

50_24_ES_GES_R4
Position:
Coleader of the Climate Variability and Change Group (R4)
Closing Date:
Saturday, 10 February, 2024
Reference: 50_24_ES_GES_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
Within the Earth Sciences Department of Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-ES), led by Prof Francisco Doblas-Reyes, the Climate Variability and Change group aims at developing climate modelling and prediction capabilities for time scales ranging from a few weeks to a centuries into the future at global scales. This objective relies on expanding our understanding of the climate processes responsible for climate variability and change through a deep analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of stateoftheart climate models in comparison with the most uptodate observational datasets, and on exploiting these detailed analyses to refine the representation of the relevant climate processes and increasing our understanding.
Key Duties
Coordinate and supervise the group scientific activities
Leading its scientific strategy and production
Representing the group in international panels and international scientific meetings
Nourishing the group with innovative lines
Obtain, with the support of the group, competitive funding and computing time resources at both national and international levels to sustain the research activities of the group

Requirements:

Education
PhD in physical oceanography, atmospheric physics, fluid dynamics, applied mathematics or in a related discipline
At least 5 years of postdoctoral experience
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Proven ability to prepare research proposals for either funding or computing resources
Experience as principal investigator of national or international projects
Experience in mentoring / advising postdoctoral researchers and/or PhD students
Knowledge in climate, oceanography or atmospheric sciences
Experience in ocean/atmosphere modeling or environmental modeling
Proven ability for independent and innovative thinking
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Knowledge of version control systems (git)
Experience in handling large databases
Experience in the use of climate models
Be available for a certain amount of traveling during the year, mostly at the European level.
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
Proven ability for independent and innovative thinking

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

At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.

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DeadlineOTM-R principles for selection processes**- BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national