Job Reference
529_24_DIR_CSS_RE2
Position
Computational Social and Data Scientist (RE2) - AI4S
Closing Date
Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
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, and is committed to research, development, and management of information technologies to facilitate scientific progress. BSC promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment where everyone is appreciated for who they are, regardless of their differences.
Context And Mission
The Computational Social Science program aims to prepare the social sciences and humanities for the era of data, AI, and Exascale supercomputing. Our mission is to foster collaboration between social and computer scientists, making HPC accessible to all researchers. You will play a pivotal role in facilitating researchers' work, collaborating closely with the Research units at CSSH.
Key Duties
Providing support with data analysis, including ML models and statistical models.
Providing support with the development of research tools to help researchers carry out their tasks, including data visualization tools.
Providing support with survey designs and analysis.
Requirements
Education:
MA in Computational Social Sciences, Sociology, Demography or related areas.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience:
Good programming skills for statistical analysis (R, STATA, SPSS).
Experience with ML classification models.
Experience with Social Network Analysis (SNA).
Experience with Survey Design.
Knowledge of qualitative data analysis (e.g. ATLAS.ti).
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience:
Fluency in English is essential. Proficiency in Spanish and other European languages would be advantageous.
General understanding of social and demographic concepts and dynamics.
Experience with Python.
Competences:
Ability to work in a team and in a multi-cultural environment.
Good communication skills for effective collaboration.
Ability to work both independently.
Hard-working and highly organized.
Conditions
The position will be located at BSC within the Computational Social Sciences Department.
We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance.
Duration: 4 years.
Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement.
Salary: 42.000€.
Additional Expenses Grant: Each fellowship will be associated with a grant for additional expenses, such as IT equipment, travel, training, stays, etc.
Starting date: 16/09/2024 - the incorporation for this vacancy must be before the 16th of December 2024.
Applications Procedure and Process
All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain:
A full CV in English, including contact details.
A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered.
Deadline
The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.
OTM-R Principles for Selection Processes
BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R).
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