Job Reference
558_24_ES_KI_R2
Position
Postdoctoral Researcher: Enhancing and exploiting the value of earth system services (R2)
Closing Date
Wednesday, 16 October, 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. 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 1000 staff from 60 countries. 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. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured. We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.
Context And Mission
The Earth System Services Group (ESS) at the Earth Sciences Department conducts interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research to enhance the societal value of environmental information, climate prediction and air quality services. The group actively engages with society, decision-makers, and businesses to exchange knowledge and develop user-oriented services. The aim of the ESS is to enhance knowledge and technology integration and improve resilience, by accelerating adaptation to a rapidly changing environment. The ESS group's Knowledge Integration Team is looking for a motivated researcher from any nationality to join our team and further our work on understanding the value of earth system services, and their co-evaluation, impact assessment and exploitation. The successful candidate will contribute to and enhance our emerging knowledge, practices and products (services) that aim at supporting resilience and climate change adaptation and mitigation in urban environments. The tasks will involve close collaboration with climate, air quality, social, and impact scientists and communication experts within ESS, Earth Sciences Department, and our project partners. The successful candidate will be expected to learn about and participate in ESS's ongoing international scientific work and contribute to new proposals. We are looking for a candidate who is a team player and will form an active part of our collaborative, diverse, interdisciplinary, and international team of scientists, communication specialists and technical experts. The successful candidate will benefit from expert training and a range of BSC-CNS staff benefits.
Key Duties
Develop new approaches to assess the value of climate and air quality knowledge and services that support resilience and climate change adaptation.
Analyse climate change impacts by integrating social, ecological, and technological dimensions of urban systems.
Actively engage with stakeholders from urban and other sectors to support the co-production of climate knowledge and climate services and their co-evaluation and exploitation within EU funded projects.
Coordinate with other research and practitioner projects and initiatives to exchange knowledge and organize dissemination and user-engagement activities and events.
Engage with the non-academic stakeholders, including the public sector, private sector and society at large to ensure the dissemination and exploitation of new environmental knowledge and services.
Participate in project meetings, and contribute to project reporting, and the preparation of scientific publications.
Travel (internationally) to relevant conferences, events, and workshops.
Requirements
Education
A PhD in ecological economics, human geography, political ecology, political sciences, urban studies or similar field with demonstrated knowledge of mixed methods research.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Demonstrated understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation topics.
Demonstrated ability with qualitative and quantitative methods.
Experience with organization of stakeholder engagement activities.
Experience with urban planning and adaptation.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Previous experience with knowledge co-production, co-evaluation, impact assessment and exploitation.
Knowledge of urban air quality problems and solutions.
Experience with writing research project proposals.
Experience with designing business plans and working with intellectual property topics.
Interdisciplinary experience.
Experience with synthesizing and transferring complex scientific information.
Professional experience with policy-related European institutions or international organizations.
Competences
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Ability to work in a professional environment within an interdisciplinary and international team.
Conditions
The position will be located at BSC within the Earth Sciences Department
We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
Duration: Open-ended 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
Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
Starting date: Asap
Applications procedure and process
All applications must be made through BSC website and contain:
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
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). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc. 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 origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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