RESEARCH ON QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF EARTH SYSTEM SERVICES VALUE (RE1)

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 large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe.
The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress.
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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 value of earth system services and their impact assessment and exploitation.
Developing and applying quantitative and mixed-methods approaches, the successful candidate will contribute to and enhance our emerging knowledge, practices and products (services) that aim at supporting resilience and climate change adaptation in urban environments.
Using new approaches that reflect the different types of value climate and air quality services provide (economic, social, ecological, cultural etc.), the successful candidate will design strategies (such as exploitation plans) that assure the societal, scientific, or business use of the new knowledge and services generated in our ongoing and future research projects.
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 Assess the value of climate and air quality knowledge and services that support resilience and climate change adaptation.
Analyse climate change impacts by integrating socio-economic, ecological, and technological dimensions of urban systems.
Coordinate with other research and practitioner projects and initiatives to exchange knowledge and organize dissemination and user-engagement activities and events.
Participate in project meetings, and contribute to project reporting, and the preparation of scientific publications.
Requirements Education A MSc in economics or similar field with demonstrated knowledge of quantitative research methods.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience Demonstrated understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation topics.
Demonstrated ability with quantitative methods.
Experience with urban planning and adaptation.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience 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.
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 part-time contract, 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 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.
Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included.
Applications without this document will not be considered.
Development of the recruitment process The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system ("Concurso-Oposición").
The recruitment process consists of two phases.
Curriculum Analysis.
Evaluation of previous experience and/or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position.
- 40 points Interview phase.
The highest-rated candidates at the curriculum level will be invited to the interview phase, conducted by the corresponding department and Human Resources.
In this phase, technical competencies, knowledge, skills, and professional experience related to the position, as well as the required personal competencies, will be evaluated.
- 60 points.
A minimum of 30 points out of 60 must be obtained to be eligible for the position.
The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation of women.
In accordance with OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for each vacancy at the beginning of the process.
After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will begin the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview.
At a minimum, a personality questionnaire as well as a technical exercise will be conducted during the process.
The panel will make a final decision, and all individuals who participated in the interview phase will receive feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.
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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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