**Job Reference**:
- 762_24_ES_CS_R2**Position**:
- Researcher - Climate services for the Renewable energy sector (R2)**Closing Date**:
- Thursday, 31 October, 2024**Reference**: 762_24_ES_CS_R2**Job title**: Researcher - Climate services for the Renewable energy sector (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 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. 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.
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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 aim of the Earth System Services Group (ESS) is to research the impact of weather, atmospheric chemistry and climate upon socio-economic sectors such as renewable energy, agriculture, water management, forest fires and urban development and demonstrate the ongoing value of earth system services to society and the economy.
Within this context, we are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scientist to conduct cutting-edge research on climate services related to energy.**Key Duties**
- Perform user-oriented research. Post-process climate simulations.
- Actively participate in the management of tasks and work packages in EU projects (participate in teleconferences workshops, meetings and writing deliverables)
- Perform statistical data analyses and disseminate the results in peer-reviewed scientific papers and international conferences
- Team work: Interaction with scientists in the group and the department to favor synergies
**Requirements**:
- Education
- Having a Degree in Physics, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics (or equivalent)
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Experience handling, analysing and validating large climate model datasets
- Proficiency in scientific programming in a suitable language (e.g. R, Python, Matlab) and familiarity with working in a UNIX environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, especially for scientific publications
- Ability to work in a professional environment within a multidisciplinary and international team
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Experience working with sub-seasonal, seasonal or decadal climate predictions / climate change projections
- Experience working with climate extreme indices or bioclimatic indicators
- Experience in developing tailored indicators to specific sectors, such as energy, agriculture, water management or forest fires
- Knowledge on some of the following topics: statistical downscaling, multi-model combination techniques, bias adjustments techniques or tropical/extratropical teleconnections will be positively evaluated
- Experience in energy companies and consultancy companies will be positively evaluated
- Competences
- Problem-solving, pro-active, result-oriented work attitude
- Capability to work in an international and fast-paced work
- Good communication skills
**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, versátil 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
- Starting date: 01/11/2024
**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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BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employmen