**Job Reference**:
- 431_25_ES_ESS_RE2
**Position**:
- Environmental Economist (RE2)
**Closing Date**:
- Thursday, 03 July, 2025
**Reference**: 431_25_ES_ESS_RE2
**Job title**: Environmental Economist (RE2)
**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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**Context And Mission**
- The Earth System Services Group (ESS) at the Earth Sciences Department conducts interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research to enhance societal value of climate prediction services, atmospheric composition and weather forecasting. The group actively engages with society, decision-makers, and businesses to co-produce and exchange knowledge and develop user-oriented services. The aim of the ESS is to enhance knowledge cocreation and improve resilience by accelerating adaptation to a rapidly changing environment.
**Key Duties**
- Perform impact assessment research and suggest innovative approaches
- Conduct ESG, microeconomic, & climate data analysis and visualization
- Write public reports and scientific papers
- Engage with partners and stakeholders
- Support decision-makers in the integration of climate services in their mitigation and adaptation strategies Manage tasks autonomously and learn how to coordinate activities internally and cross-institutionally**Requirements**:
- Education
- A postgraduate degree in economics, applied economics, data sciences or similar filed
- Advanced knowledge of statistics and econometrics
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Ability to critically analyse strategies and data
- Ability to synthesize the results in written, visual, and verbal forms
- Experience in presenting to an audience (technical or not)
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Previous work or research on the topic of climate change, ESG, sustainability or related fields
- Knowledge of a Geographical Information System (GIS) software
- Previous experience with working on EU-funded projects will be appreciated
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Competences
- Ability to work in a professional environment within an interdisciplinary and international team
- Good time management
**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: asap
**Applications procedure and process**
- 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_**:
The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation of women.
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.
At BSC, we seek continuous improvement in our recruitment processes. For any suggestions or comments/complaints about our recruitment processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc