Location: Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway
Summary of the Role:
The Marine Institute (MI) is seeking a self-motivated, enthusiastic Post-Doctoral Researcher (PDR) Data Analyst to work on the Co-development of Climate Services for Adaptation to Changing Marine Ecosystems (CoCliME) project.
The principal tasks of the CoCLiME PDR will relate to data extraction, collation and analyses of biological (Harmful Algal Bloom species), chemical (biotoxins) and physical (derived from models) variables from datasets housed in the Marine Institute and identification of relationships with ocean phenomena identified and validated in MI coastal hydrodynamic models. The PDR will liaise closely with HAB/biotoxin and modelling specialists at the MI.
The CoCliME PDR will take responsibility for tasks necessary for the completion of the Marine Institute components of CoCLiME. Two key tasks that are the responsibility of MI are to (i) co-develop and co-produce bespoke, proof-of-concepts or prototype bespoke HAB event climate service for Atlantic use case study to support informed future decision making based on intensive user co-development, exploitation of existing data sets and new scientific knowledge (ii) Develop best practices and a transferable framework of the climate service developed in CoCLiME.
A full and detailed job description can be downloaded here.
Duration of Contract:
This temporary specified purpose contract of employment is funded under the JPI Climate ERA4CS Joint Call through the EPA as the Irish Research Funding Organisation and will run for a duration of up to three years. The successful candidate will be on probation for the first six months of this contract.
How to Apply:
A C.V. and letter of application, summarising experience and skill set applicable to the position should be emailed to recruitment [at] marine [dot] ie or posted to Human Resources at the Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Galway. All correspondence for this post should quote reference OSIS/PDR_CoClime/Nov 2017
Closing date for applications
All applications for this post should be received by the Marine Institute in advance of 12:00 noon on Thursday 16th November 2017. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.