Stellenangebote bei GERICS
Postdoc position Modelling of forest management under climate change
The Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), a scientific organizational entity of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, invites applications for a Postdoc, in the EU Horizon project „Optimising forest management decisions for a low-carbon, resilient future in Europe - OptFor-EU”. The position is limited to 3 years.
GERICS develops science-based prototype products and services in support to government, administration and business in their efforts to adapt to climate change. It builds up a national and international network structure in order to integrate existing competences and knowledge, and to link various actors within the complex area of climate change.
The primary objective of the EU Horizon Project OptFor-EU is co-develop a Decision Support System (DSS) with forest managers and other forest stakeholders, that provides them with suitable climate adaptation and mitigation options for science-based optimising forest ecosystem services including decarbonisation and enhancing forest resilience and its capacities to mitigate climate change across Europe.
Equal opportunity is an important part of our personnel policy. The position can be filled part-time in principle.
Your tasks
- Prepare high-resolution land use change datasets for future forest management scenarios in Europe for its use in regional climate models
- Develop new parameterizations for implementing forest management scenarios into the regional climate model system REMO-iMOVE
- Develop and evaluate regional climate model simulations for Europe considering landuse changes and different forest management scenarios under present and potential future climate conditions
- Develop convection-resolving climate model simulations for case study regions inEurope for different forest management scenarios according to user priorities
- Research the effects and feedbacks of land use changes and climate-resilient forest management measures in Europe under present and potential future climate conditions
- Contribute to stakeholder engagement in the OptFor-EU case study regions as well as to the dissemination of research results into climate resilient forest management strategies
- Collaborate with OptFor-EU project partners, prepare project reports and participate inOptFor-EU project meetings
- Publication of research results in peer-reviewed journals
- Representing GERICS externally at scientific conferences and meetings
Your profile
- PhD degree in meteorology, physics, physical geography or related disciplines in naturalsciences and earth science is essential
- Excellent experience in regional climate modeling and in conducting and analyzingclimate model simulations is essential
- Experience in developing parameterizations of forest management in regional climate models
- Extensive experience in analyzing land-atmosphere interactions and knowledge offorest-climate interactions
- Experience in developing land use datasets and forest management scenarios for use inregional climate models
- Knowledge of climate change impacts and the development of mitigation andadaptation strategies in forest management
- Skills in communicating to target audiences and experience in dialogue with forestry stakeholders are beneficial
- Excellent knowledge in performing climate model simulations on high performance computers
- Extensive knowledge of programming in Python and working under Linux operating systems
- Excellent proficiency in English
- Experience in publishing peer-reviewed articles
- Motivated to work in a multi-disciplinary and international environment
Content-related enquiries regarding this position can be directed to
We offer you
- Multinational work environment with ca. 1,100 colleagues from more than 50 nations
- Extensive options of vocational training (i. a. expert seminars, language courses or leadership seminars)
- Flexible working hours and various models to ensure the compatibility of family and career
- Excellent infrastructure, including a scientific in-house library as well as modern work spaces
- Remuneration according to the standards of the collective wage agreement TV-AVH including further social benefits
- Free employee advice - Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Welcome Office, guest accommodation
- Office location in the heart of the city of Hamburg in the historic Chilehaus
Severely disabled persons and those equaling severely disabled persons who are equally suitable for the position will be considered preferentially within the framework of legal requirements.
Interested?
Then we are looking forward to receiving your comprehensive application documents (cover letter, CV, transcripts, certificates etc.) indicating the reference number 2023/KG 3 until 02.04.2023.
Assistance to the Junior Research Group Lead
The Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), a scientific organisational entity of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, invites applications for a citizen science platform support in the BMBF Junior Research Group on “Co-creating Climate Services for Care Economy and Caring Society” (CoCareSociety), in the frame of the BMBF FONA Junior Research Groups on Global Change: Climate, Environment and Health.
GERICS develops science-based prototype products and services in support to government, administration and business in their efforts to adapt to climate change. It builds up a national and international network structure in order to integrate existing competences and knowledge, and to link various actors within the complex area of climate change.
The goal of the CoCareSociety project is to understand the interrelations between climate change, long-term care and health and well-being of the elderly, and their energy efficiency in the living environment and how changes can be induced in the interconnected systems to maximise health-climate-energy nexus outcomes for co-creating a friendly, climate-resilient, affordable, environmental society for the elderly.
This administrative and platform support position will support the BMBF Junior Research Group Leader on administrative process of the CoCareSociety project and co-developing and maintaining the citizen science platform.
Equal opportunity is an important part of our personnel policy. This is a part-time position of 23.4 hours per week, and limited for two years.
Your tasks
- Support the BMBF Junior Research Group Leader on organisational tasks (e.g. organising project meetings and stakeholder workshops, arranging international travels for the team members and international partners, project reporting etc.)
- Co-develop and support the management and maintenance of the citizen science platform to be developed in the project (including the administrative steps of setting up the platform)
- Carry out the necessary reviews concerning institutional review board (IRB) on research ethics for health and energy data
- Work in close collaboration with and health experts from partners from Germany, Japan, UK, Senegal, Taiwan, Uganda, USA
Content-related enquiries regarding this position can be directed to
Your profile
- Bachelor degree in interdisciplinary disciplines, such as design, cultural and language studies, business management, or open to any related discipline
- Experience in organising events (online, hybrid, and in-person formats)
- Knowledge or willingness to learn citizen science, digital solutions, platforms etc.
- Excellent fluency in English and German in writing and speaking, and ideally knowledge of other languages from the case study countries (Germany, Japan, UK, Senegal, Taiwan, Uganda, USA), but not a must
- Interests in interaction with societal stakeholders, teamwork in an interdisciplinary and international environment
- A quick learner and can carry out both independently and team work
We offer you
- An exciting and varied job in a research centre with more than 1,100 employees from around 50 nations
- A well connected research campus and best networking opportunities
- Individual opportunities for further training
- Social benefits according to the collective agreement of the public service and remuneration
- An excellent technical infrastructure and modern workplace equipment
- 6 weeks holiday per year and company holidays between Christmas and New Year's Day
- Very good compatibility private and professional life through offers of mobile and flexible work
- Free assistance program for employees (EAP)
- Corporate benefits
Severely disabled persons and those equaling severely disabled persons who are equally suitable for the position will be considered preferentially within the framework of legal requirements.
Interested?
Then we are looking forward to receiving your comprehensive application documents (cover letter, CV, previous publications or thesis if applicable, transcripts, certificates, etc.) indicating the reference number code no. 2023/KG 4 until 11th April, 2023.