Social Scientist for Climate and Air Quality

**Job Reference**:

- 622_24_ES_CVC_RE2**Position**:

- Social scientist for Climate and Air quality services (RE2)**Closing Date**:

- Wednesday, 25 September, 2024**Reference**: 622_24_ES_CVC_RE2**Job title**: Social scientist for Climate and Air quality services (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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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 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.**Key Duties**
- Perform stakeholder analysis
- Conduct participatory methods to achieve stakeholder engagement
- Support user-engagement and knowledge transfer tasks within the EU-funded and national projects (e.g. OptimESM, BOREAS), including organizing meetings and managing the BSC-led case studies
- Write reports and communication material about stakeholder engagement, climate information impact on decision-making processes, knowledge co-production, and similar topics
- Link with other projects and initiatives to organize user-engagement activities at international conferences and other events
- Travel and attend conferences, workshops and other events
- Participate in tasks aiming to sustain climate services post-project
- Follow up on stakeholders’ feedback and needs raised in meetings and workshops and support knowledge transfer to and from stakeholders

**Requirements**:

- Education
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Previous professional experience in the field of participatory activities and climate services is preferable, but not mandatory.
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Training in topics related to climate, environment, air quality or renewable energies will be highly valued.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Competences
- 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 full-time contract (37.5h/week), 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
- Starting date: 01/10/2024

**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 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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