Computational Social Scientist for Earth System Services

**Job Reference**: - 103_25_ES_KI_RE1 **Position**: - Computational Social Scientist for Earth System Services (RE1) **Closing Date**: - Tuesday, 18 February, 2025 **Reference**: 103_25_ES_KI_RE1 **Job title**: Computational Social Scientist for Earth System Services (RE1) **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. Look at the BSC experience: BSC-CNS YouTube Channel Let's stay connected with BSC Folks 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 societal value of climate prediction services, atmospheric composition and weather forecasting. 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 transfer and improve resilience, by accelerating adaptation to a rapidly changing environment. **Key Duties** - Perform a systematic mapping and analysis of the landscape of climate services initiatives and actors in Europe and beyond, the exchange of information among them, and the co-creation of new knowledge - Carry out research tasks within EU funded projects (e.g. Climateurope2) - Contribute to a strategy for sharing and archiving social science research data and metadata in repositories that have a user friendly integration with HPC - Develop skills for the analysis of social science research data using advanced analytics and HPC - Ensure the appropriate usage and sharing of social science data preserving data privacy and considering the principles of ethics - Write reports and papers about the landscape of climate services and their upscaling, recommendations and good practices for structuring, curating and analysing social science research data, and similar topics - Coordinate with other projects and initiatives (external and in-house) to organize joint activities **Requirements**: - Education - A degree in physics, mathematics, computer science or related discipline - Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience - 1-2 years of experience in computational social science methods and the use of AI tools - Good programming skills - Background in social sciences - Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience - Professional experience with European institutions or International organisations will be valued - Competences - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English - Ability to work in a professional environment within an interdisciplinary and international team - Good public speaking skills - Self-motivated and enthusiastic person about the tasks to be performed with a strong sense of curiosity **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: 01/03/2025 **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 point