ICOS ERIC is searching for a new Director General (DG). The DG is appointed by the ICOS ERIC General Assembly for a five-year term, renewable twice. The position will become available mid-to late 2025. The ICOS General Assembly, with support from the ICOS Head Office, has established a selection committee to recruit the new DG. 

The DG oversees and coordinates the ICOS RI activities and is the legal representative of ICOS ERIC. She/he is responsible for the scientific and strategic operation and the further development of ICOS ensuring socio-economic impact, technology development, innovation and international cooperation. The DG ensures the implementation of the GA decisions. The DG reports to the GA and convenes the ICOS Research Infrastructure Committee (RICOM), which represents the scientific and technical competence in ICOS and advises the DG in all matters. The work includes among others: drawing up proposals for the GA, establishing and modifying annual work plans, and ensuring consistency, coherence and stability of the research infrastructure services.

Key Responsibilities

• The DG is the leader of ICOS RI and the legal representative of ICOS ERIC.
• The DG is expected to have a vision to maintain ICOS at the forefront of the global observing systems and ensure the long-term sustainability of ICOS.
• The DG carries out the day-to-day management of ICOS ERIC and is responsible for managing the staff and activities of the Head Office and the Director of the Carbon Portal.
• The DG ensures the ICOS ERIC activities are in line with the budget and internal rules.

Qualifications

The successful candidate for the role of ICOS DG should possess a diverse set of skills, encompassing the following areas:

Technical and Scientific Expertise

• Established scientist with preferably a broad and integrative view on greenhouse gases and carbon cycle science, covering the atmosphere, ecosystem and ocean domains.
• Solid understanding of greenhouse gas data, processes, products and services for users in science, industry, politics and society.
• Proven experience in collaborating effectively with scientists and governmental entities, emphasising the ability to bridge the gap between scientific expertise and practical applications.
• Familiarity, or ability to quickly understand the European Research Infrastructure landscape and to consider this landscape in the strategic orientation of ICOS.

Management and Leadership

• Ability to set out a long-term vision for ICOS and the means for its achievement.
• Experience in leading large and complex projects in international settings.
• Experience in managing organisation, budget, and personnel at senior level.
• Ability to motivate co-workers and achieve high team commitment.
• Ability to delegate tasks and areas of responsibility to co-workers.
• Capability to build and maintain consensus and to work with others and achieve sustainable outcomes.
• Experience in operating at a multi-nation level and dealing with international institutions and funding agencies, particularly the European Commission.

Communication and Diplomacy

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex scientific concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in leading negotiations, highlighting the capability to reach agreements and establish beneficial partnerships.
• Awareness and adaptability to effectively engage with individuals from diverse nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

Other Requirements

• The working language of ICOS ERIC is English. The DG should be a fluent English speaker, reader, and writer. Knowledge of at least one other European Union language is beneficial.

Appointment Terms and How to Apply

Information about the application procedure and other details can be found on the ICOS website: ICOS is looking for a new Director General | ICOS (icos-cp.eu)

The deadline for applications: 30th November 2024

Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC WGI) is filling the position of Head of Science Team in the Technical Support Unit (TSU).

The position is located in the Paris area, at Gif-sur-Yvette (France).

The TSU works at the unique IPCC interface between science and policy in the provision of the climate knowledge and information that is relevant for policy needs and decision making. The team is responsible for facilitating and implementing the assessment process undertaken by the author teams and overseen by the WGI Bureau.

They are seeking someone who is highly motivated to join a team that spans different areas of expertise including climate sciences (observations, climate processes, global and regional climate modeling), visual design and communication, digital information development and management, and international project management. The team is hosted by Université Paris-Saclay and located in the facilities of Ecole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay in the Paris area.

They are looking for someone who is enthusiastic in supporting a high impact and rigorous WGI assessment and promote the value of information on the physical basis of climate change and its accessibility and usability by different communities around the world.

The deadline for this role has been extended, and applications will remain open until the position is filled. Read more and apply here.

LMU’s Department of Geography investigates vegetation-climate interactions. The group develops and applies the latest generation of land and Earth system models and integrates them with observations. Key research questions are the fate of ecosystems under the pressures of land use and climate change, Earth system feedbacks via energy, water and biogeochemical cycles, and the role of vegetation for greenhouse gas emissions reduction and CO2 removals in support of the Paris Agreement. The team is strongly involved in large international collaborations such as the Global Carbon Project, CMIP and IPCC.

The scientific researcher will be part of the Horizon Europe project “ClimTip”. Large-scale Earth system tipping events could have severe consequences for climate, ecosystems and society. ClimTip combines paleoclimate, observational and model data to identify tipping elements and early-warning signals. In close collaboration with Prof. Niklas Boers (ClimTip lead, Technical University Munich) LMU leads the assessment of the risk of Amazon forest dieback. The scientific researcher will

• coordinate a comparison across international Earth system modeling groups to assess the non-linearity of the response of the Amazon rainforest to combined land-use and climate change
• contribute and analyze own simulations with the ICON Earth System Model
• take a leading role in the development of scientific publications.

Deadline for applications is 10th November 2023. Read more and apply here: https://academicpositions.com/ad/lmu-munich/2023/scientific-researcher-m-f-x-assessing-the-risk-of-amazon-rainforest-dieback-in-models/207292

NILU are seeking a committed and self-motivated researcher with a master or PhD degree. You must have expertise in measurement techniques such as gas chromatography, mass spectrometry and optical spectroscopy. You must have good competence in and enjoy practical work related to troubleshooting and service of simple and advanced instrumentation.

In addition, you should have:

• Education in measurement technology, physics or chemistry
• Knowledge within electronics
• Experience from operating measuring instruments
• Experience from control of measurement data and quality systems
• Computer skills within Office 365 and systems for collecting and processing measurement data
• Good written and oral presentation skills in Norwegian and English
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Driver’s license for a passenger car

Click here for more information here.

Application deadline: 15th August, 2023

Ontology developer is a specialist who develops upper and domain ontologies. They assess the needs of the scientific community for structuring the ontologies. They are responsible for a wide variety of activities to represent the knowledge semantically.

JOB TITLE: ICT Ontology Developer
LOCATION: LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre premises in Lecce, Italy
POSITION: Full-Time, 12 months possibility of renewal
FUNDING RESOURCES: FAIR Impact project

The ideal candidate should meet the following requirements

• Have a university degree or equivalent qualifications in Computer Science;
• At least 3 years of accredited professional experience in the in the following topics:

1. Theory of formal languages and formal ontologies (e.g. OWL);
2. Modelling of domain ontologies, in particular for scientific disciplines;
3. Semantic web technologies (RDF, SPARQL).

• Fluent in written and spoken English. Skills in other European working languages will be taken as an advantage;
• Proven organisation and communication skills, committed to working in teams and under tight deadlines, and in international environments and multi-language contexts;
• Available to travel abroad according to the specific working needs of this position.

Deadline for application: 5th July 2023.

More information about the role and application process can be found here.

The University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences is seeking an internationally competitive researcher with a strong academic track-record in aquatic sciences to strengthen and expand research in the highly international community at the Lammi Biological Station. The selected candidate should have expertise in pelagic food web dynamics and plankton ecology. They are particularly interested in candidates aiming to use the extensive background data on the nearby lakes. These include year-round water-quality data from the Lake Pääjärvi and connected major inflow-streams and the outlet, water quality data from 35 small forest lakes at Evo since 1970’s, and extensive phytoplankton data from the Lake Pääjärvi and the Lake Valkea-Kotinen.

The appointee is expected to engage extensively in collaboration with other staff members of the faculty to strengthen the aquatic research at the Lammi Biological Station. The appointee should collaborate with other universities and research institutes nationally and internationally, and participate in the undergraduate and graduate teaching and supervision.

The University of Helsinki is an international scientific community of 40,000 students and researchers. It is one of the leading multidisciplinary research universities and ranks among the top 100 international universities in the world. We are an equal opportunity employer and offer an attractive and diverse workplace in an inspiring environment with a variety of development opportunities and benefits.

More information about the position requirements and application process can be found here.

The deadline for applications is 4th June 2023.

A pioneer in ocean science, IFREMER, is looking for a Scientific European coordinator of the infrastructure project dedicated to coastal ocean observation. Ifremer coordinates a suite of collaborative European Commission funded projects related to the Joint European Research Infrastructure for Coastal Observation (JERICO). Since 2007, these European projects aim to establish a European infrastructure dedicated to coastal ocean observation JERICO-RI and to coordinate the associated scientific community. This research infrastructure aims to become the point of excellence integrating research, education and innovation combining new forms of knowledge production, dissemination and use, in line with the renewed objectives of ESFRI towards the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).

The project coordinator’s main mission is to contribute to the lead and the scientific coordination (1) within the institute, (2) with other French research organizations, and (3) with the European partners, in order to establish JERICO-RI.

Within this context, the major duties are to:

• Ensure the scientific coordination of the process to the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) of JERICO-RI (Roadmap, Preparation, Operation phases) in line with a sustainable and sober economic model; thus contributing to the future of coastal ocean and nearshore observation at the global scale.
• Participate to the right scientific positioning of JERICO-RI in the landscape of Environmental / Earth system European Research Infrastructures. Contribute to the implementation of the European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) and/or participate in the Board of European Environmental Research Infrastructures (BEERi) and/or in EUROGOOS.
• Ensure that the national research infrastructure IR ILICO is well integrated as the French node of the European infrastructure JERICO-RI and that IR ILICO benefits from JERICO’s advances.
• Maximize the contributions and scientific impact of the creation of JERICO-RI for Ifremer teams and other national research institutes (development of networks, funding opportunities, pooling of resources, etc.). In particular, to ensure that the data, products and services resulting from coastal observation are used for scientific research conducted within Ifremer in connection with the DataTerra Research Infrastructure.

Deadline for applications : 19/05/2023

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The post is based on an IFREMER Job vacancy for the JERICO Scientific Coordination post that first appeared on JERICO Research Infrastructure website.