Job advertisement Postgraduate Research Associate (project employment)


The working group "Climate and Climate Impacts" of the Institute of Meteorology and Climatology of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna is currently seeking a

 

Postgraduate Research Associate (project employment)

Extent of employment: 40 hours per week
Duration of employment: 2 years with the option of extension and an optional PhD
Start of employment: earliest possible
Workplace: 1180 Vienna

Gross monthly salary and pay grade in Terms of collective agreement for university staff (payable 14 times per year): B1, € 2.971,50

Responsibilities:
    • Work at the interface between climate modeling and climate impact research in the field of regional climatology
    • Possibility (not a prerequisite) of a subsequent doctoral program at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
    • Spatial downscaling of climate data
    • Spatial interpolation of station data to gridded data
    • Statistical bias adjustment of model data
    • Consulting impact modelers in the use of climate data

Qualifications:
    • Diploma degree in meteorology or an equivalent university degree
    • Programming skills in handling gridded climate data (e.g. NetCDF), preferably in Python
    • Experience in working with Linux systems
    • Ideally experience in GIS (ARC-GIS, QGIS)
    • Ability to work in a team, independent and highly self-motivated

What we offer:
    • International university environment
    • Interdisciplinary issues
    • Flexible working hours
    • Close cooperation with the working group "Climate and Climate Impacts“

Application deadline: 31.01.2022

We look forward to receiving your application at the Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna.
Please send your application to fabian.lehner@boku.ac.at and herbert.formayer@boku.ac.at.

Information about our activities can be found on:
boku.ac.at/wau/met/forschungsthemen/klima-und-klimafolgen

We regret that we cannot reimburse applicants travel and lodging expenses incurred as part of the selection and hiring process.

 

 


22.12.2021