VN 23/51 Scientific Analyst in the Chief Scientist’s Office
JOB DETAIL
VN 23/51 Scientific Analyst in the Chief Scientist’s Office
Within the Directorate of EUMETSAT, the Office of the Chief Scientist provides guidance and leadership on all scientific aspects of strategic relevance to EUMETSAT, with emphasis on prospective activities, international partnerships and internal assessment.
The Scientific Analyst will support the Chief Scientist with all necessary research and preparation activities, and interact with various internal and external stakeholders, in order to ensure EUMETSAT management has the necessary information to take effective scientific decisions on future evolution of EUMETSAT’s systems, products and services.
Duties
- Participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of user-requirement related activities, including supporting the organisation of workshops and other activities to gather inputs, review of relevant documents and reports, identifying problems and issues to be addressed, as well as proposing and tracking corrective actions;
- Conduct a literature review (i.e., peer review and grey literature) in order to identify new application areas of Earth Observation products and to cluster user groups identifying the changes in user’s needs;
- Undertake survey initiatives and targeted interviews in the context of new scientific and user requirement developments for weather, climate, environment and water topics, designs data collection tools, reviews, analyse and interprets responses, problems and issues and prepares conclusions;
- Assist in science foresight, including the review and analysis of issues and trends comprising artificial intelligence developments and applications to relevant EUMETSAT areas;
- Provide substantive support to international scientific exchanges, especially those of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites and other scientific bilateral meetings including proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations;
- Coordinate scientific outreach activities in the context of EUMETSAT conferences and events; prepare round tables or show-cases and make presentations on assigned topics/activities;
- Support the analysis of existing, and development of new, economic impact studies for future missions;
- Facilitate activities related to budget and funding (call for offer preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports.
LOCATION
QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s degree or equivalent in Weather and Remote Sensing Science or a related field (Earth System Science, Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry, Oceanography, Climatology, Hydrology, Environmental engineering).
LANGUAGES
The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. Candidates must be able to work effectively in English and have some knowledge of French.
DEADLINE
7 December 2023
Duties
- Participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of user-requirement related activities, including supporting the organisation of workshops and other activities to gather inputs, review of relevant documents and reports, identifying problems and issues to be addressed, as well as proposing and tracking corrective actions;
- Conduct a literature review (i.e., peer review and grey literature) in order to identify new application areas of Earth Observation products and to cluster user groups identifying the changes in user’s needs;
- Undertake survey initiatives and targeted interviews in the context of new scientific and user requirement developments for weather, climate, environment and water topics, designs data collection tools, reviews, analyse and interprets responses, problems and issues and prepares conclusions;
- Assist in science foresight, including the review and analysis of issues and trends comprising artificial intelligence developments and applications to relevant EUMETSAT areas;
- Provide substantive support to international scientific exchanges, especially those of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites and other scientific bilateral meetings including proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations;
- Coordinate scientific outreach activities in the context of EUMETSAT conferences and events; prepare round tables or show-cases and make presentations on assigned topics/activities;
- Support the analysis of existing, and development of new, economic impact studies for future missions;
- Facilitate activities related to budget and funding (call for offer preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, etc.) and prepares related documents/reports.
Skills and Experience
- Proven experience in remote sensing and/or earth system science and data analysis, additional knowledge of satellite ground segments would be advantageous;
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant future scientific and technological trends, such as artificial intelligence, small satellites, satellite constellations and remote sensing techniques;
- Experience conducting scientific literature reviews and studies for decision making purposes;
- Excellent writing skills, with the ability to synthesise scientific and technical information into content appropriate for non-experts;
- Experience working in a multi-lingual environment would be advantageous;
- Furthermore, candidates should be team-oriented, friendly and able to work under pressure, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Employment Conditions
The initial contract will be of 4 years’ duration, with subsequent 5 year contracts being awarded thereafter, subject to individual performance and organisation requirements. There is no limit to the amount of follow-up contracts a staff member can receive up to the EUMETSAT retirement age of 63 and there are certainly opportunities to establish a long career perspective at EUMETSAT.
This post is graded A2/A4 on the EUMETSAT salary scales. The minimum basic salary for this post is EURO 6903 per month (net of internal tax but excluding pension contribution and insurances) which may be negotiable on the basis of skills and experience. The salary scale provides for increments on the anniversary of taking up employment, and scales are reviewed by the EUMETSAT Council with effect from 1 January each year. In addition to basic salary, EUMETSAT offers attractive benefits. Further information, including salary details, is available on the EUMETSAT web site.
EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunities work environment for men and women.
Please note that only nationals of EUMETSAT Member States may apply. The EUMETSAT Convention requires that Staff shall be recruited on the basis of their qualifications, account being taken of the international character of EUMETSAT.
About EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency. Its role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation’s Member States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.
EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.
As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT has 30 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.)
