Deputy director of the Earth Sciences Department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center

The BSC Earth Sciences Department (BSC-ES) is a pioneering research entity dedicated to advancing environmental modelling, forecasting, and analysis. The BSC-ES research focuses on weather, climate and air quality modelling and forecasting based on the high-performance computing, big data analysis, machine learning, and transdisciplinary work that brings together natural and social sciences and humanities, and is looking for a deputy director.

Duties of the position

The appointee will be expected to cooperate with the BSC-ES director and group leaders to provide leadership and management, including assessment and implementation of priorities, partnerships, and infrastructure needs; participate in strategic planning and analysis to support the department projection in time; perform risk assessment and crisis management; work with funding institutions and industrial partners in identifying their research priorities and how the BSC-ES expertise and interest can be tapped; organise departmental activities and information systems such as the department wiki; cultivate and maintain relationships with industry partners, funding agencies, the media and public administrations; engage with the BSC trustees (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Generalitat, Spanish government) to define the department strategy; act as a liaison with other BSC departments to foster collaboration (e.g., financial and technical); manage and promote initiatives and synergies of the BSC-ES both internally and externally; act as an institutional scientific representative for the BSC-ES in engagements with the members of the Board of Directors and the Scientific Advisory Board of BSC; monitor departmental risks and achievements of KPIs; identify and implement innovative project management protocols and practices and support strategic planning, financial projections, and budget development.

Required selection criteria

Applicants should possess a PhD in climate, ocean, atmospheric sciences, physics, engineering, or a related discipline; a minimum of 5 years of experience in the scientific area as a principal investigator or group/team leader; strong experience in managing resources and securing grants at both national and international levels; demonstrable experience in managing multidisciplinary research teams; familiarity with environmental modelling and the associated technical matters; solid record of relevant publications in peer-reviewed journals; credible scientific leadership with the ability to build excellent stakeholder relationships and enabling a team of world-class experts to perform to the best of their abilities; excellent record in managing resources and obtaining grants both at national and international levels; fluency in English; proven initiative and ability of guiding a large, multicultural research department; ability to take initiative, prioritise and work under set deadlines and pressure; strong organisational and budgetary management skills; excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills and capacity to cooperate and build strong relations with a diverse stakeholder/staff base. Knowledge of Spanish and Catalan language will be valued.

Benefits 

The selected candidate will be offered a full-time open-ended contract (37.5h/week) with a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona, 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 and support to the relocation procedures.

Organisation/Company – BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER

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Country – Spain

Application Deadline – 16 July 2024