Deputy director of the Earth Sciences Department (R4/RE4)
Deputy director of the Earth Sciences Department (R4/RE4)
Employer
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Sector
Atmospheric Sciences (AS)
Type
Contract
Level
Experienced
52k - 60k
Preferred education
PhD
16 July 2024
Posted
Context And Mission
BSC - CNS , recognised as a top high-performance computing centre in Europe and a large research centre with more than 1, 000 employees, is looking for an exceptional candidate to join the Earth Sciences Department as deputy director.
The BSC Earth Sciences Department ( BSC -ES) is a pioneering research entity dedicated to advancing environmental modelling, forecasting, and analysis. This is a very dynamic and internationally-recognised department with more than 190 members. 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.
BSC -ES is looking for a deputy director to work with the current director, the ICREA professor Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes, to provide leadership and management to the department, including analysis and implementation of priorities, partnerships, and infrastructure needs.
The candidate will work together with the BSC -ES director and group leaders to build an evolving strategic and technical roadmap and define the department technical goals. He/she will engage with stakeholders across local, national and international governments, other groups at BSC , media, partners, and funding agencies to support the development and impact of the organisation internally and externally.
Key Duties
Strategic planning and alignment:– 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.
Stakeholder management:– 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. Performance monitoring and reporting:– Monitor departmental risks and achievements of KPI s. – Identify and implement innovative project management protocols and practices. – Support strategic planning, financial projections, and budget development.
Requirements
Education
- PhD in climate, ocean, atmospheric sciences, physics, engineering, or a related discipline.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- 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.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- 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. Knowledge of Spanish and Catalan language will be valued.
Competences
- 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.
- Capacity to cooperate and build strong relations with a diverse stakeholder/staff base.
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
- Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona
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