Jobs:Job-00139
Apply before: 7 May 2020
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Previous debris flow or sediment transport-focused research experience would be an asset but is not strictly required, and we encourage potential candidates with differing backgrounds to apply. The successful candidate should have the vision and ability to participate in collaborative and interdisciplinary research activities and discussions within our research group and with local and international collaborators.
Researchers in the Earth Surface Process Modelling section work on a broad range of themes and come from widely different backgrounds. We are committed to a collaborative environment to ensure that members can rely on each other’s support. We value the development of meaningful skills and experience for the personal careers of our members. We believe that a diverse team is a stronger team, and we encourage applications from candidates of all gender, race, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, and national or ethnic identities.
Your responsibilities:
- Develop and calibrate numerical models for different debris flow initiation mechanisms
- Incorporate these models into a landscape evolution model
- Collaborate closely with internal and external partners
- Engage in scientific discussion and career development activities with other members of the section and collaborating sections at the GFZ
- Present, publish and communicate research results at scientific meetings and in scholarly journals
Your qualifications:
- Master's degree and PhD in Earth Science, Mathematics, Physics or a related field
- Demonstrated advanced knowledge in the development of numerical models
- Demonstrated excellence in publication
- Demonstrated capacity for international teamwork and excellent communication skills
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
Start date: 1st July 2020
Fixed-term: 2 years
Salary: This position has been assessed as being salary group 13 according to “TVöD Bund (Tarifgebiet Ost)”. The salary group will be determined by the conditions of the collective wage agreement and the appropriate personal qualifications.
Working hours: full-time (currently 39 h/week); The position is, in principle, suitable for part-time employment.
Place of work: Potsdam
The Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences is the national centre for geosphere research. As a member of the Helmholtz Association we are part of the largest German scientific organization. With around 1,300 employees (including our guests) we develop a sound understanding of the systems and processes of the solid Earth as well as strategies and options for action to face global change and its regional impacts, to understand natural hazards and reduce associated risks, and to assess the influence of humans on the Earth's system.
As a partner in Geo.X, the GFZ has access to an excellent network of other geoscience institutions in Potsdam and Berlin. This largest regional concentration of geoscientific competence in Europe offers first-class cooperation and development opportunities.
