The Future Oceans Lab (FOL) of the Marine Research Center (CIM) at the University of Vigo is seeking applications for a 2-year project researcher position based in Vigo (Spain). The researcher will be responsible for managing and developing the tasks of an H2020 project where the group participates as partner with the tasks of developing climate vulnerability assessments in marine and transitional ecosystems. The successful candidate will work with Elena Ojea and the rest of the consortia starting in September 2020.
Job description
The FutureMARES project is a highly multidisciplinar project that investigates socially and economically viable actions, strategies and nature-based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem functions in marine and transitional ecosystems of European (and other) climatic and ecological regions.
The postdoctoral researcher will be in charge of the development of the project tasks related to the design and implementation of climate vulnerability assessments, including methodological protocols, and will monitor the continuous follow up of the tasks by partners, and deliverables writing. He/she will work with the Principal Investigator and the rest of consortia (FutureMARES).
Salary and Benefits:
- Type of contract: Temporary
- Status: Full-time, 2-year duration
- Expected starting date: September 2020.
- Salary: €30,000-€40,000 gross.
Elegibility criteria
Required Qualifications:
- Aspiring candidates should have a finished PhD in environmental science, management, economics or social science, fisheries, marine ecology or related field.
- Experience in implementing environmental, research or capacity building projects of at least 1 year.
- Research experience in marine conservation, restoration and/or fisheries.
- Coding skills and experience with R or similar software for data analysis and visualisation.
- Have at least two peer-reviewed publications in internationally recognised journals related to the position.
Additional Qualifications
- Experience leading project tasks and implementation, especially in H2020 projects or similar;
- Experience with climate change research, including impacts and adaptation;
- Experience with qualitative approaches to environmental management, stakeholder analysis, focus groups, preference analysis, participative methods, etc.;
- Experience in ecological and social indicators, indices and other representations of complex problems. Experience in climate vulnerability assessments will be highly valued;
- Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain strong relationships with academic, NGO, policy and government partners and to work effectively as part of a highly collaborative research team;
- Proficiency using GitHub, Shiny, and other online tools for efficient research;
- Publications in inter-disciplinary journals or in journals from different disciplines will be highly valued;
- Have scientific independence and capacity to generate ideas autonomously;
- Linguistic fluency either in Spanish, French or Italian.
Application
The candidates are invited to send their application by e-mail to futureoceanslab@uvigo.es with the following subject: “FutureMARES postdoc application_family name of the applicant”. The deadline for applications is June 7th 2020 at 8pm (local time). Additional candidates will be considered beyond the deadline only if the position remains unfilled.
The following documentation should be attached in a single PDF file:
- Current curriculum vitae (2 pages total, in English) indicating previous experience, publications, projects, training, organization of scientific activities, specific technical skills.
- A 1-page cover letter discussing your motivation to apply for this postdoc position and explaining how could you both benefit and contribute to the team and project.
- A 1-page description of your current research, discussing your main results in the context of this position, and including two related publications.
- Contact information for 3 academic researchers. Support letters will be required only in the second step of the evaluation.