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Today's Topics:
1. Vacant position as Statistician at StormGeo group (Gard Hauge)
2. Joint Met Office Chair in Weather Processes, Department of
Meteorology, University of Reading (Robin Hogan)
3. POST-DOC POSITION (Sivakumar Venkataraman)
4. MSc Climate Change, now accepting applications (Claire Cullen)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:15:44 +0100
From: Gard Hauge <Gard.Hauge@stormgeo.com>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Vacant position as Statistician at StormGeo group
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Vacant position
The StormGeo Group is proud to have some of the brightest minds in the commercial MetOcean forecasting industry, all creating and delivering high-end quality solutions. We started off with 5 young enthusiastic weather loving people and we are now over 105 co-workers from 13 nationalities inspiring each other to deliver quality and cutting-edge products. During the last ten years we have invested 18 mill ? in Research and Development in order to be a marked leading weather provider. StormGeo has 12 offices in 10 countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, USA, Azerbaijan, Germany, Brazil, Australia, United Kingdom and Dubai (UAE)
The Research and Development team, consisting of met-ocean scientists and application developers, is at the heart of operations and application development of the company. We are currently looking to recruit a new statistician to our company.
Job Description
The primary objective of this position is to investigate MetOcean parameters for criteria reports. The position involves extensive analysis work and report writing. There will also be research work in developing methods and systems for improvements of MetOcean Forecasting services. There is today a strong need in the oil business of proper criteria estimation, and StormGeo need to strengthen our competence within this area.
The position is permanent and start date is as soon as possible.
Qualifications
- MSc or PhD in Statistics, Engineering, Oceanography, Meteorology and preferably a specialization/experience in deriving MetOcean design and operating criteria for offshore industry.
- High resourcefulness with strong problem solving instincts and close attention to details.
- Team working skills and the ability to work with little technical supervision in a multidiscipline environment.
- A high level of fluency in written and spoken English Awareness of current statistical techniques and MetOcean standards and their application, and state-of-the-art in MetOcean research.
- Good programming skills preferable in the statistical software R.
- Knowledge of design criteria standards like ISO-19901, DNV RC-C205 or HSE 2001/10
- Knowledge of extreme value theory
- Good knowledge with an interpreted computer language (Perl, Python, etc.), SQL and shell scripting is an advantage
- Knowledge of scripting is an advantage
- You work in a structured and systematic manner which makes it easy for you to meet deadlines. It is decisive for success in the position that you are goal-oriented and quality-conscious.
We offer an exciting and international job in a project oriented company that offers excellent professional and personal development possibilities for the successful candidate.
Additional Information
Primary work location is Bergen, Norway or Aberdeen, Scotland but travel activities must be expected.
Applications with complete CV should be send to: career@stormgeo.com<mailto:career@stormgeo.com>
We offer salary according to qualifications and experience.
All application should be marked with ?Application Statistician 2012? in the subject field no later the April 5th
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:55:56 +0000
From: Robin Hogan <r.j.hogan@reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Joint Met Office Chair in Weather Processes,
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading
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We are seeking an outstanding atmospheric scientist to take up the
position of *Joint Met Office Chair in Weather Processes *at the
*Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK*.
This post is co-sponsored by the University of Reading and the Met
Office, and will provide strategic leadership for the Academic
Partnership <http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/research/moap.html> between
the two institiutes. We are looking for a scientist with an outstanding
research record in weather processes from a theoretical, observational
and/or modelling perspective to fill this important post. The role has a
national profile and will require strong leadership skills and an
ability to attract research funding. The specific duties of the role are:
* To identify and foster areas of collaborative research between the
Met Office and the University of Reading in all areas of weather,
climate, earth observation and space;
* To build an internationally excellent programme of research into
some aspect of weather-related physical processes by winning grant
funding;
* To provide a leading role within the Department of Meteorology in
weather science, and in particular to ensure that the research
activities of the Department's Weather Theme link actively with the
Met Office strategy in Numerical Weather Prediction;
* To supervise postdoctoral researchers and PhD students, and to
contribute to our internationally-renowned teaching programme in
Meteorology.
The position is full time and permanent at the professorial level. The
salary is negotiable. The closing date for applications is 12 April
2012, or until the post is filled. Further information about the
position, including how to apply, may be found here:
Joint Met Office Chair in Weather Processes
<https://www.reading.ac.uk/about/jobs/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=6272064TYN&WVID=9493791XsD&LANG=USA>
Informal enquiries are welcome and may be addressed either to Robin
Hogan <mailto:r.j.hogan@reading.ac.uk> (Head of Department for Research)
or Giles Harrison <mailto:r.g.harrison@reading.ac.uk> (Head of
Department for Academic Staff and Teaching).
The University aspires to be an "Employer of Choice" and recognises that
success is not simply determined by a competitive suite of terms and
conditions of service, but by fostering a working environment that
protects the physical and mental well-being of its staff. Full details
of the University's Health and Well-being policy are available from HR.
In addition to this, the University also supports its staff in other
ways, such as its Centre for Staff Training and Development
(http://www.reading.ac.uk/internal/cstd/), its Sportspark
(http://www.sport.reading.ac.uk/) and excellent Nursery facilities
(http://www.rusu.co.uk/intheunion/nursery/) available to staff.
The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences was awarded an Athena
SWAN Silver award in 2010 in recognition of its good employment
practices in relation to women working in science, engineering and
technology (SET). Please follow the link for more information:
http://www.athenaswan.org.uk/html/athena-swan/
--
Professor Robin J. Hogan
Room 2L77 Tel: +44 118 3786416
Department of Meteorology Fax: +44 118 3788905
University of Reading Email:r.j.hogan@reading.ac.uk
PO Box 243 Web:www.met.reading.ac.uk
READING RG6 6BB, UK
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:43:16 +0200
From: "Sivakumar Venkataraman" <Venkataramans@ukzn.ac.za>
Subject: [Met-jobs] POST-DOC POSITION
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Position : Post Doctoral Research Fellow (2)Term : 1-2 years Subject : Atmospheric Remote Sensing and LIDARBrief RequirementsAtmospheric Remote Sensing is a new group where we are focusing on satellite-based and ground-basedremote sensing for studying atmospheric structure and dynamics. The current post doc position is related to fulfil the above discipline and conduct independent research. One post-doc is more specifically on the LIDAR (with working experience on instrument).Educational Qualification : Ph. D (Related to above subject/Atmospheric Science/Physics)The salary follows South Africa university post-doc. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.
Please send your application, including a CV, a letter of motivation and contact details of two potential referees to svsk74@gmail.com ( mailto:svsk74@gmail.com ).
Deadline for receipt of applications is 15 March 2012.
Regards,
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Prof. Venkataraman Sivakumar
School of Chemistry and Physics (Academic Leader),
University of KwaZulu Natal,
Westville Campus,
Durban 4001.
Tel : +27 312607661
Fax : +27 865512684
Email : venkataramans@ukzn.ac.za
Web: www.researcherid.com/rid/B-4570-2009
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Extra-Ordinary Professor at University of Pretoria, Pretoria (South Africa)
Established Researcher - C2 (NRF South Africa Rating).
Please find our Email Disclaimer here: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer/
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:01:53 +0000
From: Claire Cullen <claire.m.cullen@nuim.ie>
Subject: [Met-jobs] MSc Climate Change, now accepting applications
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You may be interested in the advertisement for the
*MSc in Climate Change at the National University of Ireland Maynooth
*
Any student interested in receiving further information about the MSc in
Climate Change can contact Dr.Conor Murphy (Director MSc in Climate
Change) at:
Email: conor.murphy@nuim.ie <mailto:conor.murphy@nuim.ie>
Phone: +353 1 708 3494
Web : http://geography.nuim.ie/postgraduates/
--
Claire Cullen
Research Administrator Assistant,
Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS),
National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
Maynooth,
Kildare,
Ireland.
Tel: +353 1 7086834
Fax: +353 1 7083573
Email: claire.m.cullen@nuim.ie <mailto:claire.m.cullen@nuim.ie>
Web: http://icarus.nuim.ie/
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