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Today's Topics:
1. Post-doc position at the University of Reading (physical
oceanography) (David Ferreira)
2. Intern (m/w) in the field Financial Systems Development and
Insurance (Sandra Schuster)
3. AON Benfield recrutement (Roger Brugge)
4. Tenure-track Faculty Position at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
(The Netherlands) (Roger Brugge)
5. PostDoc Opportunities at the Max Planck Institute for
Biogeochemistry (Germany) (Roger Brugge)
6. Mathematical modelling of natural catastrophes at RMS London:
Senior Modeling Analyst, Catastrophe Response (Paul Wilson)
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:17:57 +0000
From: David Ferreira <d.g.ferreira@reading.ac.uk>
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Subject: [Met-jobs] Post-doc position at the University of Reading
(physical oceanography)
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:22:46 +0000
From: Sandra Schuster <s.s.schuster@hotmail.com>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Intern (m/w) in the field Financial Systems
Development and Insurance
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As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development.
Wir suchen für den Standort Deutschland/Eschborn eine/n
Intern (m/w) in the field Financial Systems Development and Insurance
JOB-ID: 28757
Field of activity
Climate change has a negative impact on human habitat and nature. In this context the need for integrated management strategies for the prevention and mitigation of climate risks in order to reduce the financial consequences of extreme weather events increases.
The lack of adequate risk transfer mechanisms is a major reason for societies not being able to achieve and maintain achieved Millennium Development Goals. Climate change induced catastrophes, or even increased weather variability can undo progress reached in poverty reduction, threaten food security and often require liquidating investments; they reduce employment, force migration of wage earners as well as disenrollment of school going children. Large-scale events such as severe droughts or floods can affect entire societies, thereby posing an extra-budgetary strain, quasi-fiscal liabilities and reduced macro-economic performance, in addition to the social impacts. Therefore, better and widely accessible indirect and direct insurance and risk transfer products on that respond to the needs and capacities of developing country populace as well as governments are key for stable economic development and poverty reduction.
Your tasks
* You assist in preparing and carrying out analyses and projects.
* You prepare presentation materials and write concept papers on various topics.
* You support your team at the substantive and logistical preparation of events and workshops.
* You conduct research on various topics in the area of climate risk management.
* You support the team in knowledge management, the writing of knowledge products and information exchange.
* You assist in the general day to day business and take on administrative tasks.
Your profile
* You have just completed your Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics or Disaster Risk Management or Climate Change Adaptation or related fields such as engineering/energy/science or are nearing completion of your Master's program.
* You can demonstrate some experience in financial sector development, especially insurance from internships or university works.
* Expertise or background in renewable energy would also be beneficial.
* You have gained experience through internships or exchange semesters in developing countries.
* You have a very good command of spoken English and very good writing skills.
* You have demonstrated analytical and research skills, preferably in the insurance or energy sector.
* You have good knowledge of the standard Microsoft Office applications.
* You have above-average organizational skills and able to think structured.
* You are efficient and self-organized and can quickly dive comprehensively into new topics.
* You are at best six months available.
* Finally, you bring joy to team work and good communication skills with you.
Assignment period
24.10.2016 - 23.04.2017
Our offer
We pay a monthly stipend of € 1.463,- (gross pay)
Other information
Please be informed that you are only allowed to apply for this internship, if you are currently enrolled as a student or graduated not longer than six months ago.
GIZ would like to improve the share of disabled employees, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.
For further information, please contact Mr. Packmohr (Mail: amani.packmohr@giz.de<mailto:amani.packmohr@giz.de> ).
If we caught your interest, we are looking forward to your application until 03.10.2016..
Contact department:
Lina Maerz
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:24:49 +0000
From: Roger Brugge <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] AON Benfield recrutement
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AON Benfield Paris Analytics department has twenty people and is divided into 2 teams: Actuary and Cat Modeling.
The Cat team has currently an opening permanent position. Please see the job description in French.
Before sending your CV, please be aware and understand that this job is
- NOT to develop a pure scientific model;
- NOT to do a scientific research;
- Considering the candidate who is able to communicate proficiently with our clients in French.
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Bien cordialement,
Tai-feng YANG
Aon Benfield | Analytics
31-35 rue de la Fédération | 75 717 Paris Cedex 15
tai.feng.yang@aonbenfield.com | www.aon.fr
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:43:05 +0000
From: Roger Brugge <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Tenure-track Faculty Position at Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
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Forwarded from CLIMLIST...
Job title: Full Professor in Earth and Climate (1.0 fte)
VU unit: Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Earth Science department
Vacancy number: 16479 Date of publication:
Closing date: November, 1 2016
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) is a leading, innovative and growing
university that is at the heart of society and actively contributes to
new developments in teaching and research. Our university has ten
faculties, and provides work for over 4,500 staff and scientific
education for more than 23,000 students. Research at the Faculty of
Earth and Life Sciences (FALW www.falw.vu.nl/en/) focuses on life
sciences, health sciences, environmental sciences, and earth sciences.
FALW offers a range and high-quality BSc and MSc programmes. World-class
teaching and cutting-edge research activities go hand in hand. The
Department of Earth Sciences is one of the eight departments in FALW. It
operates with two research clusters: 'Earth and Climate' and 'Geology
and Geochemistry' which teach the Earth Sciences and Earth and Economics
BSc and MSc programmes.
In recent years the Earth and Climate cluster has developed a strong
research and teaching profile in the field of climate change.
Understanding the causes and consequences of climate change on the
environment during the Quaternary, and quantifying their magnitudes and
rates, are key topics of our research. Our integrated approach combines
expertise in proxy development, landscape- and climate modelling,
unravelling landscape evolution, and reconstructions of climate
evolution in terrestrial and marine records.
About the position The cluster seeks a highly motivated full professor
or, depending upon experience, an associate professor on a tenure track,
to further strengthen the research group in the field paleoclimate
and/or landscape modeling. The candidate should be an outstanding senior
Earth System scientist with proven expertise in modeling and teaching of
the causes and consequences of Quaternary climate change. The successful
applicant is expected to further develop a dynamic, externally-funded
research program and supervise graduate and undergraduate students.
He/she should contribute to the teaching and field work within the Bsc
and Msc programmes and to the management of the department.
Education
The senior Earth System scientist will lecture within BSc courses in the
Earth Science programme, as well as in specialization courses in the
master programme. He/she will supervise BSc, MSc and PhD students.
Tasks
The senior Earth System scientist will:
• play a key role in department's research programme
• play a central role in teaching in the BSc and MSc programmes
• supervise and coach MSc- and PhD-students and postdocs;
• successfully acquire national and international research grants;
• plan and manage research projects and collaborations with academic,
industrial and governmental partners;
• perform managerial tasks for the department and faculty;
• play an active role in local, national and international networks in
this field.
Requirements
The senior Earth System scientist is expected to:
• have a proven interest in the effects of climate change on different
time-scales, ranging from past ice ages to future climate, and matching
publication and citation records;
• have a PhD in Climate / Earth Science
• have high-level skills in the acquisition of external funds and a
proven capacity to motivate and guide students on the bachelor, master
and PhD level;
• have a functional international network and proven skills in managing
collaborative research projects;
• be able to successfully work in a multidisciplinary and innovative
research field;
• have a basic qualification in teaching for Dutch universities ('BKO'),
or is willing to follow this course after appointment;
• be fluent in English and to acquire (if appropriate) knowledge of the
Dutch language after two years.
Further particulars
You can find information about our excellent fringe benefits of
employment at <www.workingatvu.nl> such as:
• remuneration of 8,3% end-of-year bonus and 8% holiday allowance;
• solid pension scheme (ABP);
• possibilities to save up holidays for sabbatical leave;
• minimum of 29 holidays in case of full-time employment;
• generous contribution (65%) commuting allowance based on public transport;
• discounts on collective insurances (healthcare- and car insurance);
• participation in Individual Choices model.
Salary
The salary will be in accordance with university regulations for
academic personnel, and depending on experience, range from a minimum of
€ 4749 gross per month up to a maximum of €7659 gross per month based on
a fulltime employment.
Dr. Gerald Ganssen
Cluster Earth and Climate
Department of Earth Sciences
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
de Boelelaan 1085
1081HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
tel. +31205987369
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:44:41 +0000
From: Roger Brugge <r.brugge@reading.ac.uk>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Subject: [Met-jobs] PostDoc Opportunities at the Max Planck Institute
for Biogeochemistry (Germany)
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Prospective Postdocs
Associated with the QUINCY project, the Terrestrial Biosphere Modelling
(TBM) Group is looking for 3 PostDocs (f/m) in soil and biosphere
biogeochemical modelling
Your Job (#1): (2 years, with the possibility of extension)
further develop a process-based soil organic C model (COMISSION; Ahrens
et al. 2015) to account for the effect of microbial nitrogen and carbon
limitation on soil organic matter decay investigate and evaluate how
soil microbial processes are affected by changes in quality and quantity
of rhizodeposits of plants under elevated atmospheric CO2
concentrations, using data from Free Air CO2 Enrichment experiments
contribute to the ERC consolidator grant QUINCY (Quantifying the effects
of interacting nutrient cycles on terrestrial biosphere dynamics and
their climate feedbacks):
<https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgi/index.php/Projects/QUINCY> contribute
to publications in international scientific journals and presentations
on national and international meetings
Your Job (#2): (3 years)
further develop a process-based soil organic C model (COMISSION; Ahrens
et al. 2015) by developing and adding the necessary process
representations to simulate soil P dynamics and their effect on soil
organic matter decay evaluate this model using data collected at a range
of beech forest sites along a P availability gradient investigate and
evaluate rhizosphere interactions with the vegetation under a range of
fertilisation scenarios contribute to the DFG priority programme
ecosystem nutrition (forest strategies for limited phosphorus
resources): <https://www.ecosystem-nutrition.uni-freiburg.de/>
contribute to publications in international scientific journals and
presentations on national and international meetings
Your Job (#3): (3 years, with the possibility of extension)
contribute to the on-going development of a new land surface scheme
simulating the coupled global terrestrial carbon, nitrogen and
phosphorus cycles by integrating existing components for soil and
vegetation modelling into a common global framework. evaluate this new
model using large-scale benchmarks (e.g. up-scaled in situ data, remote
sensing data, atmospheric CO2 record) perform scenario simulations to
evaluate the net effect of nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics on
projections of the global land carbon budget of the 21st century
contribute to the ERC consolidator grant QUINCY (Quantifying the effects
of interacting nutrient cycles on terrestrial biosphere dynamics and
their climate feedbacks):
<https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgi/index.php/Projects/QUINCY> contribute
to publications in international scientific journals and presentations
on national and international meetings
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:55:03 +0000
From: Paul Wilson <Paul.Wilson@rms.com>
To: "met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk" <met-jobs@lists.reading.ac.uk>
Cc: London Recruiting <London.Recruiting@rms.com>
Subject: [Met-jobs] Mathematical modelling of natural catastrophes at
RMS London: Senior Modeling Analyst, Catastrophe Response
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Risk Management Solutions (RMS) is the world's leading provider of mathematical models and information related to the financial impact of natural catastrophes. We have a team of fifty postdoctoral scientists and engineers based in London building mathematical models that predict the distributions of possible damage due to the effects of tropical storms, extra-tropical storms, thunderstorms, storm-surges and floods. We use a combination of observed data, reanalysis data, numerical, statistical and engineering models and data assimilation. We are the pioneers in the development and application of complex statistical and numerical modelling methods for the quantification of natural hazard risk, and our risk models are the most detailed and comprehensive models of natural catastrophes produced anywhere in the world. Our clients include several hundred insurance and reinsurance companies as well as brokers, banks, hedge funds, regional and local governments.
We are currently looking to fill positions within the catastrophe response team that deals with the application and development of RMS's catastrophe models to understand events as they occur in near real-time. The role will involve monitoring potential catastrophe events as they occur globally, maintaining models and processes to analyse events and calculate estimates of the insured loss during the days immediately before and after an event. The successful candidate will be responsible for clear & timely communication of the situation with the organization and to our clients - this will entail close collaboration with colleagues across the organization and RMS's global offices.
Suitable candidates will have a MSc in Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Storm Surge Modelling, Applied Mathematics, Wind or Coastal Engineering, or similar. They will have a strong analytical mindset, strong programming skills (Fortran, R, MATLAB), experience working with GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS), excellent communication skills and be able to work as part of a team. Previous experience in catastrophe modelling are considered an advantage but not a pre-requisite.
If you are interested, please send an email, with a covering letter and CV, to mailto:london.recruiting@rms.com or apply directly via https://app.jobvite.com/j?cj=omVU3fwY&s=metjobs. Appropriate candidates will be invited for interview in London.
Many thanks,
Paul
Paul Wilson
Vice President, Model Development
www.rms.com<http://www.rms.com>
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