The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields. With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education. Put your talent and skills to work with us. Find out more about UZH as an employer! Your responsibilities You will join the WGMS team and primarily contribute to the C3S glacier services and the GlaMBIE-2 project. As primary tasks: You will maintain and further develop mass-change products at the glacier, regional, and global scales. This includes programmatic data management, analysis, and visualization; You will contribute to and lead the publication of related results in academic journals; You will participate in the WGMS' annual data compilation, quality control, dissemination, and publication; You will prepare funding applications for personal and project funding; In addition: You will take part in the supervision, mentoring, and assessments of BSc, MSc, and PhD candidates; You will contribute to teaching in UZH's MSc course on Glacier Mass Balance Measurements & Analysis (GEO851), including lectures, practicals, and field work; You will contribute administratively to the operational and strategic management of the WGMS and its projects. Your profile You have a PhD in Glaciology, Geosciences, Remote Sensing, or a related field; You have excellent analytical and programming skills in the field of geospatial data management, analysis and visualization; You are experienced in scientific software development (preferably Python); frontend web application development is an asset; You have experience in publishing in peer-reviewed international journals; You have experience of participating in (and ideally leading) research projects; You have excellent organizational and communication skills; You have good interpersonal and team skills; You speak and write English fluently; You (ideally but not required) can understand and participate in discussions in German, the Department's general language; You (ideally but not required) bring good mountaineering skills for excursions and field trips. Your benefits Participation in a well-established international network of glacier monitoring and research groups and institutions, space agencies (e.g., DLR, ESA, NASA), and international organizations (e.g., WDS, IACS, UNESCO, UNEP, WMO); Fully equipped personal desk in shared office space at the Department of Geography, UZH, with the flexibility to work remotely one day a week; Further development of your skills in glaciology, programming, and project management; Mentoring for the following stages of your career. What we offer The WGMS team values collaboration, diversity, mutual respect, personal initiative, and scientific inquiry while championing reproducibility and openness (of data, code, and infrastructure). We actively learn from each other and are also keen to share our motivations, ideas, experiences, and methods with the broader community. The Department of Geography offers outstanding working conditions, a high quality of life in Zurich, excellent administrative, logistical, and scientific support, and a flexible work environment that fosters international collaboration and teamwork. UZH offers competitive salaries following the regulations of the Canton of Zurich. PostDoc positions usually start at pay level 3 in class 18.
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