Research Associate Climate Extremes

This is your contribution

• Investigate extreme weather events climatologically (including large-scale circulation patterns)
• Scientifically analyze weather and climate model data
• Analyze characteristics, variability, and trends in pre-industrial, current, and future climate
• Develop data analysis tools, manage data, and take over scientific results into operations
• Collaborate with national and international partners, especially in the National Research Focus "CLIM+ - Klimaextreme und Gesellschaft: Resilienz stärken" (CLIM+)
• Create reports, documentation, and scientific publications

What makes you unique

• Doctorate in atmosphere and climate, meteorology, environmental sciences, physics, or a related field
• Very good knowledge of the dynamics of extreme weather and climate extremes in the mid-latitudes and the influence of circulation and teleconnections
• Very good knowledge in the evaluation and handling of datasets from numerical weather forecasting, reanalysis, and climate models
• Experience in handling modern analysis methods and programming, as well as basic knowledge and interest in Machine Learning
• Enjoyment in collaborating with project partners and motivation to find solutions together
• Knowledge of two official languages and very good English skills

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the well-being of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity, we develop our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy in the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

Questions regarding the application

Sharon Burgess
HR Business Partner
+41 58 460 95 55

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