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Application Deadline: This position will be posted until 11:59pm MT on Friday April 24. Applications will not be accepted past this date.

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Work Location Expectations: This position is open to candidates seeking in-person hybrid (combination of 3 days in-person and 2 days of remote) or fully remote opportunities. UCAR requires ALL positions to be performed within the U.S. excluding U.S. Territories. UCAR Staff deployed to federal agencies must abide by their respective federal agency requirements concerning remote/flexible work arrangements.

Program/Project-Specific Details

• Contribute to the development and delivery of training materials on subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) forecasting for meteorologists scientists and stakeholders across agriculture water resource management and health sectors.

• Author technical and scientific reports documenting work related to the PREPARE Early Warning System project.

Role-Specific Responsibilities

• Apply advanced scientific methods including model calibration bias correction and AI/ML tools to post-process global ensemble forecasts (GEFS NMME and others) and improve precipitation and temperature forecasts at week 24 monthly and seasonal timescales.

• Verify forecasts using statistical methods and apply multivariate and spectral analysis to observations and model outputs to understand and advance sub-seasonal predictability including prediction of extreme events.

• Use GIS tools to map extreme event forecasts and collaborate with stakeholders to co-develop impact forecasts for agriculture water resource management and health.

Required Role-Specific Skills or Experience

• Strong knowledge of the global climate system with regional expertise in the Caribbean Latin America or Africa at S2S timescales.

• Experience engaging stakeholders in agriculture water resource management or food security in developing-world contexts.

• Familiarity with operational forecast workflows including model output processing forecast verification and communicating uncertainty to end users.

• Proficiency in verbal and written English and Spanish or English and French to effectively communicate technical scientific information to clients and stakeholders.

Required Application Materials (preferably in PDF Format):

• Resume

• Cover Letter
  In lieu of a traditional cover letter answer the prompt below that address the critical skills needed for this position. Your answers will be read and weighed equally to your Resume/CV and should provide specific detailed and informative responses based on your direct and previous work experiences. Please keep cover letter to 1-2 pages.

  • Describe your knowledge of the global climate system with emphasis on the climate of Africa the Caribbean or Latin America at sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) timescales. Include your experience applying advanced methods (e.g. AI/ML model calibration bias correction or statistical analysis) to post-process climate or weather model outputs and improve forecast skill.

  • Where relevant describe experience verifying forecasts or communicating uncertainty to non-technical users. Please ground your response in concrete examples from your research or professional work.

  • Additionally describe your professional or academic experience working in or with partners in Africa Latin America or the Caribbean and indicate your language proficiency in English and Spanish or English and French including any professional contexts in which you have communicated technical or scientific content in those languages.

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Designs and executes scientific analyses; develops and adapts and/or tests hypotheses models and/or tools. Contributes to papers reports technical documentation data sets findings and/or proposals. Mentors less experienced colleagues collaborates across disciplines and supports proposal development to advance scientific goals through high-quality methodologically sound work. Engages in mission-aligned activities both within the organization and throughout the broader scientific community. Contributes through a combination of scientific expertise professional service and education and outreach efforts.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing scientific investigations or analyses using established and/or emerging methods to address defined research operational or applied science questions.

• Developing or adapting tools models or methods to support data collection processing analysis system evaluation or experimental workflows.

• Performing detailed analysis and interpretation of observational experimental or model-generated data contributing to new insights or improvements in scientific understanding.

• Leading or contributing to components of a larger project or small project teams through coordination of activities deliverables and technical direction across collaborators.

• Authoring or co-authoring peer-reviewed publications technical documentation data sets findings project reports and/or proposals and presenting findings in internal sponsor or scientific community settings.

• Collaborating across disciplines and institutions contributing technical expertise to team-based projects and enhancing interdisciplinary research or operational outcomes.

• Supporting proposal development and project planning activities by contributing to scoping technical writing and alignment with programmatic objectives.

• Providing technical guidance to less experienced staff/students mentoring on methods tools and best practices while engaging in and modeling inclusive team participation.

• Developing products tools instruments and/or technologies for projects and programs.

Requirements

Education

Typically requires a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree and 8 years related experience or a Masters degree and 4 years related experience or a PhD in a scientific discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge

• Has solid knowledge in a relevant scientific field with an ability to apply theories methods or frameworks to complex or interdisciplinary problems.

• Is familiar with project planning and proposal development including scoping technical work aligning with program goals and supporting deliverable management.

Skills and Abilities

• Is skilled in developing or refining scientific tools workflows or models including quality assurance and integration with broader project efforts.

• Is skilled in using data analysis tools used for data preparation visualization or workflow automation.

• Is committed to mentoring with the ability to guide less experienced colleagues on methods tools and collaborative practices.

• Is capable of contributing to peer-reviewed publications sponsor reports or presentations with clear and accurate scientific communication tailored to varied audiences.

• Collaborates effectively within multidisciplinary teams integrating diverse inputs and fostering productive working relationships.

• Demonstrates the ability to design and carry out analyses or investigative tasks independently using established methods adapting approaches as needed.

Benefits Overview

UCAR affirms its commitment to employees through competitive benefits. In addition to medical dental vision retirement and life insurance UCAR offers a variety of programs focused on work-life balance and professional and personal development. These include:

• Tuition Assistance time off allowance to attend classes and other professional development opportunities.

• UCAR contributes 10% of your eligible pay into your retirement account; 100% fully vested on day one.

• Starting minimum accrual of 20 days of personal time off each year (prorated for less than full-time positions).

• 10 paid holidays.

• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

• Short-term medical leave paid at 100% of your regular salary.

• EcoPass for local Colorado residents to use the Denver and Boulder-area transit system at no cost.

Commitment to Job Application Fairness

Applicants are not required to provide age or age-related information and may redact information related to age date of birth or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution from any submissions during the initial application process.

Some Final Considerations

At NSF NCAR UCAR UCP you will work alongside a dedicated team of professionals conducting critical research and community outreach to solve complex Earth system science problems including climate change air pollution extreme weather floods drought wildfires and space weather all with the goal of improving human life and reducing economic loss. Each of us from scientists to the professionals who support their work serves the public and a collaborative community of scientists in our mission to understand the complex processes that make up the Earth system from the ocean floor to the Suns core.

Flexible Work

At UCAR we are committed to supporting our mission by giving staff the flexibility to find the schedule and location that works best to maintain their own work-life circumstances and reach their full potential as professionals. Many positions within our organization are eligible for fully on-site hybrid (three days per week) and/or flexible work hours.

Equal Opportunity Employer

UCAR is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment and does not discriminate on the basis of race age creed color religion national origin or ancestry sex gender disability veteran status genetic information sexual orientation gender identity or expression or your intersection of identities you are welcome at UCAR.

Export Control

All positions are required to comply with U.S. export compliance regulations and work location requirements regarding access to facilities and research systems.

Work Location

UCAR requires ALL positions to be performed within the U.S. excluding U.S. Territories.

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