[GeoIT.org] Senior Spatial Data Scientist for Climate Action at HeiGIT Heidelberg (m/f/d, up to 100%), 5 years+

[Alexander Zipf]

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alexander zipf

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You are a highly motivated person who loves spatial data science? You 
want to use your expertise for the benefit of society and the 
environment – in particular stimulating Climate Action? You want to 
improve the availability and quality of geographic information for 
Climate Action and develop geoinformatics methods used for related open, 
non-profit applications? Then we actually might have a suitable and 
interesting job for you!

Senior Spatial Data Scientist for Climate Action (m/f/d, up to 100%)

HeiGIT gGmbH is a non-profit start-up aiming at technology transfer and 
applied research in the area of geoinformatics for the benefit of 
society and the environment. We work towards closing the gap between 
knowledge about climate change and action towards mitigating it. To this 
end, HeiGIT is establishing a new dedicated focus area on Climate Action.

To work with us on Climate Action topics, such as creating 
high-resolution spatial indicators of climate change readiness and 
greenhouse gas emission maps, we are looking for a highly motivated and 
experienced Spatial Data Scientist.

Your tasks are related to generate spatial sustainability and climate 
change readiness indicators or greenhouse gas emission estimates in a 
very high spatial resolution. Depending on your experience this includes

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    - Conceptualization and implementation of bespoke spatial indicators

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    - Analysis of crowdsourced geodata like OpenStreetMap (OSM) in
    combination with otherspatial data like remote sensing, government
    data, social media data and citizen sciencedata

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    - Use of advanced machine learning methods to enrich the datasets

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    - Data fusion of the above mentioned data sources

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    - Data engineering and management

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    - Validation and estimation of data quality and uncertainty

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    - Support communication and visualization of the results by
    co-developing an open sourceplatform providing web and mobile
    applications

    Close collaboration and communication with team members &
    stakeholders is your favourite way of working. Your in-depth
    knowledge of your favorite language and tools will be valued, but
    you'll also be expected to help with whatever the team needs to work
    towards its goal.

Your Expertise

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    - PhD and an above-average university degree in one of the subjects
    such as Geoinformatics, Geography, Environmental Studies,
    Environmental Physics or similar.

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    - Experience in environmental modelling and / or domain specific
    knowledge related to Climate Change or Climate Action and
    Sustainability.

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    - Knowledge on volunteered geographic information (VGI), especially
    OpenStreetMap (OSM), is an advantage.

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    - Excellent & demonstrated broad methodological skills & research
    experience in topics such as Spatial Data Science & Machine Learning.

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    - Hands on experience in evaluating and developing new approaches
    from literature and actively implementing new concepts.

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    - Solid Computer Science and programming skills (e.g. Python, Java
    or R). Experience in collaborative development (e.g. git) or working
    with data base systems is beneficial.

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    - Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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    - German language skills preferred, but English only possible.

We offer

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    an attractive position in an interdisciplinary team in a highly
    dynamic and growing area with real world impact on society and the
    environment.

    HeiGIT gGmbH is cooperating closely with the GIScience Research
    Group at Heidelberg University, which is member of the
    Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) and funding
    member the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) at Heidelberg
    University. We offer a stimulating interdisciplinary research
    environment with many personal development opportunities. All HeiGIT
    employees can, in agreement with the rest of the team, work remote
    up to half of their time. HeiGIT receives core funding by the Klaus
    Tschira Foundation (KTS).

    The position is to be filled**as soon as possible and for
    administrative reasons initially limited to *5 years* - with the
    option of sustainable extension. Please send your application
    including CV, certificates, references, etc. in digital form as
    PDF*as soon as possible* to maria.martin at heigit.org.

    Please note our data protection information
    (https://heigit.org/privacy-policy/data-protection-
    information-for-applicants/) for applicants.


-- 
Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf
GIScience Research Group Heidelberg University
http://uni-heidelberg.de/gis

Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT gGmbH)
http://heigit.org  

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