[GeoIT.org] Job offer: Senior Spatial Data Scientist for Climate Action (m/f/d, up to 100%) HeiGIT Heidelberg

[Alexander Zipf]

/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!///

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

HeiGIT gGmbH <https://heigit.org/>is a non-profit start-up that aims to 
transfer technology and conduct applied research in geoinformatics to 
benefit society and the environment. We work to close the gap between 
knowledge about climate change and action to mitigate it. To this end, 
HeiGIT has establisheda new dedicated focus area on Climate Action.

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced spatial data 
scientist to work with us on Climate Action topics, such as creating 
high-resolution spatial indicators of climate change readiness and 
greenhouse gas emission maps.

*Your tasks*are related to generating spatial climate change readiness 
indicators or greenhouse gas emission estimates in a very high spatial 
resolution. Depending on your experience this includes – together with 
the teams at HeiGIT and the GIScience research group at Heidelberg 
University

·Conceptualization and implementation of bespoke high-resolution spatial 
indicators and GHG emission models

·Use of advanced machine learning methods to enrich and complement the 
datasets

·Analysis and enhancement of crowdsourced geodata like OpenStreetMap 
(OSM) in combination with other spatial data like remote sensing, 
government data, social media and citizen science data

·Data fusion of the above-mentioned data sources

·Data engineering and management

·Validation and estimation of data quality and uncertainty

·Support communication and visualization of the results by co-developing 
an open-source platform 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 
favourite programming language and tools will be valued, but you'll also 
be expected to help with whatever the team needs to work towards its goal.

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*Your Expertise***

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

·Knowledge on volunteered geographic information (VGI), especially 
OpenStreetMap (OSM).

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

·Solid Computer Science and programming skills (esp. Python). Experience 
in collaborative development (e.g. git) or working with spatial database 
systems (e.g. PostGIS) is beneficial.

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

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

·Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

·German language skills are preferred, but English only is possible.



*We offer ***

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 a member of the Interdisciplinary Center 
for Scientific Computing (IWR) and a founding member of the Heidelberg 
Center for the Environment (HCE) at Heidelberg University. We offer a 
stimulating interdisciplinary research environment with many personal 
development opportunities. HeiGIT employees can, in agreement with the 
rest of the team, work remotely for up to half of their time.

The position is to be filled as soon as possible and, for administrative 
reasons, initially limited to30.06.2028. Please send your application, 
including CV, certificates, references, etc., in digital form as PDF as 
soon as possible to jobs at heigit.org <mailto:jobs at heigit.org>.

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

*About HeiGIT*

HeiGIT (the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology) performs 
applied research relating to geographic information. Results and data 
are made freely available for the benefit of the environment and society 
through stakeholders such as researchers and aid organizations & 
associations.

The core foci of HeiGIT range from supporting humanitarian missions with 
customized geodata, to developing intelligent routing solutions for 
disasters or heat waves. HeiGIT also implements innovative methods from 
the fields of spatial data processing and machine learning to analyze, 
enrich, and visualize geodata (e.g. OpenStreetMap data), as well as 
offering practical data analysis for climate protection initiatives.

HeiGIT gGmbH was founded in 2019 as an affiliated institute of 
Heidelberg University. Its core funding comes from the Klaus Tschira 
Foundation.


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

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

http://giscienceblog.uni-heidelberg.de    
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1TAZiPwAAAAJ
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