Hydrological Modeller & Water Resources Management Scientist

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and well-motivated to work with a team of hydrological modellerswithin the Water Resource Assessment Group. You will be involved in two projects, Drought Risk and You (DRY)http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/et/research/dry.aspx

And Water4Crops, http://www.water4crops.org/

The main focus will be water resources management at field and catchment scales.

Main duties will include:

• Processing data obtained from Eddy Covariance, Scintillometer and COSMOS instruments at pilot sites outside the UK and employ these data to estimate the actual evapotranspiration and soil moisture deficit of the root zone.
• Estimating crop water requirement using new (Eddy Covariance, Scintillometer, COSMOS) and classical (Eto, Etc, etc.) approaches with the aim to increase water use efficiency. 
• Calibrating and validating SALTMED field scale model using field experiment data collected at pilot sites outside the UK and at mesocosms experiment sites in the UK.
• Upscaling mesocosms experiments data to field and catchment scale.
• Calibrate and validate DiCaSM catchment scale models using data acquired from the Drought project catchments.
• Apply climate change scenarios at field and catchment scales using SALTMED and DiCaSM models.
• Estimate the gap between water supply and demand in the UK study catchments of the Drought project.
  

Skills required:

• A degree in a relevant discipline together with relevant experience
• Proven ability in using agriculture water management field scale and hydrological distributed catchment scale models and GIS
• Microsoft Office, including Excel, Access and SQL queries
• Running hydrological and water qualitymodels
• Resources assessment and management and water pollution issues
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to work on your own initiative and to be a part of a team
• A flexible attitude with the ability to manage your time to meet deadlines
• Proven ability in Visual Basic would also be an advantage
• In addition you will be expected to be able to travel to study sites in the UK, in Italy and India; and be flexible to work outside the standard hours, if necessary.
  

Eligibility to apply

To work for CEH, you must be eligible to live and work in the UK without the requirement for a work permit. CEH can only apply for a work permit in cases where there are no suitably qualified or experienced resident workers; otherwise applicants should normally be resident in the UK or a national of the European Union.

To apply please visit http://www.topcareer.jobs/Vacancy/irc216017_6188.aspx and search for reference IRC216017 and follow the application directions.If you are unable to apply on-line, please contact UK Shared Business Services Ltd by telephone on 01793 867000.

 

Salary: £28,200

Band: 6

Contract Type:  Fixed Term Appointment – 1 year
Hours:  Full Time (37 hours)
Closing Date:  29 January 2016
Interview Date: 25 February 2016