20
March
Csiro Postdoctoral Fellowship In Modelling Erosion Hazards
Private Company - Acton, ACT
Government, Defence & Emergency
Source: uWorkin
JOB DESCRIPTION
CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.
CSIRO’s Land & Water business unit have an opportunity available for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Landscape Evaluation team within the Living Landscape program. The Postdoctoral Fellow will undertake computational research to develop, evaluate and implement landscape models of gully and stream bank erosion and hydrologic processes.
The Postdoctoral Fellow will take the lead in developing process-based spatial models building on airborne LiDAR and other datasets using efficient modelling techniques and database structures.
Your duties will include:
- Investigating and defining methods to represent landscape morphology.
- Rapidly developing an understanding of physical surface processes and mathematical constructs driving terrain-related phenomena.
- Undertaking efficient analysis and management of large datasets.
Location: Black Mountain, ACT
Salary: AU$86k - AU$94k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term of 3 years
To be considered you will need:
- A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in a relevant discipline area, such as earth sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, information and computing sciences, mathematical sciences.
- High level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research team internally and externally, including the presentation of research outcomes at national and international conferences.
- A sound history of publication in peer reviewed journals and/or authorship of scientific papers, reports, grant applications or patents.
For full details about this role please view the Position Description
Eligibility
The successful applicant will be required to obtain and provide a National Police Check or equivalent an Australian driver's licence.
Applicants must be Australian/New Zealand citizens, Australian Permanent Residents or Australian temporary residents currently residing in Australia.
We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
Please apply online by visiting: https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Canberra%2C-ACT-CSIRO-Postdoctoral-Fellowship-in-Modelling-Erosion-Hazards/724662800/