Analyst Consultant / Senior Analyst Consultant (to work in the Meteorological Applications Section)

Reference no.: AP10-17

Location:

ECMWF Headquarters at Shinfield Park, near Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Environment:

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an international organisation supported by 32 States*. Its prime objectives are the operational production of analyses, medium-range forecasts of weather and ocean waves and seasonal forecasts, as well as scientific and technical research directed to the improvement of these forecasts. ECMWF operates a large computing facility including supercomputers, data archiving systems and networks. For details see:

www.ecmwf.int

The vacancy is in the Meteorological Applications Sections in the Operations Department of ECMWF.
The consultant will mainly work on the European Flood Alert System (EFAS) project which is a European Commission initiative to increase preparedness for riverine floods across Europe by utilizing medium-range atmospheric Ensemble Predictions. This work will be carried out in close collaboration with the Research Department. ECMWF is a core provider of the inputs to EFAS and has the aspiration to run the EFAS model operationally.
The main duties comprise:

• Integrate an EFAS prototype into the operational environment of ECMWF
• Perform and validate test runs of EFAS
• Establish acquisition and processing of input data sets
• Support the archiving of EFAS inputs and outputs
• Carry out benchmarks and improve the technical performance of EFAS
• Participate in the on-call support of the Section

A university education or equivalent is required, together with at least two years’ experience in the development and maintenance of computer applications in a scientific environment. Experience in the processing of meteorological and/or hydrological data using C/C++ or FORTRAN would be a clear advantage. A background in Hydro-Meteorology and the use of scripting languages, such as Python, in a Unix environment is also desirable.

Remuneration:

Typically within the range of £3,795.00 to £5,255.00 per month net of tax, depending upon qualifications, experience, personal situation and eligibility for expatriation allowance. A higher salary range of £4,685.00 to £6,360.00 per month net of tax, may be considered for a candidate with exceptionally high qualifications and experience.

A deduction of either £33.62 per beneficiary or 4.38% of the monthly remuneration will be made for the supplementary health insurance scheme.

Starting date: As soon as possible.

Length of contract: One year initially. The possibility of contract extensions is likely, subject to the long-term funding of this project.

Applications: Application forms in word format can be downloaded from here (162kb) and completed on-line. If you download, you may (if near to the closing date) e-mail the completed form only back to ECMWF at jobs@ecmwf.int. Please note, however, that you must still send your full application form together with all the attachments to ECMWF by post. Under no circumstances should you e-mail your attachments.

Closing date: Completed applications for this post must reach the Personnel Section of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts not later than 2 September 2010.

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* The ECMWF Member States are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

The ECMWF Co-operating States are Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.