[RegCNET] Vacancy: Observation and Modeling of the West African Monsoon

[Bamba Sylla]

Dear all
Please consider applying for this position. 

Thanks

****


WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and 
Adapted Land Use) is a research and education-focused institute designed to help tackle the climate change challenge and thereby enhance the 
resilience of human environmental systems. It does so by strengthening 
the research capacity and infrastructure in West Africa related to 
climate change by pooling the expertise of ten West African countries 
and Germany. The West African countries include: Benin, Burkina Faso, 
Côte d‘Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and 
Togo.
WASCAL has its headquarters in Accra, Ghana from where it coordinates 
10 graduate schools at different universities in the region. WASCAL also has a Competence Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where it manages 
the climate research activities.
In WASCAL, the impact of climate change on water resources, 
agriculture, biodiversity, economies and the livelihood of the 
population in West Africa is thoroughly investigated. In this regards, 
observational datasets are being gathered and Regional Climate Models 
further developed and applied at high resolution to help improve our 
understanding of the West African Monsoon dynamics.
Therefore, the Climate Change and Climate Modeling group of the WASCAL 
Competence Center seeks to hire a Junior Research Scientist to take part in research on advance understanding of the West African Monsoon 
dynamics under climate change. This research will use station datasets 
from WASCAL and meteorological services in partner countries combined 
with observed gridded products and Regional Climate Models output.

The successful candidate will be expected to
	1. Take part on the on-going activities on data collection and assembly through the WASCAL climate observation network
	2. Develop methods to characterize the West African Monsoon (WAM) System and advance the understanding of its dynamic
	3. Further develop and adapt a Regional Climate Model over West Africa
	4. Analyze observation datasets and perform high resolution sensitivity 
experiments to understand the role of key features of the WAM and their 
interactions under global warming
	5. Contribute to the supervision of the graduate students from WASCAL partner countries
	6.  Present the research at regional and international conferences
	7. Publish results in peer reviewed journals and/or conference proceedings.
 
This position requires
	1. An excellent PhD in Atmospheric Science, Climate Science or any other 
related field; Candidates that will defend their PhD thesis by December 
2014 can still apply
	2. Excellent knowledge of the West African Monsoon system and its dynamics
	3. Comprehensive experience in working with complex Regional Climate 
Models and Land-Surface Models in a HPC environment; Previous experience with the ICTP RegCM4 is an asset
	4. Strong ability to generate, process and analyze large datasets. 
Previous experience in working on projects or programs such as AMMA, 
CORDEX, etc. is desirable
	5. Extensive skills in Lunix scripting language (bash, shell, etc.), 
programming language (e.g. FORTRAN) and display and analysis tools 
(GrADS, NCL, etc.)
	6. Ability to assimilate new concepts and adapt to a rapidly evolving scientific and computational environment
	7. Excellent oral and written communications skills; Fluency in English and conversant in French
 
WASCAL offers competitive salary and other fringe benefits. All 
applications, including curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a 
statement of motivation and the names and contact information of three 
referees should be emailed to (candidature at wascal.org). Please indicate “Monsoon” in the subject line.
For further technical information, please contact Dr. Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla (sylla.b at wascal.org; syllabamba at yahoo.fr).
The closing date for applications is November 15, 2014. WASCAL encourages women to apply for this position.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
 



---------
Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla, PhD
Senior Scientist on Climate Modeling and Climate Change
West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Landuse (WASCAL)
WASCAL Competence Center, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Office : (+226) 50 37 54 23/29/39; Cell: (+226) 77 73 43 11 
E-mail: sylla.b at wascal.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ictp.it/pipermail/regcnet/attachments/20140829/946764f5/attachment.html>