Geospatial Data Scientist – Technical Staff for JUST4CARE project

About the Position

The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) offers a full-time technical staff position for the JUST4CARE project (HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01) to be based on-site at BC3. The successful candidate will provide cross-cutting research, data-science, and analytical support to advance climate-justice outcomes in the Horizon Europe project JUST4CARE, while extending and operationalising those results within the ARIES semantic-web platform.

Responsibilities

• Specializing in urban risk and geoinformatics, the role involves developing and managing large, global datasets to support geospatial analysis. This involves designing and implementing data models capable of handling diverse and massive datasets, ensuring data accuracy, and developing efficient workflows for analysis. The role also requires collaborating with cross-functional teams to apply geospatial insights to urban planning, disaster risk reduction, and other relevant fields.
• Contribute to model development and data integration within the ARIES platform, working closely with a 25+- strong team representing diverse cultural and disciplinary backgrounds.
• Broadly contribute to the ARIES platform, a semantic web infrastructure that uses AI to build computational solutions to environmental, policy, and sustainability problems.

Requirements

• Suitable degree for developing the tasks of the job description (a master’s degree at minimum; Masters or PhD (or equivalent international degree); e.g. a degree in Computer Science, ICT, Geomatics, Ecoinformatics, Geography, Ecology, Biology.
• Domain-specific knowledge of and demonstrated research experience in one or more of the following areas: climate hazards, climate impacts on cities, quantitative modelling experience in other fields for which methodologies are transferable to understanding climate impacts.
• Proficiency in GIS software, programming languages like Python or R, and cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Earth Engine) is also highly desirable.
• Proficiency in integrating and harmonizing data from diverse sources.
• Ability to develop scripts and tools for data processing and integration.
• Experience in processing global datasets related to climate hazards.
• Understanding of geospatial data formats and standards.
• Experience in developing and applying downscaling methods, particularly for vegetation indices and climate data, is crucial.
• Be a compassionate, professional, and reliable team player who values creating and maintaining healthy relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Have strong communication and diplomacy skills to give and receive feedback, celebrate successes, and constructively confront challenges.
• Have excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Experience or interest in learning open source software design and data curation.
• Excellent written and oral command of English (Spanish is a plus, as well as other languages).
• Experience in teamwork and ability to interact with a broad range of scientific collaborators.
• Ability to work independently, within a diverse, multi-location and multi-lingual team.
• Flexibility to work on diverse tasks and integrate new tools and methodologies as needed.

We Offer

• Interdisciplinary and inspiring work environment.
• Quiet and spacious workspaces.
• Possibility of participating in internal training and academic activities of the centre.
• 35-hour week work calendar.
• 30 days of vacation per year.

Term of Contract

Starting 1st of November 2025, the position will be for 3 years, with a 6-months probation period based on the performance of the work. Candidates are expected to start working in person at BC3 in November 2025.

Salary

The position offers a salary aligned with the candidate’s academic and professional experience, complemented by attractive working conditions.

Location

Basque Centre for Climate Change, Leioa, Spain.

As an HR Excellence awarded institution, BC3 is committed to conciliating research-academic requirements and family duties. BC3 is particularly concerned with creating equal opportunities for people independently of gender, culture, and race. Anyone with relevant qualifications is therefore strongly encouraged to apply for the position.

Application Procedure

Fill the form below and upload one PDF document with the following information:

1. Curriculum Vitae (2 pages, including contact details of 3 referees).
2. Motivation letter: A clear and concise 1-2 page statement detailing your interests and qualifications for the opportunity you are applying for.
3. Previous Project Presentation – Highlighting your past experiences and involvement in prior projects.

Deadline

1 October, 2025 (15:00 CET)

Reference requirements

Letters of reference will only be solicited for finalists.

Informal enquiries can be made to Estibaliz Sanz at [email protected] and Jaione Ortiz at [email protected], for technical enquiries, ARIES’s team coordination ([email protected]), noting in the subject of the message “GEOSPATIAL DATA SCIENTIST for JUST4CARE project”.

Please consider that only applications sent through the form included at the bottom of the BC3 web page will be considered (https://info.bc3research.org/job-offers/).

Contract financed by HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-08, European Commission, GRANT reference 101212990