Technical Officer – Scientific Project Manager: PRTR: BC3 – ARIES for Ingurumena Project

About the Position

The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) offers a full-time Scientific Project Manager Position on the ARIES project.

The ARIES platform supports all activities of BC3 Research Line (RL) 6 on Integrated Modelling of Coupled Human-Natural Systems. The RL generates multidisciplinary scientific knowledge from human-nature interdependence to address complex sustainability problems through artificial intelligence (AI). The goal of the RL is to provide environmental data, models and understanding by retrieving, evaluating and integrating the existing information in order to support an effective policy-making where nature counts. Besides Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity, the RL also tackles Natural Capital Accounting, Conservation Finance, Food Security, Marine Spatial Planning, and Renewable Energy. All these products are used to inform sustainability decisions in relation to the SDGs.

About the Project

INGURUMENA agreement regulates the collaboration between the Basque Government’s Department of Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing and BC3, aiming to promote research, dissemination, and training on climate change. The scope of this partnership specifically focuses on six key areas: climate fundamentals, the transition to a low-carbon society, and the study of terrestrial ecosystems. Additionally, it addresses the implementation of climate change adaptation measures, the development of integrated human-natural system models, and international outreach through dissemination and training conducted in English.

Responsibilities

• Support the Scientific Coordination in the Strategic Management of the project.
• Financial and administrative project management of the ARIES project.
• Focal contact point between the Scientific Coordination, and ARIES collaborators worldwide.
• Manage interactions with internal and external specialists on communication, and with the external advisory board.
• International travelling and participation to ARIES related meetings when required.
• Team work organization and supervision in relation to ongoing ARIES research activities.
• Organization of project meetings, including financial and administrative aspects.
• New hires processing and management.

Requirements

• Masters or PhD degree.
• Experience in Scientific Project Management.
• Experience in R&D projects.
• Previous exposure to Open Source Software related projects.
• Excellent project management skills related to finance, administration and communication.
• Ability to coordinate teamwork and interact with a broad range of scientific and policy stakeholders at European, Spanish and Basque level.
• Excellent written and oral command of English and Spanish.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

We Offer

• Interdisciplinary and inspiring work environment.
• Quiet and spacious workspaces.
• Possibility of participating in the internal training and academic activities of the centre.
• Standard 35-hour workweek calendar.
• 30 days of vacation per year.
• 1 day per week for remote working at home.

Term of Contract

The contract will be for a fixed term from August 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026.

Salary

The gross annual salary for this position is €39,520.00.

Application Procedure

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

Motivation Letter

Please consider that only applications sent through the form included at the bottom of the BC3 web page will be considered here.

Informal enquiries can be made to Stefano Balbi noting in the subject of the message “ARIES Project manager”.

Contact: Stefano Balbi, [email protected]

Deadline: 7th of July 2026.