RapidEye has an immediate opening for a Calibration and Quality Assurance Specialist to join the Calibration and Validation Team. The successful candidate will participate in ongoing engineering and operational activities related to payload radiometric and geometric on-orbit performance assessment and system image quality assurance. This is a unique opportunity to be directly involved in the operation of a complex, satellite-based remote sensing system. The expertise of the team in combination with a thorough understanding of the system will be used to improve and optimize current operation procedures, resolve issues and develop future enhancements.

Within the Research Division, the Petroleum Studies Department is responsible for providing pertinent and reliable information and analyses in support of decision-making and policy-making in Member Countries. It carries out research programs and studies on short-term petroleum market developments with the aim of issuing reports on a regular, as well as ad-hoc basis, highlighting important issues for their use and consideration. It conducts regular forecasts, elaborates and analyzes oil market scenarios and prepares and publishes reports on these findings. It promotes OPEC’s views and technical analysis on short-term oil market developments to the industry at large and the general public via the OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report, as well as other reports, presentations and related podcasts. The Department also prepares and contributes to reports to be submitted to the Economic Commission Board, the Board of Governors, the Ministerial Monitoring Sub-Committee, as well as papers for various OPEC publications.

The position is part of the ice2sea programme, which has €10M of funding from the EU Framework 7 (FP7) for four years of research (2009-2013). The 24 institutional partners in ice2sea will work together to quantify the contribution of continental ice to sea-level rise over the next 200 years.
We will do this through an integrated programme that includes:

The Department of Management at the Aarhus School of Business (ASB), Aarhus University, invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will be expected to take up appointment by 1 December 2009 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The position of assistant professor is a three-year position with teaching and research obligations. Other tasks may be of relevance to the position according to the decision of the Department. Applicants must have a relevant PhD or similar academic qualifications before taking up the position. It is expected that the applicant is able to teach in the English language.

This post is based in the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre (MIB studying protein unfolding induced by fluid flows using Raman spectroscopy. This is an opportunity to join a successful and exciting project (Ashton et al. Biophysical Journal (2009), 96, 4231) with prospects of future research in this area. The project is an interdisciplinary collaboration with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at King's College London and would involve the successful applicant spending some time at KCL. Experience in Raman spectroscopy is essential and previous work on proteins would be an advantage.

KTH has recently opened a position for a Professor in Energy Systems Analysis.
The field of research covers energy systems analysis, methodological development and modelling of energy systems in global and regional perspectives with the aim to develop decision support systems for decision makers.

Iodine species in the atmosphere are linked to ozone depletion and new particle formation. Due to the mainly biogenic sources of iodine (released by micro- and macroalgae) both processes are prone to potential feedbacks between halogen release, anthropogenic perturbations and climate. Recent satellite measurements support the local and potentially even global significance of iodine species for tropospheric chemistry, especially in and around the
Antarctic continent as well as in biologically active tropical regions. However, several components of the natural biogeochemical cycles of iodine are still poorly understood.

A deduction is made from the basic salary for the Pension Scheme and for Partial Invalidity (currently 8.8% for the Pension Scheme and 0.2% for Partial Invalidity). A further 1.46% of basic salary and related allowances is currently deducted for the ECMWF Supplementary Health Insurance Scheme.

Where applicable: household allowance of 6% of basic salary; children’s allowance of £207.56 per child per month; expatriation allowance of 14% or 18% of basic salary for expatriates; education allowance for children of expatriates is added.

 PROFESSIONALISM:__Demonstrated master of subject matter, especially in the ability to apply economic, business and development theories to research on issues related to FDI and the activitiy of TNCs. Strong and proven ability to conduct independent research and supervise others. Excellent analytic abilities, as demonstrated by publications relevant to the subject matter; and ability to think and act innovatively. Sound technical expertise in the area of international investment (especially statistics) and ability to determine suitability, validity and accuracy of data; ability to assess the quality of research and studies undertaken by experts and consultants. The post holder will be motivated by professional concerns; persistent in the face of obstacles and challenges; and able to work in support of, and in cooperation with others.__  COMMUNICATION:__ Excellent communication and liaison skills. Speaks and writes clearly and effectively, and tailors language, tone and style to match the circumstances. Able to get difficult messages across clearly and diplomatically. Excellent drafting ability; ability to prepare written reports, based on sound information, that are clear, concise and meaningful.__  TEAMWORK:__Excellent interpersonal skills. Proven ability to build trust, lead and manage teams and gain assistance of others in a team endeavour. Ability to establish and main an effective working relationship with people of different national and cultural backgrounds and respect for diversity.__  PLANNING AND ORGANIZING:__Proven ability to plan, organize and monitor analytical research as well as technical assistance projects in order to meet targets and achieve results, including developing clear goals and outputs consistent with agreed priorities. A track record of co-ordinating large-scale, long-term and international projects, activities and events.__

The vacancy is in the Data Acquisition and Pre-processing Group of the Meteorological Applications Sections in the Operations Department of ECMWF. This group develops applications to acquire meteorological data from the WMO Global Telecommunications System (GTS) and other data providers through dedicated telecommunication lines and the Internet, decode the data, code it into BUFR or GRIB, store data in observation databases, extract the data and present it to the analysis system.

The consultant will work on the acquisition, processing and monitoring of new and existing observational data. The main focus will be on optimising the acquisition and pre-processing chain to improve the availability of observational data for the Boundary Condition project analysis runs.