Contact person Deltares: Brian de Bruin
Educational Level: PhD
Minimum years of work experience: 5
Deadline: 01/05/2023, 00:59
Location: Delft
Category: Professionals
We are looking for a Project Researcher/Postdoc to strengthen our team at the Data Science and Water Quality department of the Marine and Coastal Systems unit. Do you want to help us to address the current challenges to reduce nutrient pollution and its negative impacts on inland and coastal waters and their ecosystem services? Read on!
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Project background and vacancy description
You will be a core member of the Horizon Europe NAPSEA project team (https://napsea.eu/). The position will last 2 years and requires that you will be working from our location in Delft, The Netherlands.
The central aims of the NAPSEA project are to support national and local authorities in selecting effective nutrient load reduction measures and to gain political support for their implementation. NAPSEA will use an integrated approach to address nutrient pollution from source to sea, combining three complementary perspectives (1: governance and policy; 2: models and pathways and 3: ecosystem health). The geographical scope of the project covers the catchment of the Wadden Sea, with four case studies. NAPSEA will showcase best practices on the implementation of socially acceptable, sustainable and effective measures for these case studies. Effects of climate change and co-benefits of measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are taken into account.
Deltares leads the consortium and contributes largely to work in the work packages on Measures and Pathways and on Ecosystem Health. The project started in October 2022 and will run till September 2025 with an international consortium of 7 partners from 3 countries.
You will be engaged in various project activities. Tasks include applying and/or evaluating models and data science tools that are used for integrating hydrology and nutrient transport processes. The approach of NAPSEA is to consider the continuum from source to sea, using the Rhine and Elbe Rivers-North Sea coastal system as case study. Deltares focuses on the effect of measures reducing nutrient losses from agriculture in the Hunze area (source) as well as the effects of measures for Lake Zuiderlaardemeer and the Wadden Sea ecosystem (sea), you will work particularly on these topics. Part of your task is also to attend project meetings and to contribute to high‑quality project deliverables. For all activities you will collaborate intensely with international project partners.
What do we expect from you?
- Relevant scientific background and research skills and a PhD in related field;
- Knowledge of- and experience with hydrological modelling, affinity with water quality research and nutrient transport;
- You are team-player and open-minded to the adjacent fields of interest;
- Analytical and presentation skills to communicate research results;
- Programming skills (or willingness to learn), with preference on Matlab or Python;
- Fluent in English, speaking and writing, with high quality reporting skills;
- It is a hard requirement for this position that you will be working from our Delft office, if you are not located in the Netherlands already you must be willing to relocate;
- Willingness to travel abroad and work with international project members;
- A professional attitude to work, colleagues and clients;
- Availability by September 2023 is an asset.
Working at Deltares
The position is within the department of Water Quality and Data Sciences under the Unit of Marine and Coastal Systems. Deltares is an independent institute for applied research in the field of water, subsurface and infrastructure. Worldwide we work on smart solutions, innovations and applications for people, environment and society. To achieve our goals, we develop our own expertise, innovative software and services. We have special facilities on our campus in Delft, like the Delta Flume and our iD-Lab (Interactive data research laboratory) and the Geochemical and Microbiological laboratory in Utrecht.
Deltares supports governments, industries, water boards, and municipalities in their ambitions to reduce water and energy consumption and to develop and implement sustainable energy technologies. Deltares places high demands on the quality of its knowledge and advice. Enabling Delta life is our core business. We offer:
- Excellent training opportunity’s for personal and professional growth;
- Deltares offers a market conform salary. Scaling will be based on your experience;
- ABP average salary pension, 34 days of vacation, vitality budget and a mobility budget;
- Our Campus in Delft contains unique facilities such as the Delta Flume and our iD-lab, an interactive data research laboratory;
- You will be hired for the duration of the project;
- A diverse and inclusive working environment. *
Interested?
Are you concerned with the environmental quality of freshwater systems and coastal seas? Are you committed to fulfill the correspondent period and do you fit the qualifications?
Apply directly by uploading your CV and motivation letter before the 30th of April. Interviews will be held in May/June. For more information you may contact the project manager Luuk van der Heijden (Luuk.vanderHeijden@deltares.nl) or Paul Saager (Paul.Saager@deltares.nl), head of department.
*Deltares is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
