Fire & Climate Research Scientist

Country Fire Authority; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Paid parental leave

Health & wellbeing programs

Job summary

Country Fire Authority in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, invites applications for a fixed-term, full-time Research Scientist - Fire and Climate. You will join a small R&D team to study links between climate and fire and translate results into actionable long-term planning advice.

Hybrid work options are available, with travel to CFA offices in Victoria. The role requires a PhD in fire science or related field, strong Python or R skills, and experience in GIS and spatial analysis.

Qualifications

• Experienced research scientist or risk analyst with PhD or equivalent in fire science or related field.
• Demonstrated experience in Python or R and data manipulation; GIS and spatial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualise research questions linking climate and fire outcomes.
• Undertake analysis to identify relationships between climate and fire.
• Build models to project future resource demands for firefighting.
• Translate findings into actionable advice for long-term planning.

Skills

Python

R

GIS

Spatial analysis

Fire science

Education

PhD in fire science or related field

Tools

GIS software

Statistical software

Job description

Country Fire Authority in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, invites applications for a fixed-term, full-time Research Scientist - Fire and Climate. You will join a small R&D team to study links between climate and fire and translate results into actionable long-term planning advice.

Hybrid work options are available, with travel to CFA offices in Victoria. The role requires a PhD in fire science or related field, strong Python or R skills, and experience in GIS and spatial analysis.