Postdoctoral Fellow, Climate Risk Modelling & Resilience

UOM University of Melbourne; Parkville; On-site; AUD 125,000 - 148,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

17% superannuation

Salary packaging

Health and wellbeing programs

Professional development opportunities

Discounted services

Job summary

University of Melbourne invites applications for a part‑time Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Climate Resilience and Adaption Modelling. You will lead quantitative modelling of climate hazards and losses within BRACE, and help design, develop and price adaptation instruments for catastrophe perils.

You will co-supervise students and engage with academics, industry partners and funding bodies to deliver high‑quality research and competitive funding proposals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate high‑quality research through working papers, submissions or publications in refereed international journals.
• Communicate complex quantitative and climate concepts clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences in multiple formats.
• Collaborate effectively in multidisciplinary teams and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across BRACE work packages to develop and apply quantitative models of climate hazards and losses.
• Contribute to designing, developing and pricing adaptation and resilience instruments for key catastrophe perils.
• Lead high-quality research outputs and support competitive grant and industry funding applications across BRACE.
• Co-supervise Honours, Masters and PhD students while fostering a rigorous, supportive research training environment.
• Coordinate BRACE laboratory operations, including website content, communications, workshops and Industry Advisory Board activities.

Skills

Research communication

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Supervision experience

Education

PhD in a relevant discipline

All requirements completed by commencement date

Tools

Climate modelling software

Job description

University of Melbourne invites applications for a part‑time Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Climate Resilience and Adaption Modelling. You will lead quantitative modelling of climate hazards and losses within BRACE, and help design, develop and price adaptation instruments for catastrophe perils.

You will co-supervise students and engage with academics, industry partners and funding bodies to deliver high‑quality research and competitive funding proposals.