Climate Impact Scientist

Government of Manitoba; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Government of Manitoba is seeking a Climate Impact Scientist for a 2-year term in Winnipeg to develop a climate model downscaling pipeline focused on climate risk quantification. Candidates should possess a PhD, relevant experience in climate science, and strong computational skills to contribute effectively to policy-driven initiatives.

Qualifications

• PhD with significant experience in a research environment.
• Experience downscaling climate models.
• Able to manage and organize climate modelling projects.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and implementing a climate model downscaling pipeline.
• Lead research efforts on climate risk quantification.
• Ensure high technical standards in climate science initiatives.

Skills

Scientific approach

Climate modelling

Verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Computational skills

Education

PhD in a relevant field (e.g., atmospheric physics, climatology)

Tools

Statistical and scientific software

Job description

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Closing Date: July 1, 2025

The Manitoba government recognizes the importance of building an exemplary public service reflective of the citizens it serves, where diverse abilities, backgrounds, cultures, identities, languages and perspectives drives a high standard of service and innovation. The Manitoba government supports equitable employment practices and promotes representation of designated groups (women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, visible minorities).

Employment Equity is a factor in selection for this competition. Consideration will be given to women, Indigenous people, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

An eligibility list may be created for similar positions on a temporary and/or regular basis and will remain in effect for 12 months.

Submissions should include a CV and a portfolio of relevant work. Portfolio content should include links to scientific articles, products, codebases, or other scientific materials that demonstrate the candidate’s experience and ability.

Written communication skills will be assessed with all documents submitted. Please identify which portions of documents are written by you if there are multiple authors.

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Conditions of Employment:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
• Willing and able to work overtime as required
• Ability to provide and maintain a satisfactory Criminal Record Check

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to apply a scientific approach to complex subject matter, evidenced by a PhD with significant relevant experience in a research environment. PhDs considered may be in fields such as: atmospheric physics, oceanography, climatology, meteorology, physics, computer science, or other quantitative discipline relevant to climate science, with particular attention to climate model downscaling and its applications
• Meaningful experience with climate modelling and the relevant science, including downscaling.
• Ability to plan, organize and lead research and development for climate impact modelling initiatives, including strong time management and organizational skills
• Superior verbal communication skills including ability to present complex technical information to executive audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate effectively
• Strong computational skills sufficient for complex climate modelling which may include the following:

- Algorithms, memory-management, high-performance computing, and

- Statistical and mathematical methods relevant to the needs of climate scenario

- Capacity to work with images, sensor readings, remote sensing data and other

relevant data types for climate modelling

- Statistical and scientific software development, documentation, and model deployment

best practices

• Experience downscaling climate models and applying outputs to develop risk projections for specific events.
• Awareness of ethical, legal, and political considerations in the application of machine learning, predictive and prescriptive modelling to government areas of responsibility

Duties:

This Winnipeg-based position will be responsible for developing and implementing a climate model downscaling pipeline for climate risk quantification on priority policy areas, beginning with extreme heat and human health. The position will use the latest climate science to develop and apply downscaled projections for Manitoba and build the capacity of Data Science Program staff to use the latest climate science in an informed and critical way.

As a senior staff member in this specialized team, the position will be responsible for establishing the foundations of a climate risk quantification initiative in the Government of Manitoba. This line of work that will have major implications for policy and operations across the public sector in our province, and the position will ensure the foundational science of this initiative is implemented to a high technical standard.

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