3-4 Month Contract Climate Scientist (Storms)

Climate X; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading climate risk analytics provider is seeking a Climate Scientist focusing on storms for a 3-4 month contract in London. The role involves developing and evaluating storm-based hazard models, collaborating with scientists, and using advanced modelling techniques. Ideal candidates will possess a PhD, experience with cyclones, and strong Python skills.

Qualifications

• 3 years relevant industry or post-doctoral experience with tropical or extra-tropical cyclones.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex concepts.
• Experience in leveraging scientific computing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead refinement of storm models through scientific research.
• Conduct model evaluation and verification work.
• Collaborate across scientific domains to develop integrated models.

Skills

Python

Communication

Tropical cyclone modelling

Storm surge modelling

Education

PhD or equivalent experience in climate science

Job description

3-4 Month Contract Climate Scientist (Storms)

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About Us

We are a leading global climate risk and analytics provider located in London, UK and New York, US. Earlier this year, we closed Series A led by GV (Google Ventures) and are on a fast trajectory to lead the financial services and asset management industries with our B2E SaaS platform, comprised of three products, Carta, Spectra and Adapt, which resolve customer climate risk challenges across their entire workflows.

Contract Role - 3-4 Months initially

About Us

We are a leading global climate risk and analytics provider located in London, UK and New York, US. Earlier this year, we closed Series A led by GV (Google Ventures) and are on a fast trajectory to lead the financial services and asset management industries with our B2E SaaS platform, comprised of three products, Carta, Spectra and Adapt, which resolve customer climate risk challenges across their entire workflows.

We are at a pivotal point in scaling our product offering, expanding our market reach, and refining our product strategy to sustain continued success.

About the role

As a Climate Scientist focusing on storms, you'll work with an interdisciplinary science team, with three other climate scientists, as well as hazard scientists, geospatial experts and loss modellers. Together, we're building global-scale models to assess the physical risks of climate change. This role is focused on the continual support and development of our storm based hazard models, currently tropical cyclones, storm surge and European extra-tropical cyclones.

We're seeking an enthusiastic and capable climate scientist with expertise in the modelling of (extra-) tropical cyclones to join the team and support the continual development of our internal hazard models and asses the impact of climate change on the risk posed by these perils.

We work in a commercial environment, so the end product needs to meet a client requirements and this drives our development. However, we want to do be informed by and do good science, and then make this useful for people!

The impact you'll own

• Undertake cutting-edge scientific model development by leading the refinement of our storm models based on scientific research and applying tropical cyclone and storm surge models in new geographies.
• Lead robust model evaluation and verification work to evaluate the model outputs and document models for internal and external communication for banking clients.
• Disseminate scientific insights and methods to engage with stakeholders, customers, the scientific community - representing the team at international conferences and industry events.
• Collaborate across scientific and technical domains through working with other climate and geospatial scientists co-develop integrated storm risk (hazard and loss) models
  
  

Essential Skills

• 3 years relevant industry or post-doctoral experience working on tropical cyclones or extra-tropical cyclones.
• Experience leveraging scientific computing techniques using Python in a cloud/remote environment.
• Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex concepts to a non-technical audience.
• A desire to use scientific expertise to drive real-world impact by understanding client and product needs, and work under tight deadlines to enhance our customer offering.
  
  

Desirable Skills

Experience in any one of these areas makes you stand out but are not required for the role and if you are passionate and interested in the role we encourage you to apply!

• Experience researching (extra) tropical cyclone impacts and risk.
• Experience working with catastrophe models, particularly for wind based perils.
• Experience with Bayesian statistics and/or Extreme Value Theory for extreme events
  
  

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent experience in climate science, hazard modeling or statistical analysis.
  
  

Equal Opportunities

Climate X are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Climate Data and Analytics

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