The Specialist is a resource for historical data, trends, indices, climate projections, maps, research results, model output and methodologies to support climate change decision making, including infrastructure design, adaptation planning, hazard mapping, risk assessments, land and water use permitting, environmental assessment, contaminated sites management, resource management, agriculture, and reclamation.

The Specialist will undertake quantitative analysis of climate and climate change data to develop tools and assist clients including Indigenous governments and Indigenous organizations, community governments, territorial government departments, federal government departments, regulatory co-management boards, and industry/businesses that must integrate climate change into planning and decision making.

The Specialist:

• Shares and translates climate knowledge and provides Northwest Territories decision makers information and support on utilizing and interpreting climate knowledge.
• Designs, develops and maintains a central repository(ies), portals, system(s) to collect, warehouse, access and share a wide range of climate change knowledge, information, data, and visual products (photographs, drawings, maps, etc.) and research.
• Develops and enhances climate change resources, tools and products. 

Typically, the qualifications needed to be successful in this role would be attained by:
Completion of a master’s degree in environmental science or other relevant fields, with two (2) years of related experience.
Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

The position is Level 17.  Two-year term.  

Posting:   https://www.gov.nt.ca/careers/en/job/25064

Salary Grids: https://www.fin.gov.nt.ca/en/services/position-and-salary-information/salary-ranges

Northern Allowance Rates: https://my.hr.gov.nt.ca/employees/pay/northern-allowance-rates

Expected to be launched in May 2024, the joint ESA/JAXA Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission is the largest and most complex Earth Explorer to date. It will advance our understanding of the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting incident solar radiation back into space and trapping infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface. We seek a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to analyze the EarthCARE first-light observations of clouds and precipitation to evaluate large-scale models using a suite of forward and inverse modeling methods.  The position is expected to begin as soon as June 1, 2024.  Applications will continue to be considered until the position is filled.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in meteorology, atmospheric science, or a closely related field
• Demonstrated experience in understanding processes that control clouds and/or aerosol-cloud
• interactions
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication and collaboration skills
• Experience with remote sensing instrumentation for clouds and precipitation (e.g., cloud radar,
• passive or active satellite sensors)
• Experience with instrument simulators.
• Experience with machine learning techniques.
• Strong programming skills, such as a familiarity with data analysis software (e.g., Python, IDL,MATLAB, FORTRAN)

Qualified and interested applications are invited to submit to both Prof. Ivy Tan (ivy.tan@mcgill.ca) and Prof. Pavlos Kollias (pavlos.kollias@mcgill.ca) the following:

• A cover letter summarizing interest in the position as well as previous relevant experience and expertise.
• An up-to-date curriculum vitae
• The contact information of three professional references

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Ivy Tan

Assistant Professor

Editor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

https://www.atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.net 

Associate Editor of Journal of Climate

https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/publications/journals/journal-of-climate

McGill University

805 Sherbrooke Street West

Montreal, Canada

H3A 0B9

We cordially invite applications for four (4) postdoctoral and three (3) PhD student positions to work in the areas of weather forecasting, climate modeling, satellite data analysis and comparison, to aid the science development of a new Earth-observing satellite.

Research description

Joining the leadership in the space observations of climate change, Canada will contribute three instruments, TICFIRE (Thin Ice Cloud and Far InfraRed Emissions), ALI (Aerosol Limb Imager) and SHOW (Spatial Heterodyne Observations of Water), jointly known as HAWC (High-altitude, Aerosol, Water Vapour and Clouds), to co-fly with the other instruments in the NASA-led satellite mission: the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS).

The successful candidates will join the Canadian HAWC Science Development Team (SDT) funded by the Canadian Space Agency and steered by the HAWC Canadian University Consortium, to undertake a suite of science development activities that are crucial to developing the sciences and applications of the AOS/HAWC measurements. A total of seven positions are open in this initial round of SDT recruitment, including four postdoctoral researchers and three PhD students. Each hire will be appointed at McGill University, University of Toronto, or University of Waterloo, to focus on one of the research subprojects outlined below.

1. Thermodynamic and radiative anomalies of weather extremes

Subproject lead: Professor Yi Huang (yi.huang@mcgill.ca)

Positions open: one postdoc and one PhD student

Location: McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Objective: this research will assess thermodynamic and radiation anomalies in extreme events such as overshooting convections and cold air formation/outbreaks, using climate and radiative transfer modelling.

2. Trajectory hunting investigations for comparing HAWC data

Subproject lead: Professor Kaley Walker (kaley.walker@utoronto.ca)

Positions open: one postdoc

Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Objective: this research will investigate methodologies for satellite data comparisons by using trajectory hunting techniques and explore how these can be used for HAWC measurements.

3. Satellite detection of snowfall and snow accumulation across Canada’s North

Subproject lead: Professor Christopher Fletcher (chris.fletcher@uwaterloo.ca)

Positions open: one postdoc and one PhD student

Location: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

Objective: this research will develop new optimal retrieval algorithms for satellite detection of snowfall and snow accumulation across Canada's North by using instrument simulators and machine learning.

4. Cloud feedback and its far-infrared signatures in GCMs

Subproject lead: Professor Ivy Tan (ivy.tan@mcgill.ca)

Positions open: one postdoc and one PhD student

Location: McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Objective: this research will evaluate the Arctic cloud feedback in the Canadian climate model in connection with the representation of black carbon in particular.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Salary (including benefits): $60,000CAD/year

Expected start date: ASAP

Term: One year, renewable up to 2.5 years

PhD Students

To apply for the PhD positions, interested applicants are encouraged to first contact the leads of the subprojects of their respective interests. Please send a recent academic transcript, an updated resume, and a half-page statement of research experience and interests. The successful candidates need to meet the admission requirements of the respective universities. More information can be found at the following websites:

• McGill University/Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: https://www.mcgill.ca/meteo/programs-0/graduate-studies/graduate-programs
• University of Waterloo/Department of Geography and Environmental Management:

https://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies-postdoctoral-affairs/future-students/programs/geography-phd-waterloo

Salary and benefits: set by each institution

Expected start date: January 1, 2025 (Note: application deadlines for PhD programs vary by institution and should be discussed with the lead from the appropriate institution).

How to apply

To be considered for the postdoc positions, an applicant must have a Ph.D. degree in atmospheric sciences, meteorology, physics, or a related discipline, received within the past 4 years (after January 1, 2020). The candidate shall have the ability to conduct original and independent scientific research and is expected to have experience in one or multiple of these skills:

• global or regional weather and climate modelling,
• radiative transfer modelling,
• trajectory modelling,
• satellite measurement simulation,
• analysis of model and/or satellite datasets,
• programming in Fortran, Matlab or Python on Linux systems.

Interested applicants are encouraged to directly contact the leads of the four subprojects of their interest by email, enclosing:

• a cover letter,
• a curriculum vitae,
• transcripts and academic records (B.Sc. and at the graduate-level), and
• names and contact information for at least two references.

An applicant can apply for one or multiple of these four subprojects simultaneously but is strongly recommended to clearly identify a primary subproject at the top of their application. The applications will be evaluated independently for each subproject. Evaluation of the applications will start once received and continue until all the positions are filled.

Yi Huang, McGill University

Kaley Walker, University of Toronto

Christopher Fletcher, University of Waterloo

Ivy Tan, McGill University

on behalf the HAWC SDT

Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Chilliwack, Nanaimo, Squamish, Surrey, Victoria (Hybrid)

Flexible work options are available; this position may be able to work up to five (5) days at home per week subject to an approved telework agreement.

Section Head Ecosystems

$90,797.03 - $103,685.14

The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship (WLRS) is accountable for integrated land and natural resource management, including objective settings for land and marine environments, effectively managing cumulative effects and advancing reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, environmental sustainability and economic growth.

This position provides supervision and professional oversight for a regional resource stewardship program. This includes managing staff and financial resources, managing stakeholder relationships, applying legislation, policies and professional standards in a consistent manner, participating in provincial policy development and overseeing program delivery and professional projects.

Check out this video to learn more about biology careers at the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship.

For information about the Indigenous Applicant Advisory Service, please visit: Indigenous Applicant Advisory Service - Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca).

Qualifications for this role include:

• Degree in biological sciences or equivalent.
• Registered (or immediately eligible) as a Registered Professional Biologist (RP Bio) in B.C. with the College of Applied Biology within six (6) months of employment.
• Experience interpreting and applying environmental management legislation and policy.
• Experience leading staff on projects or program delivery.
• Experience negotiating agreements with other levels of government or First Nations.

Preference may be given to applicants with one (1) or more of the following:

• Experience collaborating and/or consulting with First Nations on natural resource management issues.
• Comprehensive experience leading, planning, assessing and managing fish & wildlife populations and their habitats, particularly for species at risk in the South Coast of B.C.
• Experience supervising, leading, coaching and mentoring professional staff in resource management.

For more information and to apply online by May 9th, 2024, please go to:

https://bcpublicservice.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/111403