The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) is a government-funded academic research

Institution. The Geophysics section in DIAS operates the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN), since 2017 with support from the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI).  DIAS is seeking to appoint a Community Seismology Programme Officer.  The position is for 4 days per week for a three-year period. The main task of the Officer is to establish and manage a new Community Seismology Programme (CSP) which will build the outreach component of the INSN.  Further details on the role are available here.

The following qualifications and experience are essential:

• B.Sc. or equivalent in Physical/Mathematical/Geosciences ;
• Excellent communication skills and previous experience with operating social media accounts and editing websites; 
• Ability to familiarize with the installation and configuration procedures of low-cost seismometers, e.g. Raspberry Shake;
• Ability to organize and run workshops to support school teachers and to foster an Irish citizen seismology community
• Awareness of, and interest to develop, physics, geoscience, physical geography or similar teaching modules

It is also desirable that candidates have experience with processing, analysing and visualizing scientific time domain data, ideally using python in a Linux environment and have previous experience with organizing outreach activities.

The successful candidate must also have a full driving license and a willingness to frequently travel to visit schools, attend public events and organize workshops.

The position is for a period of 36 months at which point additional funding will be sought.  The appointment will be made on a pro-rata basis on the New Entrant Salary Scale which ranges from €42,133 by seven points to €55,590 (full-time rates). For a pre-1995 public sector appointee, a lower Non-PPC scale will apply.   Starting salary will be in line with Government pay policy.

Applicants should upload a letter of application and CV, including the names of two referees, as one pdf file, onto the DIAS e-Recruitment system by close of business, at 5pm on 28 November 2022: https://dias.ie/applycommunityseismologyprogrammeofficer2022

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