Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued. The All-Island Climate and Biodiversity Research Network (AICBRN) brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines across the island of Ireland to develop a large-scale research and innovation initiative to support policy and management decisions, underpin business and enterprise strategies and strengthen societal capacity to address the climate and biodiversity emergencies.
The project will generate spatial-temporal datasets from various sources including Spaceborne Satellites, Drones, In-situ instruments, Land-Management, Soil & GIS databases that can be processed and integrated into more complex multi-scale land-cover and land-use models. A core output from the overall project will be the development of novel and automated methodological approaches to characterise land-use activity and management.
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Earth Observation and Modelling scientist who has knowledge of, and expertise in analysing Earth Observation data including Satellite Remote Sensing together with Soil and geospatial datasets.
Position Details
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Level 1 (2025): €45,847 p.a. (1 point - with increment)
Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.
Closing Date
23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 13th April 2025.
Application Process
Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:
Online Recruitment Portal
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
Applicants should submit a CV along with a cover letter. The cover letter should be a research statement of up to 4 pages articulating suitability for the position. Candidates are free to choose the content for their research statement as they please, keeping the job description and above criteria in mind; suggested topics include (a) research vision and plans, and (b) justification of why experience, interests and research plans make them an ideal candidate.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University
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