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Research Assistant position: Coastal Pathogens and Climate Change – One Health Living Lab

Job Summary

The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) offers a full-time Research Assistant Position within the Horizon Europe project BlueAdapt (GA 101057764 funded by HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02-03 call), a 4 year research project coordinated by BC3. The position will be located at the BC3 research group Health and Climate, within the Adaptation Lab research line.

The research assistant will work jointly with the BlueAdapt research team and participate in various activities in the project.

The selected person will be located at the Basque Centre for Climate Change, Bilbao, Spain, and will work under the direct supervision of Aline Chiabai and Marc Neumann, according to the needs of the project. The applicant is expected to comply with the standards of conduct and ethics imposed by the host institution (BC3).

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

Literature review in the topics related to the project.
Prepare materials and support for the organization of surveys, focus groups and interviews.
Support in the creation of databases for one health indicators.
Participate to the co-design of the One Health Living Lab and related activities.
Visit regularly the PiE-UPV/EHU to conduct fieldwork in the Bay of Plentzia.
Contribute to the development of the deliverables and documents of the project.
Main requirements/skills:

Master’s degree in environmental sciences, biology or ecology.
Good oral and written communication skills, interpersonal and analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural team.
Fluency in English is required and a working level of Spanish.
A strong motivation, interest in environmental issues, interdisciplinary collaboration
Ability to work independently is also required.
Benefits and work environment

Interdisciplinary and inspiring work environment
Quiet and spacious workspaces
Possibility of participating in internal training and academic activities of the centre
35-hour week work calendar
30 days of vacation per year

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