Job opportunity: Scientific co-founder of the European research infrastructure for coastal ocean observation

The Coastal Ocean research group at the Physical and Spatial Oceanography Laboratory (LOPS) unit at Ifremer offers an open position for a Scientific co-founder of the European research infrastructure for coastal ocean observation.

As a research unit, the LOPS develops and participates in oceanographic research programmes that contribute to increasing knowledge and understanding of ocean dynamics at different scales of space and time and study the relationships between the Ocean and other Earth system components (including atmosphere, ice, land and living organisms).

Ifremer coordinates a suite of collaborative EC-funded projects related to the Joint European Research Infrastructure for Coastal Observation (JERICO). Since 2007, these European projects aim to establish a European infrastructure dedicated to coastal ocean observation JERICO-RI and to coordinate the associated scientific community. Ifremer with the CNRS is also co-lead of France’s national research Infrastructure for Littoral and Coastal observation (IR ILICO) which is the French node of JERICO-RI.

Integrated to the coordination team of the coastal oceanography observation infrastructure project JERICO-RI, the main mission associated with the Scientific co-founder of the European research infrastructure for coastal ocean observation position is to contribute to the coordination and the scientific animation (1) internally at the institute, (2) in conjunction with involved French research organizations, and (3) with European partners, to support the creation of a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (European Research Infrastructure Consortium, or ERIC) dedicated to the observation of the coastal and coastal ocean, JERICO -RI.

Learn about the main duties and the required knowledge, skills and characteristics for the position here.

The duty station of the position is Brest, Bretagne, France.

The deadline for applications is 27/02/2024.