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The Opportunity

• Key role for early career Projects Officer in Groundwater Hydrology research
• Contribute to water security across a range of research areas
• Join the truly supportive team at CSIRO – Australia’s National Science Agency!

The ‘Risks to Groundwater Resources’ Team provides integrated assessments of risks to groundwater quantity and quality to support sustainable development and resilient management of groundwater resources and dependent environments. This includes geospatial data analysis and data management roles for the regional-scale Water Resource Assessments in Northern Australian catchments funded through the Australian Government’s $3.5 billion National Water Grid Fund. Data management and governance skills are critical for successful delivery of these large multidisciplinary, regional-scale water resource assessment projects.

As the Geospatial Data Manager, you will work with CSIRO research scientists, project staff and CSIRO clients to develop and deliver projects as part of the ‘Risks to Groundwater Resources’ team.

You will have opportunities to engage with other researchers and contribute to groundwater management projects including, but not limited to, regional-scale water resource assessments for Norfolk Island, Northern Australia and in the Murray-Darling Basin.

In this role you will undertake key data management and analysis tasks.

Your duties will include:

• Undertake data management and analysis tasks; including geostatistical methods
• Knowledge of spatial databases across different jurisdictions and organisations.
• Knowledge of fundamental data management practices and principles, and how to navigate cross-organisational data portals is critical for delivery of publicly accessible datasets
• Maintain a sound understanding of project needs and ensure that project team data management and analysis needs are met.
• Ensure dataset integrity, including implementing data quality tests and maintaining metadata
• Be accountable for the quality of the results delivered, research and/or technology directions and support research project teams to follow relevant data management protocols and to meet suitable data management standards.
• Other duties as directed.

Location: Adelaide, SA, Brisbane, QLD or Perth, WA preferred
Salary: AU$89K – AU$101K pa + up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Indefinite
Reference: 91897

To be considered you will need:

1. Bachelor’s degree with honours in Science or Engineering, and/or equivalent relevant work experience in geospatial analysis
2. Demonstrated ability to analyse and visualise geospatial data using a variety of software packages, e.g., spatial analysis in ArcGIS or QGIS, data analysis and visualisation in Python, R, or similar.
3. Proven experience in data management workflows, including accessing cloud-hosted data streams, best-practice approaches to data access, curation and management; implementing data processing workflows using modern software engineering practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, and testing.
4. Good communication skills and ability to cultivate productive working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, e.g., clients in government, partners in industry and colleagues in other science organisations.

Desirable

1. A PhD or master’s degree in a relevant field such as engineering, geology, computer science, information technology, applied mathematics, environmental science or similar.
2. Knowledge of groundwater hydrology (preferably at a regional-scale), and an ongoing interest in regional-scale integrated assessment.
3. Knowledge and experience of information modelling (including schema or ontology development) and data standardisation.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents only. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

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How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

18 April 2023, 11:00pm AEST