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| Senior Scientist Space at the Department of Astrophysics | Closing date: 2021-12-10
Contact: Franz Kerschbaum |
The Department of Astrophysics forms part of the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy at
the University of Vienna. We seek an outstanding scientist with strong expertise in project management for the supervision of
astronomical instrumentation projects (in particular long-term projects for space missions in the framework of international co-operations, but also ground-based observatory projects), as well as teaching activities. Initially this position is to be filled for one year. By mutual agreement it can be extended to a permanent contract. | | ▸ more | Extent of Employment: 20 hours/week, Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.
Job Description:
The tasks conform to the collective agreement of the Austrian universities (see currently §26 (2) and (5)).
They comprise as the main activities
i) co-supervision/management and technological implementation of project participations in astronomical
space missions in the framework of international co-operations. The missions include in particular, but not
exclusively, CHEOPS, PLATO, SMILE, ARIEL, Athena, and projects in preparation. Special tasks include
software development, the participation in international consortium and/or collaboration meetings,
contributions to preparatory studies and documents, (co-)organisation of meetings, budget administration for
projects, and correspondence with funding agencies.
ii) coordinating management tasks (in particular supervision, project management and meeting organisation)
in the frame of the local laboratory for astronomical instrumentation that comprises, apart from space
projects, also projects of ESO (specifically METIS, MICADO and MOSAIC for the ELT) and the local
university-owned Leopold Figl Observatory. It also includes a local student telescope for education. These
activities will be shared with other scientists.
Further tasks include:
iii) conducting independent teaching as defined by the collective agreement (incl. mandatory classes) and
organising exams
iv) supervision/co-supervision of students, and
v) contributions to general organisational and administrative tasks as well as evaluation procedures.
Profile:
PhD or doctoral degree in astronomy, astrophysics, physics or astronomical instrumentation, with several
years of experience in relevant projects; familiar with at least one programming language; experience with
Excel and Word documents; good knowledge of the internet.
Additional qualifications:
Strong experience in project management, leadership qualities, good team-working ability, excellent
communication skills, experience in student supervision.
Application documents include CV, a letter of motivation and a summary of previous relevant experience
(max. 2 pages), and two names of potential references.
Further infornmation at: https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/
Reference number: 12501
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