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Scientific & Technical Officer (STO) Seafloor Integrity and Benthic Habitats Impacts
Marine Institute
IT
Posted on Jan 13, 2025
Organisation Description:
The Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for marine research, technology, development and innovation (RTDI). The Marine Institute seeks to assess and realise the economic potential of Ireland’s 220-million-acre marine resource; promote the sustainable development of marine industry through strategic funding programmes and scientific services; and safeguard the marine environment through research and environmental monitoring. The Institute works in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) and a network of other Government Departments, semi-state agencies, national and international marine partners.
Summary of the Role:
The successful candidate be responsible for the Marine Institute’s assessment outputs which support its capacity to deliver across the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Descriptor 6 (Seafloor Integrity), Criterion D1C6 (benthic habitats) and those aspects of Descriptor 4 (marine foodwebs) relating to benthic flora and fauna under the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with DHLGH and ensure accountability to DHLGH and the Marine Institute Senior Leadership Team (SLT). You will report to directly to the Section Manager - Biodiversity MSFD / who will manage the Marine Institute’s reporting to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHLGH) for the EU’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the OSPAR Commission.
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Educational and Professional Requirements:
• A relevant degree in science, engineering or another related numerical field.
• High levels of I.T. skills to include Microsoft Office.
• Experience in the management and analysis of data, ideally scientific or environmental datasets
• Experience in data collation and the standardisation and merging of datasets to create new marine habitat mapping data products
• Knowledge of marine habitat classification systems and the ability to translate from one typology to another.
• Proven scientific/technical report writing skills.
• High level of proficiency with the R statistical programming language.
• Spatial data analysis skills in GIS, R or other relevant platforms.
• Database skills, preferably in MS SQL Server or similar enterprise-scale DBMS
• Possess a diplomatic manner, with the ability to resolve issues before conflict occurs.
• The ability to work unsupervised and to work well with others.
How to Apply:
How to Apply: A C.V. and letter of application, summarising experience and skill set applicable to the position should be emailed to recruitment@marine.ie or posted to Human Resources at the Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Galway. All correspondence for this post should quote reference FEAS/STO-SEAFL&BEN/JAN25
Closing date for Applications: All applications for this post should be received by the Marine Institute in advance of 12 noon 22nd of January 2025. Unfortunately, late applications cannot be accepted.
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