Hazard Modeller

Salary
- $90,555 to $104,820
Opportunity Type

• Full-Time
  Opportunity Status
• Ongoing
  APS Classification
• APS Level 6
  Closing Date
• 25/06/2023
  Job Category
• Science, Engineering, Technical
  Office arrangement
• FlexiblePosted: 31/05/2023

Geoscience Australia

Hazard Modeller:

Symonston ACT

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Applications from people who reflect this diversity are encouraged.

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Our team
The Community Safety Branch use models and data to quantify hazards from tsunamis, earthquakes, and tropical cyclones.

Our team combines scientific expertise with strong modelling and communication skills to advise stakeholders on these hazards, both in Australia and internationally through Australia's overseas development program.

• We require a Hazard Modeller who will be responsible for:
• Developing probabilistic analyses of natural hazards (especially tsunamis) using models and diverse datasets, in collaboration with other members of our team.
• Liaising with a diverse range of collaborators and stakeholders and adapting our products to meet their needs.
• Developing scientific expertise in hazard and risk modelling relevant to our work (especially tsunamis).
• Contributing to opensource software used for our modelling, including new functionality, tests and documentation.

The key duties of the position include:

The role

In this role you will:

• Undertake complex work to assess geophysical hazards (especially tsunamis) at a range of sites, in collaboration with other members of our team:
• Identify suitable scientific methodologies and data.o Adapt and/or write software to implement the analysis in a variety of languages (including but not limited to R, Fortran 2003+, and shell scripts) with suitable testing, documentation, and version control.
• Use worldclass highperformance computing facilities hosted by the National Computational Infrastructure.
• Communicate results through presentations, reports, maps, visualisations and publications in scientific journals.
• Develop expertise in geophysical hazard and risk modelling relevant to our projects, with a focus on tsunamis

This may include:

• Modelling of tsunami hydrodynamics, sources (earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes), frequencies and uncertainties.
• Analysis of historical events
• Statistical and machinelearning methods for hazard assessment, uncertainty quantification and surrogate modelling
• Impact modelling
• Mathematical, computational, and programming techniques to support the above
• Communicate with a variety of audiences including diverse technical backgrounds:
• Present at specialist and non-specialist scientific conferences, meetings with emergency response agencies, public forums, training workshops.
• Develop (and review) content for technical reports, highlevel guidelines, and peerreviewed scientific journals.
• Liaise with a range of internal and external stakeholders from government, research, industry, and the community.

To be successful in the role you will:

• Develop your expertise in geophysical hazard assessment in a way that helps the Community Safety Branch provide well-justified, fit for purpose advice on natural hazards.
• Work with code in a variety of languages (including but not limited to Fortran 2003+, R, and Linux shell scripts) including to develop new functionality, tests and documentation, while using version control software (git).
• Work with a range of data sources and formats, including spatial data (vector and raster formats supported by GDAL and used in GIS), netCDF, and a wide range of text files.
• Be flexible and adaptable to the work priorities of the Community Safety Branch, and willing to travel from time

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