Announcement of Postdoc position In the Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow

Announcement of Postdoc position

In the Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow

Terms of employment:

·         Full-time Post-Doc position.

·         Employment for a period of 30 months within the framework of the research project " Learning to realize multiple forest policy objectives under climate related stress and disturbance (LEARNFORCLIMATE)" carried out within the framework of the international Forest Value Joint Call 2021, co-funded by National Science Centre in Poland

·         The gross salary is 10,000 PLN/month

·         Estimated start of employment: November 1, 2022.

Requirements for candidates:

·         PhD in forestry sciences, earth sciences or related/

·         Scientific achievements confirmed by publications in international journals and conference speeches/

The requirements described in the regulations of the NCN project, including:

·         PhD degree has been awarded by another institution than the University of Agriculture in Krakow or they have completed a continuous and evidenced post-doctoral fellowship of at

least 10 months in another institution than the host institution for the project and in another country.

·         The principal investigator as their research supervisor or auxiliary supervisor of their PhD dissertation.

·         At the time of receiving remuneration, they will not be receiving any other remuneration paid from the funds granted to research projects under NCN calls under the heading of direct costs

·         During the period of drawing this remuneration the candidate will not draw remuneration from another employer on the basis of an employment contract, including an employer with headquarters outside Poland.

Research interests related to the subject of the project, in particular:

·         Knowledge of statistical techniques

·         Ability to work with large data sets (Big Data)

·         Knowledge of issues in the field of remote sensing and GIS

·         Experience or willingness in working in R or Python software and cloud computing software (e.g. Google Earth Engine)

Job description and responsibilities:

·         Literature review on the response of forest management to climatic disturbances

·         Determination of stand parameters for study areas based on ground and remote sensing data

·         Analysing the relationship between forest disturbance and forest characteristics and habitat conditions

·         Modelling the development of forest ecosystem services under climate change, policy and response scenarios - predicting the long-term development of ecosystem services and key biodiversity parameters (i.e. wood, carbon storage, water conditions, deadwood, ) based on forest management scenarios

·         Analysis of owner/manager responses to different policy and forest disturbance scenarios

·         Involvement in dissemination activities

·         Publication of project research results at international and national conferences and in publications.

Required documents:

1.      an application (addressed to the Rector of the University of Agriculture in Krakow);

2.      copy of PhD diploma (or equivalent).

3.      a personal questionnaire (to be downloaded from the website: https://bso.urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/Kwestionariusz_osob.pdf);

4.      CV including education, scientific achievements, experience and a list of publications.

5.      motivation letter.

6.      contact details of two academics who can provide a reference.

Moreover, the candidate entering the competition should submit:

1. a declaration of compliance with the requirements provided for in Art. 113 of the Act on Higher Education and Science, https://urk.edu.pl/zasoby/77/oswiadczenie_nauczyciela_art_113.doc.

2. declarations that upon taking up employment, the University of Agriculture in Krakow will be the primary place of work.

If you send your offer in response to this advertisement for a competition for a vacancy, you acknowledge the content of the GDPR information clause for job applicants, available at: https://iod.urk.edu.pl/zasoby/184/klauzula_art13_rekrutacja_pracownikow_en_26052022.pdf;

Additional information can be obtained from the Head of the Department, prof. dr hab. Eng. Jarosław Socha, jaroslaw.socha@urk.edu.pl

Documents with the annotation "Competition for position of  postdoc position

In the Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow" should be sent to jaroslaw.socha@urk.edu.pl and wles@urk.edu.pl or submitted to the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Agriculture Hugo Kołłątaj in Krakow, al. 29 November 46 by 7 October,  2022.

The submitted documents can be collected up to 10 days after the competition is adjudicated. After this date, the unclaimed documents will be destroyed by the committee.

Failure to inform the candidate about the results of the competition is tantamount to rejection of his offer.