Institute of Geography (GIUB)
Start of employment: 01.10.2025 or by agreement
Employment is fixed term for 1 year
The Cloud Dynamics group affiliated with the Institute of Geography (GIUB) and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) at the University of Bern invites applications for a Research and Field Campaign Assistant. This position is part of an SNSF funded Starting Grant project (PERISCOPE) and supports the research of a Postdoc in his project aimed at constraining precipitation efficiency of large-scale deep cloud systems using water isotope observations.
The research of the Cloud Dynamics team focusses on process-based investigations of the fascinating and complex coupling between clouds and the atmospheric circulation. The cloud-circulation coupling shapes the life cycle and surface impact of large-scale deep clouds systems and thereby affects our weather and climate.
- Dataset compilation: Aggregating and formatting IASI
structured format, suitable for long-term analysis and archival. Requires
basic programming skills in Python and Bash.
- Trajectory simulations: Running and managing backward
subsiding airstreams under the supervision and with tools provided by the Postdoc.
- Event analysis: Using visualisation tools the Postdoc will provide, the Assistant will
past extreme events. These plots will help characterize the upstream
environment of heatwaves associated with moisture transport and cloud
formation.
- Field campaign support: Assisting with preparatory logistics
Requirements
- Basic experience with Linux environments, Bash and Python
- Experience and agility in handling large datasets
- Basic experience in conducting field observations and laboratory analysis
- Interest in dynamical meteorology and case study analysis
- Motivated and skilled to produce scientifically meaningful and aesthetic visualisations of meteorological data for the analysis of selected case studies
- Open-minded, reliable, clear in communication, well-organised and flexible personality who is eager to learn new concepts and tools
- Fluent in English, German and/or French are a plus
- Ideally has a drivers licence
Our commitment
Application and contact
Please send your application with a CV (1 page) and a motivation letter (1 page) electronically by no later than 30.09.2025 to the following e-mail addresses: [email protected] and [email protected].
