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Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is an internationally networked aquatic research institute within the ETH Domain (Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology). Eawag conducts research, education and expert consulting to achieve the dual goals of meeting direct human needs for water and maintaining the function and integrity of aquatic ecosystems.
Civilian Servant, starting September or October 2022
The Department of Environmental Social Sciences (ESS) has a vacancy for a
Duty
Project description

The research group in Decision Analysis is looking for a civilian servant to support work in the group, and specifically in the project “Model Validation and Evaluation procedures for integrated NBS-PSS”(MOVE-NBS). In this project, we aim to develop evaluation approaches for planning support systems (models and tools that help urban planners) to improve strategic planning of Na-ture-Based Solutions (NBS) in cities. We will investigate the preferences of both developers and prospective users of planning tools, to create widely accepted evaluation procedures. In another project, we are analyzing literature about environmental decision projects that use Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods.


Responsibilities
The civilian servant will be supporting work of the decision analysis group in general, and specifically for a literature review about environmental decisions using MCDA and in the research project MOVE-NBS. Tasks:
  • Literature research in scientific databases
  • Classification and meta-analysis of literature
  • Sending out and managing surveys and/or interviews with stakeholders and experts (could be in English, German, or French)
  • Data processing: data entry, statistical analysis, and data visualization (Excel and/or R)
  • Writing internal reports of the results
  • Possibly assist the preparation of workshops and produce workshop materials
  • General administrative support (e.g., writing protocols, preparing material for online tools)

Supervision
The project is supervised by Dr. Judit Lienert (group leader), and Dr. Martijn Kuller (Postdoc).

Your profile
The prospective candidate for this position is a student in a Social Science discipline or in Envi-ronmental Sciences, preferably holding a Bachelor or Master degree. Other disciplines will be considered if the skill set matches. The position requires good experience with Excel and basic statistical skills, and if possible experience with online surveys, literature research, and data analy-sis and visualization in R. We expect a reliable, exact working style. Fluent oral and written English is required, German, French, and experience with urban planning and decision analysis are a plus.

For more information about Eawag and the department, please visit www.eawag.ch.We will be happy to provide you with any information you may require.

Deadline for applications is 5 August 2022.

We look forward to receiving your application. The quickest way to do this is to apply online. Click on the button below to go directly to the application form.
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