COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.
Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- This position is for College of Integrative Studies / IPCC Working Group II Technical Support Unit (CIS)
- Coordinate and oversee science-related aspects of the TSU.
- Manage the scientific support for the Working Group II activities and products during the Seventh Assessment cycle.
- Develop and manage processes for scoping, preparation, review, and completion of reports.
- Collaborate closely with Working Group II Co-Chairs and Bureau to shape and guide scientific aspects of assessments.
- Support the development of summary products such as the Summary for Policymakers and Technical Summary, as well as the Synthesis Report.
- Coordinate scientific contributions to Working Group II meetings and sessions.
- Supervise scientific staff in the Working Group II TSUs.
- Maintain communication and collaboration with Heads of Science from other TSUs.
- PhD in climate- or environmental-science related field, preferably in the following fields: climate change impacts, climate adaptation, environmental modelling, socio-economic system analysis; and at least 10 years of work experience in the abovementioned or related fields.
- Scientific publications in refereed journals.
- Experience leading a multi-cultural science team;
- working on international projects;
- scientific report writing and editing.
- Ability to develop, plan and execute complex multi-task workloads.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and capability to interact with international science community.
- Proficient in oral and written English at an academic publication level.
- High degree of stress-resistance and capacity to work to deadlines.
- Willingness to travel internationally.
- Experience working with UN processes, in particular the IPCC, would be an asset.
