Postdoc researcher in building climate – resilient education systems
Job Location
Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Applicant Location Requirements
No Applicant Location Requirements Specified.
- A PhD, awarded within the previous five years, in a related discipline (e.g. climate change, environmental science, education). In special circumstances, such as post-PhD caring duties or health-related issues, longer periods will be considered.
- Experience of, or genuine interest in, assessing the impact of, and the mechanisms by which, climate change affects student learning outcomes and education systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Experience of, or genuine interest in, improving targeting of climate interventions and understanding of the feasibility and effectiveness of adaptation options for education, with a focus on school infrastructure.
- Excellent technical ability to code in R, Python, and/or other (statistical) programming languages.
- Experience using geospatial software (e.g., QGIS, ArcGIS), for climate/weather forecasting and/or use other geospatial datasets.
- Experience of handling large datasets.
- Excellent data visualization skills.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct systematic literature reviews and familiarity with various systematic review methodological approaches.
- Demonstrated ability to produce peer-reviewed research articles in international journals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Desire and ability to work in an interdisciplinary, multinational, hybrid research team setting.
- Ability to work with cloud-based tools (such as Google Workspace)
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