The Food Security Unit (European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Ispra site in Italy) is opening a Contract Agent position for a remote sensing expert with experience in land cover/use mapping.
The call is open at the link below until 5th of September.
https://recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
(scroll down to “Sustainable Resources”).
Code: 2022-IPR-D5-FGIV-021371 - ISPRA
Main tasks will include:
- To conduct research to improve the take up of Earth Observation data in global agricultural monitoring use cases. This includes the development of methodologies to utilise latest generation satellite imagery for crop mapping, monitoring of deforestation related to agriculture, mapping of specific crops such as for example cocoa, oil palm and rubber plantations;
- To contribute to the development and management of Copernicus land services for agricultural use cases such as for example Copernicus Hotspots and Copernicus4GEOGLAM;
- To contribute to specific studies on agriculture resources management funded by partner DG’s and EU Delegations;
- To contribute to JRC scientific support and specific studies related to EU policies and regulation for sustainable agriculture and deforestation free production.
Similar Positions
-
Copernicus Contributing Missions Coordinator , European Space Agency, Netherlands, 9 days ago
Vacancy in the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes. ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environmen...
-
Faculty Position In Air Pollution And Atmospheric Chemistry , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, about 19 hours ago
KAUST is seeking candidates for a joint faculty position within the Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE) and Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), aimed ...
-
Earth Surfaces Hyper And Multi Spectral Optical Scientist , European Space Agency, Netherlands, 16 days ago
Vacancy in the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes. ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environmen...
-
Eo Future Missions End To End System Engineer , European Space Agency, Netherlands, 13 days ago
Vacancy in the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes. ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environmen...
-
System Ground Segment Officer , European Space Agency, Netherlands, about 1 hour ago
Vacancy in the Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications. ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working ...
-
Faculty Position In Computational Science And Engineering In Materials, Energy, And Chemical Processes, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, about 19 hours ago
We are currently seeking outstanding candidates to join our faculty team within the Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE) to lead pioneering research in: - computational and dat...