Higher Scientific Officer

Agri-Food And Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI)

Belfast

Higher Scientific Officer – Predictive Modelling of Bathing Water Quality (Fixed term contract. This project has been supported by the EU’s INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB. REF: IRC233261. SALARY: £30,149 - £31,760. DEPARTMENT: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI. LOCATION: AFBI Stormont, Belfast  This post offers an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced research scientist to join a vibrant and multidisciplinary research team, working in collaboration with University College Dublin and Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful to ensure the successful delivery of a large scale and time-critical water quality monitoring programme. This project is a €1 million Interreg VA funded research project which has the aim of developing a bathing water quality prediction model to enable short-term pollution to be predicted for six bathing waters in Northern Ireland and two in the Republic of Ireland. The outcomes will help to protect public health, significantly improve communication to members of the public and, in doing so, contribute to promoting tourism. Please note that this advertisement is being hosted by the Public Appointments Service on publicjobs.ie. The Public Appointments Service has no involvement in, or responsibility for, the recruitment and selection process or the terms and conditions which relate to this post.

2040 days ago