Job Description
, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Position Summary
:
Natural Resources Canada
(NRCan)
is looking for a postdoctoral
researcher to develop and
apply
statistical meth
ods to predict the occurrence
of severe wildfires
The researcher
will work
with
fire scientists from NRCan
and
at
the University of Guelph
as part of
an
i
“
Daily Fire Occurrence and Burn Probability
”
project.
or
environmental scientist
with expertise and interest in st
atistical
/
atmospheric
s
.
The position offers an excellent
environment for working with a highly skilled interdisciplina
ry team
in NRCan
and
at Guelph
University
.
The expertise
of team members include
s
applied statistical modelling, stochastic processes,
machine
learning,
climate analyses,
and wildfire behavior and occurrence prediction.
The
succes
ndidate
will focus on the
analysis
of the influence of weather and other
variables on the
occurren
ce
of
lightning, human caused and
severe fires
,
and the development of predictive models
for
.
Understanding and predicting
of
severe
fires
is an area of intensive
current research in
the fire
s
cience community and
critically
important to public safety
.
The position
requires
developing and applying
a combination of statist
ical methods such as
spatio
-
temporal statistics
and
machine learning
, to estimate the probabilities of
fire
atmospheric and environmental conditions
.
A key focus will be to quantify the uncertainty
in the
probabilities in light of a wide variety of sour
ces of uncertainty
.
The researcher will evaluate, extend
and implement existing methods and develop new statistical framewo
rks and methods to predict the
occur
rence of wildfires in relat
ion to forecast
ed
weather and other explanatory variables.
The
researcher
will work with fire
scientists to apply and to weather forecasts and implement them within
i
n
a wildfire information system
.
Specific Responsibilities
:
• Develop and apply
statistical me
thods for prediction of the occurrence
of
severe
wildfire
s
.
• Compare predictions to
past
observations
to evaluate the fidelity
of models and examine the risk of
• Produce and deliver oral and written presentations of scientific results.
• Work effectively in a
n
integrated team.
Essential Qualifications:
ics
,
or physical
or a related field
to be completed
within the last 3 years and
as of t
he
start date for this position
Experience in planning and conducting research
Experience in working with a team of researchers and support staff
wri
tten and oral communication skills
Ad
ditional Desired Q
ualifications
:
Proficiency with scripting languages such as R and/or Python; frameworks such as tidyverse and data
visualization using ggplot2 or similar packages
Ability to manipulate large datasets and data bases and carry out efficient computation
Experience in one or more of the following areas:
categorical data analysis, generalized additive
models, statistical learning,
spatial statistics
, machine learning.
Experience in environmental, forest or atmospheric science
.
How To Apply
:
For
informatio
n
search
for
‘
’
for
https://natural
-
resources.canada.ca/careers/graduates/postdoctoral
-
research
-
program/17880
To submit an application
follow the “Apply Now” link
to
https:
\
\
nrcan
-
rncan.hiringplatform.ca/6355
-
postdoctoral
-
research
-
program
-
prp/20673
-
application
-
form/en
I
n
the
Education
section
indicate
a
in
on
e
or
more
of
Mathematics,
Science,
Computer
Science,
Atmospheric
Science
and
Meteorology,
Physical
Sciences,
or
and
Technology
at
the
PhD,
Masters
and/or
undergraduate
level
.
You will be required to
upload
a
CV
in the
application.
Contact
-
rncan.gc.ca
indicating your interest in the position
.
Notes:
The
s
uccessful
candidate
will
be
hired
as
a
term
SE
-
RES
-
1
employee
range
:
$
6
8
,
264
-
90
,
463
).
This is a 1
-
year term position with renewal
for
an
a
dditional
18 months
upon
satisfactory job performance and continuing availability of funds.
The
position
will
be
located
in
Victoria,
BC
.
The
anticipated
start
date
is
September
1,
20
2
4
,
but
is
flexible.
Conditions of employment:
Reliability Status security clearance
;
w
illingness
and
ability
to
travel
within
Canada
.
The
Postdoctoral
Research
Program
(PRP)
list
will
be
open
for
5
years.
The
PRP
provides
scientists
with
the
to
work
with
research
groups
or
leaders
in
Canadian
government
laboratories
and
research
institutions.
In
turn,
the
Government
of
Canada
from
new
and
emerging
talent
.
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