Partnerships and Engagement Specialist for the CAMS National Collaboration Programme

About ECMWF

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is a world leader in Numerical Weather Predictions providing high-quality data for weather forecasts and environmental monitoring. As an intergovernmental organisation, we collaborate internationally to serve our members and the wider community with global weather predictions, data and training activities that are critical to contribute to safe and thriving societies.

The success of our activities depends on the funding and partnerships of the 35 Member and Co-operating States who provide the support and direction of our work. Our talented staff together with the international scientific community, and our powerful supercomputing capabilities, are the core of a 24/7 research and operational centre with a focus on medium and long-range predictions. We also hold one of the largest meteorological data archives in the world.

ECMWF has also developed a strong partnership with the European Union and has been entrusted with the implementation and operation of the Destination Earth Initiative and the Climate Change and Atmosphere Monitoring Services of the Copernicus Programme and the Strengthening Early Earning in Africa (SEWA) Programme. Other areas of work include High Performance Computing and the development of digital tools that enable ECMWF to extend provision of data and products covering weather, climate, air quality, fire and flood prediction and monitoring.

Our vision: The strength of a common goal

Our mission: Deliver global numerical weather predictions focusing on the medium-range and monitoring of the Earth system to and with our Member States

ECMWF is a multi-site organisation, with its headquarters in Reading, UK, a data centre in Bologna, Italy, and a large presence in Bonn, Germany, as a central location for our EU-related activities. ECMWF is internationally recognised as the voice of expertise in numerical weather predictions for forecasts and climate science.

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Partnerships and Engagement at ECMWF

ECMWF’s Partnerships and Engagement Section is part of ECMWF’s Director-General Office and unites expertise to maintain and increase user uptake, satisfaction and experience, to explore partnerships and opportunities to unlock new potential innovative applications and to provide training and knowledge transfer to enhance ECMWF’s impact of its activities. It consists of three teams, amongst which the National Partnerships Team being central to ECMWF’s efforts in establishing and nurturing content-driven relationships with user communities across ECMWF Member and Cooperating States, EU Member States and Copernicus-associated countries. The National Partnerships Team consists of 7 experts.

Your responsibilities

The role is mainly aimed to contribute to the implementation of the CAMS NCP, through the technical management of a set of contracts and grants aimed at optimizing the interaction with national institutions and public administrations to further exploit the use of CAMS products and services at national level. Capturing the diversity in technical requirements and differences in data value chains and working practices, as well as guaranteeing feedback loops to technical and scientific colleagues at ECMWF, is a key part of the responsibilities. In addition the role will contribute to ECMWF MS liaison visits and the coordination of ECMWF Pilot Projects and, based on needs, the C3S NCP.

Key activities:

• Technical management of a portfolio of CAMS NCP contracts and grants to ensure the delivery of the agreed output, where necessary providing guidance and involving relevant CAMS topic experts;
• Stimulating and facilitating dialogues with national stakeholders, including on horizonal synergies between countries on particular technical topics and proposals for improvement for further engagements;
• Support the implementation of national user uptake actions in cooperation with relevant European agencies and science institutions in scope of CAMS to enhance applicability and user uptake at national level;
• Steer the collection and analysis of user feedback about CAMS products and services resulting from the NCP;
• Relationship management and coordination of a set of ECMWF Pilot Projects and seek synergies in approach with the NCP;
• Contribute to a number of ECMWF MS liaison visits in their preparations, execution and aftercare;
• Promote ECMWF, CAMS and C3S and their NCP at national and international user uptake events, including through ECMWF MS liaison visits and contribute with inputs to training and innovation actions;

The successful candidate will work closely with scientific and technical colleagues within the Forecasts and Services and Research Departments. Furthermore, this role will involve working closely with the ECMWF’s Communication Section and User Services Section.

Occasional travel to European countries and other duty stations of ECMWF is needed.

What we are looking for

• Accountability, strong planning skills and capacity to deliver according to objectives;
• Creativity and proactivity, ability to identify and explore new opportunities;
• Enthusiastic and excellent networking skills;
• Strong diplomatic skills and awareness of cultural differences;
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team;
• Ability to multi-task, handle multiple projects and drive projects to completion
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate to different audiences;
• Genuine interest in ECMWF and Copernicus in support of Member States.