Software Engineer
Band 3 Level 5 (EL1 $58,869-$66,564)
Minerals & Geohazards
Risk Modelling Project
Geoscience Australia
Position No: 02703

Geoscience Australia's Urban Risk Research Group, part of the Minerals and Geohazards Division, undertakes applied research in hazard and risk assessment. The Group is developing natural hazard and risk models that enable effective hazard mitigation
strategies to be implemented in Australia. A position is currently available within the Group.

The Risk Modelling Project consists of a dynamic team of multi-disciplinary professionals working on innovative approaches defining risk to major Australian urban areas. The successful applicants should have excellent inter-personal and communication skills and be able to relate effectively to the needs of clients and stakeholders within the Organisation and externally. A commitment to work as a member of a dedicated multi-disciplinary team is essential. Prior experience in hazard and risk would be considered advantageous but is not essential.

The successful applicant will collaborate with a team of professionals in developing computational models to assess natural hazard risk. Areas of interest include the likelihood and severity of natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, landslides and severe storms. The community's vulnerability to these hazards and the social and economic impact is also a major activity within the Group. Therefore it is expected that the successful applicant will have experience in developing and implementing statistical methods, numerical algorithms, GIS interfaces and data mining tools in computationally intensive models. Expertise in the development or implementation of a complex system architecture and code development in MatLab is essential and in FORTRAN and Python is highly desirable.

Duties:

• Develop and validate software in response to methodology development by the scientific and engineering team.
• Interact with staff and collaborators in the development of risk, vulnerability and loss estimation models.

A degree in computer science, software engineering, applied mathematics, engineering or other relevant discipline is required.

A position description is available from the website at: http://www.ga.gov.au/jobs/positions/2703_min.html

Contact: Christopher Zoppou (02) 6249 9812, Glenn Fulford (02) 6249 9048.

Closing date: 13 September 2002
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