CIRES/ EARTH LAB Earth and Environmental Data Science Instructor & Curriculum Developer
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Job Summary
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
At CIRES, the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, more than 800 environmental scientists work to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people’s relationship with the planet (https://cires.colorado.edu/). CIRES is a partnership of NOAA and the University of Colorado Boulder, and our areas of expertise include weather and climate, changes at the Earth’s poles, air quality and atmospheric chemistry, water resources, and solid Earth sciences. Our vision is to be instrumental in ensuring a sustainable future environment by advancing scientific and societal understanding of the Earth system.
Earth Lab, funded by the University of Colorado Boulder’s “Grand Challenge: Our Space, Our Future” and part of CIRES, seeks post-doctoral researchers to join a dynamic team pushing the frontiers of coupled Earth and social system science (http://www.colorado.edu/earthlab/). Earth Lab’s mission is to harness the data revolution through research, analytics, and education to accelerate understanding of global environmental change to help society better manage and adapt.
The Earth Analytics Education program is a part of CU Boulder’s Earth Lab. The education program provides 21st century, collaborative, scientific discovery skills through open online lessons, courses, degree options and tools. We are also committed to increasing diversity in STEM. Our programs focus developing data intensive science skills, teaching students to integrate heterogeneous data, create efficient and reproducible scientific workflows, collaborate on scientific projects, and perform scientific data processing, visualization and analysis. See the Earth Analytics Education online open education portal to learn and explore the topics that we teach in our program.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
- Teach courses in the Earth Data Analytics Professional program including the Earth Analytics Bootcamp course (GEOG 4463/5463) and Earth Analytics Applications (GEOG 5663).
- Assist with teaching the Earth Analytics course (GEOG 4563/5563).
- Keep online curriculum current on our open education portal.
- Develop curriculum for and teach data-intensive workshops including training for the NC-CASC.
- Develop relationships and coordinate with industry partners to develop real-world student capstone projects.
- Contribute to collaborative funding proposals and papers.
- Coordinate with a program evaluator to collect data and information related to data-intensive teaching and learning.
- Stay on top of job market demands data science skills and enhance curriculum as need be.
What You Should Know
- For questions about the job, please contact Leah Wasser, Director of Earth Analytics Education, Earth Lab. leah.wasser@colorado.edu.
What We Can Offer
- We can offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.
- The salary range for this position is $60,000-$90,000.
- Relocation funds are available for this position following CIRES and the University of Colorado’s relocation processes and procedures.
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What We Require
- Master’s degree in science, mathematics, or engineering with a strong data-intensive focus.
- 2-5 years experience teaching technical scientific topics at the university or professional level (can include experience gained during graduate studies).
- At least 2 years of experience working with large, heterogeneous, scientific, and other related datasets using GUI and non-GUI based tools.
- Demonstrated proficiency in scientific programming with Python and version control using Git and GitHub (or other version control systems).
What You Will Need
- Excellent ability to troubleshoot data science challenges (often encountered by students).
- Quick to learn new tools and approaches.
- Excellent organization, communication, and writing skills.
- Experience working in a collaborative team environment.
- Personal skills that empower students to build confidence learning new tools and topics.
- Strong design to invest time in working with students in groups historically underrepresented in STEM.
What We Would Like You To Have
- PhD in science, mathematics, or engineering with a strong data-intensive component.
- 2-5 years of professional experience in a STEM related field.
- Demonstrated experience working with spatial and remote sensing data.
- Demonstrated experience creating and teaching online courses and workshops.
- Proven working knowledge of Docker/containerized workflows and Cloud Computing.
- Interest in pursuing research in data-intensive teaching best practices.
- Experience with collaborative workflows and tools (e.g. Google suite, Slack, etc.).
- Expertise in using and teaching various cutting edge data analytics approaches.
- Experience working with spatial data.
- Experience working with students that are in groups historically underrepresented in STEM.
Special Instructions
- Resume or CV
- Cover letter addressed to the Search Committee briefly describing your qualifications, professional goals, and specific interest in this position.
- List of contact information for 3 references who will be willing to write a confidential Letter of Recommendation for you. You don’t need to include letters of recommendation with your initial application. The search committee will request letters of recommendation at a later time If you are identified as a finalist for this role.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Leah Wasser
Posting Contact Email: Leah.Wasser@colorado.edu