This place helps the NWS to coach forecasters on utilizing NWS software program with a selected concentrate on resolution making for extreme climate warnings.
Date posted
Jan. 26, 2023 5:00 pm
Software deadline
Feb. 26, 2023 5:00 pm
Group
CIWRO on the College of Oklahoma
Location
Job description
Place Description
This profession monitor MS-level analysis affiliate works on the Warning Resolution Coaching Division (WDTD) groups on the Cooperative Institute for Extreme and Excessive-Affect Climate Analysis and Operations (CIWRO) on the College of Oklahoma (OU). This place collaborates with Nationwide Climate Service (NWS) instructors and forecasters throughout the nation and helps to contribute to the NWS mission. For extra details about WDTD and the CIWRO WDTD groups, see these hyperlinks: WDTD and CIWRO at WDTD.
Place Overview
This place helps the NWS to coach forecasters on utilizing NWS software program with a selected concentrate on resolution making for extreme climate warnings. This software program (often known as AWIPS) is the system forecasters use to research information, put together forecasts, and difficulty warnings. The incumbent develops experience with the software program and its configuration, collaborates with subject material specialists, and makes use of a wide range of instruments, purposes, and communication platforms to instruct NWS forecasters.
Job Tasks
- Collaborate with NWS instructors, forecasters, and different specialists to seek out job-specific coaching
- Develop experience with the science, expertise, and human components of extreme climate operations of the NWS.
- Combine experience into the coaching content material you develop for in-person, on-line, simulation-based and different utilized coaching.
- Study/improve skilled abilities with laptop purposes (e.g, Adobe Inventive Cloud, Articulate Storyline, Microsoft PowerPoint), programming/net abilities, and different related abilities and instruments (e.g., Google Apps).
- Work in a team-based collaborative setting to finish job duties.
{Qualifications}
- A Grasp’s Diploma in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, or associated
- Capability to work collaborative with others in a group setting
- Possess robust oral and written communication abilities wanted for varied coaching environments
- Have an inherent ability for performing technical duties with consideration to element
- Chosen candidates should go a normal federal background test and be a S. citizen or everlasting resident to acquire unsupervised entry to federal programs and workplace house.
Desired Expertise
Though not required to be chosen, candidates ought to establish if they’ve any of those abilities:
- Sturdy net programming (e.g., HTML, XML, JavaScript) abilities
- Expertise with Python and/or Bash shell scripting and the Linux working system
- Expertise associated to extreme climate forecasting, operations, or analysis
- Expertise with graphical design
- Expertise with offering technical assist to prospects
- Expertise with instructing and training others and/or content material growth for coaching or technical documentation
Methods to Apply
Ship a press release of curiosity together with the way you meet the place {qualifications}, your resume/CV, and a listing of three skilled references to ciwro-careers@ou.edu. For the topic line, use “ATTN: RA- WDTD Met Software program Coaching”. For extra details about this place please contact Dale Morris (dmorris@ou.edu) or Andrew Wooden (awood@ou.edu).
Why Work at CIWRO?
CIWRO provides methods to develop your profession by offering a structured career-track program that enables for development {and professional} status, alternatives to take part in inter-agency collaboration and growing your visibility throughout the NWS, NOAA, and the broader climate neighborhood, in addition to quite a few alternatives to develop new skilled abilities/instruments. We provide a wage that’s primarily based on expertise and contains beneficiant College of Oklahoma advantages (https://jobs.ou.edu/Uncover-OU). CIWRO helps a various, non-discriminatory workforce that respects the tradition, beliefs and practices of all workers in addition to sustaining a wholesome work/life stability.
Who We Are
CIWRO is the biggest analysis group on the College of Oklahoma with over 200 analysis scientists, associates, assistants, college students, and assist employees. It’s certainly one of 15 NOAA-funded cooperative institutes which promote collaboration between OU and NOAA’s Workplace of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Analysis (OAR) and the Nationwide Climate Service (NWS) by working side-by-side on issues of mutual curiosity.
OU (situated in Norman, OK; see http://live-norman.com) was ranked by Forbes as the highest employer within the state of Oklahoma, one of many high 50 employers in the USA and within the high 4 throughout the schooling subject of employers with greater than 5,000 workers.
