TRAINING OFFICER

About BSC The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain.
It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe.
The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress.
BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 900 staff from 55 countries.
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In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured.
Context And Mission We are looking for a Training Officer to work in the Education and Training Team of BSC.
The Education and Training Team is responsible of coordinating the training and education activities, conduct educational research and develop opportunities for collaboration with other leading High Performance Computing (HPC) and Supercomputing centers as well as world class universities in the areas of education, training and mobility.
The main responsibility of the position will be to support the smooth and effective functioning of the department, including all the events organized.
Also, she/he will have to provide high level support for all the international programs/projects.
Key Duties Coordinate the MSc and Doctoral training programs at BSC Attend regular meetings and video calls to stay up to date with BSC doctoral and master training program as well as with project tasks Organise administrative support for the department and manage the communication with students, participants, lecturers, BSC administration and other stakeholders Organise and support meetings, training events, seminars and other activities of Education & Training department for different audiences Manage in-house training facilities Organise administrative support at Mobility Program.
Publish mobility calls, process the applications to support the selection committee and follow up the grants Manage the communication of the department, write announcements to publish in BSC website, PRACE training Portal and others Contribute to writing of project grant proposals Run the quality assurance system already in place, prepare individual evaluations assessments for every course Organize the Doctoral Symposium, manage the submissions and prepare a conference book of abstracts Requirements Education University degree at Phd level or equivalent Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience Proven experience in Training management and organisation Excellent spoken and written languages knowledge.
English, Spanish Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience Good skills in word processing, spreadsheets and presentation applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint or equivalents) Knowledge of scientific topics would be highly appreciated Experience in event organization would be a plus Any other European language would be a plus Competences Excellent organization skills to handle multiple assignments Strong communication skills Team player and ability to work in autonomy Ability to create and update records and databases with personnel, financial and other data Submit timely reports and prepare presentations/proposals as assigned Support budgeting and book keeping procedures Good skills in word processing, spreadsheets and presentation applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint or equivalents) Conditions The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department We offer a full-time contract (37.
h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures Duration.
Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration Holidays.
23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement Salary.
we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona Starting date.
Applications procedure and process All applications must be made through BSC website and contain.
A full CV in English including contact details A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references - Applications without this document will not be considered In accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy at the beginning of the process.
After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will start the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview.
A profile questionnaire as well as a technical exercise may be required during the process.
The panel will make a final decision and all candidates who had contacts with them will receive a feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.
At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es.
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Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.
OTM-R principles for selection processes BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R).
This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc.
BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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