Role Responsibility

For training activities on behalf of ESA and EC, we are currently looking for a skilled junior Earth Observation Promotion Specialist.

The position is for a Junior specialist in EO remote sensing with skills for communication and/or training activities with EO data.

The candidate will be in charge of contributing to raising awareness of Earth Observation products, tools and services amongst different user communities. This is done by outreach actions , training activities and daily support to RUS operations.

For the Outreach actions, the staff will be responsible for the following tasks:

• support the preparation and production of Earth Observation training material (e.g. creating new content, editing presentations, webinars, video tutorials, etc.)
• support the preparation and production of Earth Observation promotional material
• support the dissemination of the material in various format and via various communication channels.

For the Training actions, the staff will be responsible for the following tasks:

• support planning, setting and managing (eg interfacing with third parties) of training events
• providing assistance, as required, during training events
• handling, as needed, Webinars
• managing follow-up and reporting activities (eg training feedback collection)

For the support to operations actions, the staff will be responsible to systematically check presence of RUS user requests, to analyse them, to interface users and distribute the received support requests to the other RUS team members.

Knowledge of the Copernicus sentinel data community as well as knowledge of Sentinel ground segment recent deployments is an asset.

The specialist will work in a team of experts.

Successful Candidate

The successful applicant will hold a university degree in Physics, Remote Sensing or similar. Examples of teaching or communication experience are sought.

Other skills:

• Experience in EO data processing and applications
• Good documentation writing and proofreading skills
• Experience with the preparation and the implementation of promotional material, with focus on on-line media
• Ability to manage several tasks in parallel and to prioritise
• Capability to work in a team
• Pro-active approach to problem identification and resolution
• Fluent English (written and spoken)
• Knowledge of additional languages (French, Spanish) is an asset

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Important

If candidates with equally relevant experience are identified, preference will be given to candidates within "Categorie Protette (Law 68/99)" or registered in “lista di mobilità” (only applicable in case of Italian candidates).

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Package Description

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