The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Associate on a 3-month contract at the Humanities & Social Studies Education Department.

Project Title: Revealing the characteristics of the storm that caused the 2021 Malay Peninsula Flood and its outlook in the future

Project Introduction: The 2021-2022 Malaysian Floods brought severe casualties and economic loss, during which 50 people were reported dead or missing with a total of 125,000 people displaced. Understand the evolution of the precipitation process and the storm-hatching environment is the key to improve the short-term forecast and long-term outlook of such extreme event. By employing a state-of-the-art storm tracking algorithm, the proposal aims to 1) reconstruct the trajectory of the storms that brought the torrential rainfall over the peninsula; 2) explore the key meteorological drivers that are most conductive to the triggering, initiation, development, and dissipation processes of the flood-causing storm, and 3) estimate the coincidence probability of such key drivers through their independent occurrence frequency extracted from their respective historical records.

Requirements

• Master's or doctoral degree in areas related to geography, computing and/or information science
• Proficiency in geographic information systems, remote sensing and statistics
• Proficiency in programming with R, JavaScript and Google Earth Engine
• At least 3 years of working experience in academia
• Experience in academic report writing or paper publication
• Experience with geography fieldwork
• Able to work independently and possess strong follow-through skills
• A team player in a multi-cultural environment
• Strong communication and organization skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and writing skills

Responsibilities

• Manage research project
• Liaise and work with research stakeholders and vendors
• Literature reviews to synthesize prior studies
• Propose, design, and implement appropriate research methodologies
• Remote sensing and field data collection, storage and archival
• Other general quantitative data analysis
• Writing of reports, publications, and presentation materials
• Planning and executing tasks to achieve key deliverables
• Administrative duties as assigned by Principal Investigators

Application

Applicants (external and internal) will apply via Workday. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Closing Date

Closing date for advertisements will be set to 14 calendar days from date of posting.

Hiring Institution: NIE