Application Deadline: October 16th 2024
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General information
Offer title: ET-Sustainability Expert
Reference: TEC-GI-24-2
Number of positions: 1
Workplace: Via E. Amaldi 5/7, Loc. S.Stefano a Macerata – Cascina (Pisa)
Date of publication: September 17th, 2024
Type of Contract: “Tecnologo” (Technologist)
Contract Period: 12 months
Expected date of employment: The earliest possible
Proportion of work: Full time
Remuneration: 44.644,60 €
Desired level of education: Master’s degree in Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics or Engineering or a related field
Experience required: at least two years of specific experience in sustainability reporting system and CO2 quantification
Sections: General Infrastructure

Missions
The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) seeks a person with strong experience in quantification of CO2 emissions and extensive knowledge of the main guidelines for the preparation of sustainability reports, international standards and sustainability operating models, to join its General Infrastructure Department.
Activities
The selected candidate will work as Sustainability Expert within the EU co-funded Einstein Telescope- Preparatory Phase project (GA 101079696). She/he will collaborate with the EGO staff involved in the project to provide inputs for the elaboration of a Sustainable Development Strategy for the Einstein Telescope, in particular focusing on the assessment of the CO2 footprint of the future RI and the definition of a mitigation strategy to minimize its environmental impacts.
Main duties include:

• Identification and assessment of sustainability-related risks and opportunities for the future RI;
• Definition of scenario analysis of CO2 emissions;
• Quantification of the impacts of the risks and opportunities.

The post may require the selected candidate to work within strict deadlines.
Skills

• Master’s degree in Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics or Engineering or a related field;
• Two years of specific experience in sustainability reporting system and quantification of the impacts of sustainability risks;
• Excellent knowledge of the English language;
• Basic knowledge of Italian;
• No criminal convictions.

Other skills
One or more of the following will be an asset:

• extensive knowledge of the main guidelines for the preparation of sustainability reports, international standards and sustainability operating models;
• study and/or work experience abroad;
• capacity to communicate efficiently with colleagues from different countries, good sense of team spirit and proactive attitude;
• a Ph D in Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, or Engineering disciplines.

Work Context
The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is seeking a Technologist to join the Virgo General Infrastructure Department.
EGO is a French-Italian consortium, founded by INFN and CNRS to foster European collaboration in gravitational-wave research. EGO is located in Cascina, near Pisa – Italy, and hosts and operates the gravitational-wave detector Virgo, a 3 km-long laser interferometer (ITF). The Virgo project involves the participation of about 130 institutions with more than 800 scientists, engineers and technicians from France, Italy, the Netherlands and other 13 European countries.
EGO welcomes applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, color, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Selection procedure
Only candidates who meet the above essential required qualifications and experience are admitted to the selection procedure. The evaluation of the candidates admitted to the procedure is assigned to a Selection Board appointed by the Director of EGO. The Selection Board will determine the evaluation criteria in the first meeting. The first phase of the selection will be based on a review of the Application Forms and other documents received in line with the above-mentioned essential and desired requirements. Only candidates who have obtained the minimum score established by the Selection Board in the first meeting will be able to access to the second phase of the selection, which will consist of an interview. During the interview the Selection Board will verify the knowledge ok the English language and Italian languages, the knowledge at least two years of specific experience in sustainability reporting system and quantification of the impacts of sustainability risks, and the other desired qualifications and experience.
At the end of the interviews the Selection Board will draw up a ranking of the candidates who obtained at least the minimum score established during the first meeting.
The completion of the hiring is subject to Italian law D.Lgs. 81/08 art.41 “Sorveglianza Sanitaria”.
The EGO Consortium has the free right not to proceed with the recruitment.

Privacy policy
Controller: European Gravitational Observatory – email: ego-gw@pec.it
Responsible for data – email: privacy@ego-gw.it
Under Article 13 of UE Regulation (EU) 2016/79 of the European Parliament and of the Council, required personal data will be exclusively collected and treated for purposes strictly connected to the selection procedure also with the use of computerized procedures, according to current law and regulations concerning the implementation of this kind of activity.
Providing such data to EGO is necessary for the evaluation of participation requirements and of the holding of titles: failure to provide these data may compromise such evaluation.
Data will be kept only for the period required by the selection, evaluation and audit procedures.
EGO guarantees each person the right of access to personal data, as well as the rectification, or erasure or restriction of them, as well as the right to object to their processing; such requests shall be addressed to privacy@ego-gw.it.

Applicants have to:
Candidates can send their CV and the EGO Application Form together with a cover letter and eventual reference letters, to jobs@ego-gw.it quoting the reference number of this vacancy notice.
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