Research Associate (Level A)

Job Description

• One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities
• Vibrant campus life with a strong sense of community & inclusion
• Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.

THIS ROLE IS LOCATED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

We are seeking a Research Associate (Level A) for a fixed-term position in partnership with UNSW, Ag Econ Australia Pty Ltd, and the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW DPIRD). This position is part of a broader initiative led by the NSW DPIRD, involving five universities, Ag Econ, and eight cotton industry associations.

The project aims to enhance crop drought resilience in semi-irrigated and dryland cotton/grain systems by providing cotton growers with improved information on climate variability processes that influence crop management practices before, during, and after drought events.

The successful candidate will conduct research to better understand the sea surface temperature patterns that affect climate over the northern Murray Darling Basin, how these processes impact rainfall and temperature, and cotton production under present and future climate conditions. The work involves investigating the physical mechanisms linking ocean variability to atmosphere-land processes using observations, reanalysis products, climate model output, and running targeted numerical simulations with climate and agriculture models.

The role of Research Associate reports to A/Prof Andrea Taschetto and has no direct reports. The Research Associate will work at the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre, a centre focused on physical climate science including studies of the atmosphere, ocean and land system.