Job Opening: Director and scientist-in-charge of the Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de Guadeloupe

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From: Jean-Christophe Komorowski <jeanchristophe.komorowski@xxxxxxxxx>


Job opening :



Director and scientist-in-charge of the Observatoire Volcanologique et
Sismologique de Guadeloupe





*Nature of contract*       Civil servant job the *C*orps *N*ational
des *A*stronomes
et *P*hysiciens (CNAP)



*Duration*                       2 ans, renewable



*Employer*                      Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris â??
CNRS UMR 7154 et UMS 3454 â?? Université Sorbonne Paris Cité :
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*Job site*                        Observatoire volcanologique et
sismologique de Guadeloupe (OVSG)

                                     Le Houëlmont

                                     97113 Gourbeyre, Guadeloupe,
West-Indies



*Application deadline*   1st november 2021



*Job starting date*        1st january 2022 (the starting date can be
adapted according to availability as an assistant physicist (CNAP physicien
adjoint â?? assistant researcher) assigned to the OVSG and 1st September 2022
as Director of the OVSG




*Context*



The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) is a large institution of
higher education and research managed by a board of directors, a scientific
council and a teaching council. The IPGP is a component institution of the
new University of Paris. The IPGP hosts and is cotutelle (with CNRS,
University of Paris, IGN and University of Reunion) of the UMR 7154 IPGP
which gathers all research activities. The IPGP hosts and is co-supervisor
(with the CNRS) of the UMS 3454 IPGP which gathers all the observation
activities. In addition, the IPGP is a space laboratory recognized by CNES,
ESA and NASA.



Founded in 1921 to observe, monitor and study the Earth's magnetic field,
the IPGP has gradually expanded its research and observational missions. It
brings together more than 500 staff: researchers recruited from all over
the world, engineers, technicians, administrative staff and post-doctoral
and doctoral students from all countries sharing the same passion for the
Earth, planetary and environmental sciences. Numerous cooperation
agreements have been set up with prestigious foreign institutions, allowing
permanent scientific exchanges throughout the world.



As a world-renowned geosciences research organization, the IPGP studies the
Earth and planets from the core to the most superficial fluid envelopes,
through observation, experimentation and modeling. Particular attention is
paid to long-term observations which are essential for the study of natural
systems. The IPGP is in charge of accredited observational services in
volcanology, seismology, magnetism, gravimetry and erosion through its
permanent observatories on the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion
and in Chambon-la-Forêt (France). In addition, the IPGP equips and
maintains, in partnership with the Institut de Physique du Globe de
Strasbourg, two global geophysical networks that monitor magnetic field
variations (INTERMAGNET network) and global seismic activity (GEOSCOPE
network).



The IPGP hosts powerful computational, experimental and analytical
facilities of the latest generation and benefits from a first-class
technical support. Its flexible structure facilitates interactions between
the 17 research teams working together on the institute's four main themes:
Earth and planetary interiors, natural hazards, Earth system and origins.



Since its integration into the University of Paris, the IPGP has been
responsible for all teaching in Earth, environmental and planetary sciences
at the University of Paris, from the Bachelor's to the Master's level (400
students). The IPGP shares the doctoral school STEP-UP with Université de
Paris, Sorbonne Université and �cole normale supérieure (110 PhD students
in thesis at the IPGP, 45% of which are foreign). All teaching activities
of the IPGP are grouped in the department of training and doctoral studies.



The IPGP conducts research in all fields of study of the solid Earth by
combining observation (on land, at sea or from space), experimentation,
analysis and measurement in the laboratory, and the construction of
conceptual, analog and numerical models. The permanent observation missions
of the IPGP are of particular importance. The GEOSCOPE observatory is
composed of 33 stations in 18 countries and observes the world seismicity.
The IPGP also operates 11 magnetic observatories on the 5 continents as
well as the national magnetic observatory of Chambon la Forêt to follow the
variations of the intensity and the direction of the terrestrial magnetic
field.



The IPGP also operates volcanological and seismological observatories in
charge of monitoring the activity of the four active French volcanoes in
the overseas departments and regions as well as the seismicity in the
Antilles arc. The Piton de la Fournaise Volcanological Observatory is
located in Reunion Island (OVPF, https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.ipgp.fr/fr/ovpf__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!NVYBewK31lhXv3oUmUtH4IU4RzzS8xXz7Z4wzwxUhJhaGS61ciKLFiLZV1GNKto$ 
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the Martinique Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSM,
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monitors Montagne Pelée, and the Guadeloupe Volcanological and
Seismological Observatory (OVSG, https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.ipgp.fr/fr/ovsg__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!NVYBewK31lhXv3oUmUtH4IU4RzzS8xXz7Z4wzwxUhJhaGS61ciKLFiLZ132J8C0$ 
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monitors La Soufrière. In Guadeloupe, OBSERA is an observatory dedicated to
the study of water and erosion in the Antilles (
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In response to the seismo-volcanic crisis off Mayotte that began in May
2018 and the subsequent on-going eruption, the IPGP operates from the OVPF
the Réseau de surveillance volcanologique et sismologique de Mayotte
(REVOSIMA) with its partners, BRGM and its regional office in Mayotte,
IFREMER and CNRS. REVOSIMA is supported by a scientific consortium with
IPGS and RENASS-BCSF, IRD, IGN, ENS, University of Paris, University of
Reunion, University Clermont Auvergne and OPGC, University of Strasbourg,
University of Grenoble Alpes and ISTerre, University of La Rochelle,
University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse and GET-OMP, GéoAzur, CNES, Météo
France, SHOM, TAAF (
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The IPGP Data Center manages and distributes to the community the data
acquired in the different observatories.



The IPGP is recruiting a director for the OVSG to take over from the
current director (Mr Roberto Moretti) in August 2022. The recruitment is
planned for the beginning of 2022 to allow for familiarization with the
functioning and missions of the OVSG, and to make an effective transition
with the current director.



The OVSG is financed by recurrent credits of the IPGP (Ministry of Higher
Education and Research MESR and IPGPâ??s own funds), the National Institute
of Sciences of the Universe (INSU-CNRS) and the Departmental Council of
Guadeloupe. The Ministry of Ecological Transition (MTE) and European Funds
(Interreg or Contracts of Convergence and Transformation) finance more
specific and occasional projects which have in particular allowed the
renovation of geophysical networks of volcanological and seismological
observatories of Martinique and Guadeloupe at the scale of the Lesser
Antilles in the early 2010s in partnership with the Seismic Research Center
(SRC) of Trinidad and Tobago. Thus, under the auspices of UNESCO and the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the OVSG is actively involved
in the early warning alert of the tsunami warning system in the Caribbean.



The OVSG team is composed of 12 persons (10 permanent) including 2
researchers, 5 engineers (3 in instrumentation, 1 in computer science and 1
in geochemical analysis), 2 assistant engineers, 1 technician and 2
administrative assistants to which are added the support of 4 CNAPs based
in Paris but carrying out their service tasks for the OVSG and regular
missions to the OVSG, about twenty researchers and engineers of the IPGP
with wider skills in geophysics, geochemistry, and geology, applied to
volcanism and regional seismo-tectonics The OVSG also hosts the
Observatoire de l'Erosion aux Antilles OBSERA for which some members of the
OVSG team provide a share of their time.
 Missions

The director of the OVSG leads and directs the scientific and technical
team of the observatory which maintains and reinforces the observation and
monitoring networks in connection with the direction of the Paris
observatories and in adequacy with the policy defined by the National
Service of Volcanological Observation of the INSU (SNOV). The director is
also a privileged interlocutor: i) with local authorities (prefecture and
zone headquarters) to provide expertise on earthquake activities in the
West Indies, ii) with decentralized government services (DEAL, DRRT ...) to
submit and manage scientific projects related to a better understanding of
hazards and iii) with the Departmental Council of Guadeloupe which
participates financially in the operation of the observatory through a
Memorandum of Understanding. The director organizes an annual liaison
review committee with all these local actors, the management of INSU and
IPGP to give them a financial, technical and scientific report. Finally,
he/she is in charge of encouraging scientific exchanges with the Caribbean
partners and is a potential candidate to carry-out the role of the national
contact point for the Caribbean tsunami warning system.



*Essential tasks and activities*



- Observation and analysis of the volcanic activity of La Soufrière de
Guadeloupe through the recording of time series of geophysical and
geochemical data and the acquisition of geological and geochemical data.
Monthly samples of fumarole gases and effluents from hydrothermal springs
are taken in the field and analyzed at the observatory laboratory.



- Drafting and publication of the monthly report on volcanic and seismic
activity as well as the annual report on volcanic and seismic activity,
distributed to the authorities, the media and the public on the internet
and social networks



- Observation and analysis of regional seismicity (Guadeloupe and its
nearby islands, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy) linked to the tectonic
activity of the Lesser Antilles arc through the continuous recording of
seismicity and associated deformations. This work allows to warn the
authorities of the characteristics of an earthquake felt and of the
aftershocks which can be associated to it and to establish on long
durations the spatio-temporal characteristics of the regional and local
seismicity to contribute to the understanding of the tectonic processes in
the region and to the quantification of the seismic hazard, which has
implications in terms of zonation of the seismic risk This activity results
in the production of a seismological catalog distributed within the
framework of the Antilles Seismological Data Center. Exceptional
information releases are issued to the authorities, the media and the
public as soon as possible after the occurrence of a felt earthquake.



- Contribution to the preventive information and to the divulgation of
knowledge in the fields of volcanic risk and seismic risk, as well as to
the training in volcanology, geology, geophysics and geochemistry.



- Response to local and national media in case of volcanic or seismic
activities



- Development and participation in basic and applied research in
geophysics, geochemistry, and geology related to volcanism, seismology, and
regional tectonics, including regional cooperation. The recruited candidate
will have to carry out a high level research in connection with the
researchers of the observatories and the IPGP, with the French and
international community, in particular in the Lesser Antilles region
(University of the West Indies - UA; the Seismic Research Centre - SRC
based in Trinidad and Tobago; the Montserrat Volcanological Observatory -
MVO; the Bureau des Mines et de l'Energie - BME in Haiti; the Bureau de
Recherche Géologique et Minière - BRGM, the Institute of Research for
Development -IRD, etc).



- Local management of projects with European funding (ERDF/Interreg),
including participation in the PREST project led by OVSM/IPGP.



- Manage and lead a team with multidisciplinary skills.



*Working environment and context:*



The responsibilities of the Director of the OVSG imply the necessity to
face crisis situations (felt earthquakes and potential associated tsunamis,
volcanic eruption, landslides, fumarole gas emissions) potentially complex
and outside the regular schedule. The observatory's personnel are therefore
on call to communicate in case of felt earthquakes or in times of crisis.
The director also participates in the deployment and maintenance of field
instruments, and is available for missions in the Caribbean region. The
Director is in regular contact with the Paris teams through regular weekly
teleconferences.



*This position of Director requires to speak, write and read French
fluently. In addition to team management and the scientific community, the
Director will be involved in frequent interactions with authorities and
stakeholders, the population, the media.*




Contacts :



*Jean-Christophe Komorowski* (komorow@xxxxxxx)

Scientist in charge, Volcanological and seismological observatories



*Anne Le Friant* (lefriant@xxxxxxx)

Deputy Director IPGP in charge of observatories
 Marc Chaussidon (chaussidon@xxxxxxx)

Director of IPGP





To apply, applicants must:



*- have full proficiency (speaking, writing, reading) in French*

- have a driving licence



And send:



- a curriculum vitae

- a letter of motivation

- a research project

- a list of publications.



The starting date of the position may be adapted according to availability.
Candidates may come from any CNAP, CNRS, IRD or University position and may
be recruited according to their original position by transfer or
secondment. Their remuneration will be composed of the following elements:
the basic salary (indexed salary), an increase in the cost of living for
the Lesser Antilles and, if necessary, depending on the family situation, a
family supplement. The director will receive a rent allowance.


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