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NHQ Hydrologist

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ORGANIZATION: American Red Cross - National Headquarters

Join our team as an American Red Cross Hydrologist!

The purpose of this position is to support a pilot project with the Indonesian Red Cross exploring the use of low-cost, open source river flow monitoring stations to improve local data availability for disaster readiness and anticipatory action.

Responsibilities include - Analyze precipitation, streamflow, monitoring station networks, and climate data using statistical and geospatial tools, set up operational discharge monitoring of rivers and develop hydrologic models from bathymetric profiles and data captured by OpenRiverCam stations - https://pypi.org/project/pyopenrivercam/, prepare short reports, presentations, and/or visualizations as needed for project stakeholders to explain hydrology concepts for non-hydrologists, and collaborate in the design and authoring of a peer-reviewed study investigating some element of the project implementation.

An average of 4 hours per week and qualifications include 2+ years of experience in hydrology, water resources management, or a related field, experience utilizing hydrologic principles and modeling tools, proficiency in GIS software (e.g., QGIS), hydrologic models, and data analysis tools, comfort working as part of a fully remote team, submission of a resume and willingness to comply with current public health and American Red Cross policies.

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About American Red Cross - National Headquarters

Location:

431 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, US

Mission Statement

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.

Description

Every single day, the American Red Cross helps people in emergencies. Whether it's one displaced family, thousands of disaster victims, or providing care and comfort to an ill or injured service member or veteran or support to a military family member, our vital work is made possible by people like you. It is through the time and care of ordinary people that we can do extraordinary things.

CAUSE AREAS

Computers & Technology
Disaster Relief
Environment
Computers & Technology, Disaster Relief, Environment

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

SKILLS

  • Software Engineering
  • Network Administration
  • SWOT / GAP Analysis
  • Animation Software
  • Software Development
  • STEM

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • 4+ hours per week
  • 2+ years of experience in hydrology, water resources management, or a related field.

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