Farming Systems GHG Analyst
Acknowledgement of Country
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation
About CSIRO
As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.
Visit CSIRO.au for more information.
Role Highlights
- Bring your coding & data analysis skills to an exciting role that contributes to sustainable farming practices
- Great part-time role, collaborating with leading researchers, agronomists, and state partners across Australia
- Make a real impact in advancing low emissions farming systems through innovative research and data-driven solutions
The opportunity
Join CSIRO’s dynamic ‘Footprints & Credentials’ group, where we’re shaping the future of environmental sustainability in agriculture. As part of our ‘Sustainability Assessment and Metrics’ team, you'll play a key role in advancing low emissions farming systems and supporting projects with key stakeholders.
In this exciting role, you’ll work closely with a diverse team of agronomists and researchers, contributing to the delivery of best practice emissions intensity data that helps drive sustainable farming practices. Using your experience in data analysis and coding, you will be working with process-based models and collaborating with state partners in Western Australia, South Australia, and New South Wales, to ensure our research is impactful and results-driven.
If you're passionate about sustainability, data analysis, and using your skills to transform agricultural practices for a greener future, this is the role for you!
Your high-level duties will include:
- Utilising experience and understanding of cropping systems and life cycle GHG accounting to contribute to the design and implementation of systems-based approaches for addressing complex challenges in agricultural or environmental contexts.
- Collecting, managing, and analysing data from a variety of sources, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and usability.
- Creating and maintaining scripts and tools using coding programs such as R to process, analyse, and visualise large and complex datasets for research and decision-making.
- Developing and implementing workflows to manage and integrate complex, and often incomplete, data for use in modelling and analysis.
- Applying novel statistical approaches to develop, code and operationalise data visualisation techniques and products.
- Working in an agile manner to deliver project tasks within multi-disciplinary teams in a timely manner that are fit-for-purpose.
Role Particulars
Location and office arrangements: Brisbane QLD or Canberra ACT preferred (other CSIRO sites may be considered, if required, based on needs of the role and individual)
Salary: AU$96K – AU$109K per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure & work schedule: Specified Term of 4 years; Part-time 0.6 FTE
Reference: 99532
As the successful candidate, you will bring:
- Relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience in farming systems.
- Experience with process-based farming system models, and demonstrated understanding of cropping systems and associated sources of emissions.
- Strong experience in data analysis and using coding programs (such as R or similar), with the ability to process large datasets from a range of sources.
- Proven ability to build workflows to manage complex, often incomplete, data to provide integrated data inputs for a range of uses.
- Ability to develop, code and operationalise data visualisation techniques and products.
- A current Australian driver’s licence.
-
Desirable:
- Experience with setting up and running complex APSIM (or other model) simulations and analysing results, requiring negotiation and communication skills.
- Demonstrated understanding of life cycle GHG accounting.
- An understanding of farming systems in the Australian grains industry.
For full details about this role please review the Position Description.
Not sure if you meet all the criteria?
While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.
Setting You Up for Success
We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact the Talent Acquisition Partner via email (see details in the Position Description) and let us know how we can support you.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for this role, you must be either an:
- Australian or New Zealand Citizen;
- Australian Permanent Resident; or
- Australian Temporary Resident, with an existing valid visa and unrestricted work rights for the full duration of the term (at least until June 2029) and no requirement for visa sponsorship.
Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.
Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.
Inclusion and belonging
Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.
CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.
Child safety
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.
How to apply
Please apply online and provide a CV and a detailed cover letter, ideally responding to each of the selection criteria in detail, that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role. Please attach your selection criteria responses to your cover letter as one document.
Applications close
18 May 2025, 11:00pm AEST
Acknowledgement of Country
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation
About CSIRO
As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.
Visit CSIRO.au for more information.
Role Highlights
- Bring your coding & data analysis skills to an exciting role that contributes to sustainable farming practices
- Great part-time role, collaborating with leading researchers, agronomists, and state partners across Australia
- Make a real impact in advancing low emissions farming systems through innovative research and data-driven solutions
The opportunity
Join CSIRO’s dynamic ‘Footprints & Credentials’ group, where we’re shaping the future of environmental sustainability in agriculture. As part of our ‘Sustainability Assessment and Metrics’ team, you'll play a key role in advancing low emissions farming systems and supporting projects with key stakeholders.
In this exciting role, you’ll work closely with a diverse team of agronomists and researchers, contributing to the delivery of best practice emissions intensity data that helps drive sustainable farming practices. Using your experience in data analysis and coding, you will be working with process-based models and collaborating with state partners in Western Australia, South Australia, and New South Wales, to ensure our research is impactful and results-driven.
If you're passionate about sustainability, data analysis, and using your skills to transform agricultural practices for a greener future, this is the role for you!
Your high-level duties will include:
- Utilising experience and understanding of cropping systems and life cycle GHG accounting to contribute to the design and implementation of systems-based approaches for addressing complex challenges in agricultural or environmental contexts.
- Collecting, managing, and analysing data from a variety of sources, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and usability.
- Creating and maintaining scripts and tools using coding programs such as R to process, analyse, and visualise large and complex datasets for research and decision-making.
- Developing and implementing workflows to manage and integrate complex, and often incomplete, data for use in modelling and analysis.
- Applying novel statistical approaches to develop, code and operationalise data visualisation techniques and products.
- Working in an agile manner to deliver project tasks within multi-disciplinary teams in a timely manner that are fit-for-purpose.
Role Particulars
Location and office arrangements: Brisbane QLD or Canberra ACT preferred (other CSIRO sites may be considered, if required, based on needs of the role and individual)
Salary: AU$96K – AU$109K per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure & work schedule: Specified Term of 4 years; Part-time 0.6 FTE
Reference: 99532
As the successful candidate, you will bring:
- Relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience in farming systems.
- Experience with process-based farming system models, and demonstrated understanding of cropping systems and associated sources of emissions.
- Strong experience in data analysis and using coding programs (such as R or similar), with the ability to process large datasets from a range of sources.
- Proven ability to build workflows to manage complex, often incomplete, data to provide integrated data inputs for a range of uses.
- Ability to develop, code and operationalise data visualisation techniques and products.
- A current Australian driver’s licence.
-
Desirable:
- Experience with setting up and running complex APSIM (or other model) simulations and analysing results, requiring negotiation and communication skills.
- Demonstrated understanding of life cycle GHG accounting.
- An understanding of farming systems in the Australian grains industry.
For full details about this role please review the Position Description.
Not sure if you meet all the criteria?
While it is CSIRO policy that the successful candidate must meet all the essential criteria, there are many ways to demonstrate this. Don’t let the list discourage you. If you are unsure about applying, please reach out to the contact person in the Position Description.
Setting You Up for Success
We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact the Talent Acquisition Partner via email (see details in the Position Description) and let us know how we can support you.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply for this role, you must be either an:
- Australian or New Zealand Citizen;
- Australian Permanent Resident; or
- Australian Temporary Resident, with an existing valid visa and unrestricted work rights for the full duration of the term (at least until June 2029) and no requirement for visa sponsorship.
Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.
Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.
Inclusion and belonging
Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.
CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.
Child safety
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.
How to apply
Please apply online and provide a CV and a detailed cover letter, ideally responding to each of the selection criteria in detail, that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role. Please attach your selection criteria responses to your cover letter as one document.
Applications close
18 May 2025, 11:00pm AEST
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