Copernicus Science Support Technician

Job Introduction
At Serco, we strive to promote and enable the diversity, development, wellbeing and safety of our people. We understand that healthier, happier employees go hand-in-hand with strong business performance, enhanced productivity and better outcomes for those we serve. We want everybody who works for Serco to have a positive experience and access to opportunities to develop in their chosen careers.

Dedicated to the European Space Agency’s Earth-observing activities, ESA-ESRIN is the European centre of excellence for exploitation of Earth observation missions. The mission and payload operations of ESA's Earth observation satellites are managed here, and ESRIN is the primary source for the acquisition, distribution, and exploitation of data from these and other non-ESA satellites.

Serco Italy has a long history of providing Earth Observation operations, maintenance and front-end services to ESA. To provide continual service improvement, Serco has recently introduced a special focus on evolution and innovation, with the aim of supporting ESA in further evolving the services and products.

Does working in a Serco environment sound appealing to you?

We would love to hear from you and your interest in the new opportunity of **Copernicus Science Support Technician** in Frascati

Main Responsibilities
Are you looking to secure a career in a public sector environment? We would love to hear from you

As **Copernicus Science Support Technician** you will be responsible for:

- The activity is framed within the contract “PRISM” (Copernicus Contributing Missions access support functions and platform), supporting ESA in operations, maintenance and evolution of all functions, processes and infrastructures coordinating the data flow among the Copernicus Contributing Missions and the Users exploiting such data.
- In this framework, Serco is searching for a person to support the Coordinated Quality Control (CQC) Team in all aspects related to the quality control of Earth Observation data and products (SAR, Optical, DEM), aimed at ensuring a fully assessed and high-quality data offering to the Copernicus Services and the other Copernicus Users.
- The activity will be primarily focused on the quality assessment of the new coming data distributed by PRISM to entitled Copernicus Users, in particular the Very High Resolution cloud-free coverage of Europe (VHR_IMAGE_2021 dataset).

In return, we offer a friendly, supportive and professional environment that respects your work/life balance and ultimately contributes to the delivery of public services in Italy and around the world.

**Your skills**:

- University degree in Science disciplines or equivalent qualification, preferably in Remote Sensing and Earth Observation.
- Background and good understanding of geophysical sciences and/or specific instruments relevant to optical missions (medium, high, very high resolution) and radar missions; experience in radar missions is an added-value asset.
- 1-3 years experience in data analysis and relevant exploitation tools and programming languages (e.g., IDL/Envi, Sentinels Toolbox, ArcGIS suite, python, etc ).
- Experience in data quality control is a preferred qualification.
- Business proficiency in English (oral and written).**_Important:_**
- Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law._
- Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process._
- Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization._

**_Data Protection:_**
- When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request.You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time._

About The Company
**Why should you join Serco ?**

At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.
- Meaningful and vital work_ - You’ll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated.
- A world of opportunity_ - You’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression
- Great people_ - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team who believe passionately in the value of our work.

**What we offer**
- Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services sector
- A company passionate about diversity and inclusion
- Permanent employment with comprehensive Serco Benefits package.

**About Serco**

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play when managing complex public services.

We are a team of 60,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world,