Website Developer for AGILE Project 1

Join the AGILE Project as a Website Developer

Are you interested in data, disasters, and making an impact in crisis management?

Job description

Increasingly extreme disasters disrupt our societies. The EU-H2020 AGILE project is developing a global reference library of High Impact Low Probability (HILP) events such as extreme heatwaves, major storms or earthquakes. This online resource will support disaster and emergency professionals with historical data and comparative analyses to improve preparedness and resilience worldwide.

You will support the design and development of an interactive online reference library with the following features:

• User log-ins and role-based access.
• Upload and scraping capabilities.
• Visualization tools and dashboards for comparison.
• Integration of existing datasets into a user-friendly interface.

You will have the opportunity to interact with academic and non-academic partners in the AGILE consortium to ensure the platform makes an impact for practice and policy. If desired, you can contribute to academic publications about the reference library and findings.

Job requirements

• You have experience in web development and dashboard design (e.g., using Python, R, Shiny, React, Flourish, or similar).
• You have a strong sense of UX/UI.
• You are familiar with data visualization and system integration.
• You are fluent in English.
• You like working on impact-driven projects and you succeed in meeting deadlines.
• You thrive in an interdisciplinary team and enjoy academic environments.

TU Delft

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Technology, Policy and Management

The Faculty of TPM provides an important contribution to solving complex technical-social issues, such as energy transition, mobility, digitalisation, water management and (cyber) security. TPM does this with its excellent education and research at the intersection of technology, society and policy. We combine insights from both engineering and social sciences as well as the humanities. TPM develops robust models and designs, is internationally oriented and has an extensive network of knowledge institutions, companies, social organisations and governments.

Conditions of employment

• Duration of contract is 16 months Temporary
• A job of 36-40 hours per week.
• A salary based on Schaal 08 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a salary between €3218 - €4298 gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

Will you need to relocate to the Netherlands for this job? TU Delft is committed to make your move as smooth as possible! The HR unit, Coming to Delft Service, offers information on their website to help you prepare your relocation. In addition, Coming to Delft Service organises events to help you settle in the Netherlands, and expand your (social) network in Delft. A Dual Career Programme is available, to support your accompanying partner with their job search in the Netherlands.

Additional information
You will be directly supervised by Prof. Tina Comes and Dr. Nazli Aydin, and work in a team with Dr. Arka Bhattacharyya, and you will become a member of the AGILE project consortium with direct access and interactions to a broad range of stakeholders. For more information about this vacancy, please contact A.Bhattacharyya@tudelft.nl.