Senior Freshwater Ecologist

Job title:

Senior Freshwater Ecologist

Company

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Job description

Salary – £46,507 to £49,353
Hybrid working (50/50)
Permanent and Full Time (37 hours per week)We’ll be shortlisting as we go for this role, and we reserve the right to close this advert if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early.UKCEH is looking for an experienced Senior Freshwater Ecologist to join our 600-strong organisation, contributing to scientific discovery and generating the data, insights and solutions that researchers, businesses and governments need to solve complex environmental challenges.Working at UKCEH is rewarding. Our science makes a real difference, enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. We are the custodians of a wealth of environmental data collected by UKCEH and its predecessors over more than 60 years.As a valued member of our team, you’ll get:27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after five years, plus 3 days for our Christmas closure10% employer pension contributionEnhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to qualifying requirements)24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues plus access to our trained Welfare OfficersFlexible working opportunities…We are looking for an established and highly motivated Freshwater Ecologist to join our vibrant team of researchers within the Freshwater Restoration and Sustainability (FRS) Group. In joining a highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, you’ll be contributing to essential research on the evolving state of our freshwater environments.We need your science leadership and excellent communication skills, as well as your ability to generate research income from national and international funding bodies. Naturally, you’ll be experienced in leading high impact publications in your field. Through effective national and international collaboration, you’ll be able to demonstrate you are helping to set the international research agenda and your work will have a high degree of policy relevance.In working with senior members of the team, you’ll help expand and integrate your own skill sets within other areas of science across UKCEH, to address complex scientific problems. We’re looking for your skills to help us continually enhance our world-class environmental research.Applications are encouraged from candidates with a broad understanding of freshwater ecology across all ecosystem types and those who can demonstrate specialism in a particular topic (e.g., plankton ecology; trophic interactions; microbial ecology; macrophyte ecology; meta-community analyses; etc). You’ll also need to be highly numerate with good knowledge of statistics.You’ll work across multiple projects, which include field sites in the Arctic and the Antarctic, Latin America, the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, and across the UK.Our projects include , , and the .You will be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that is committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career and giving you the support you need to thrive at UKCEH.Your main responsibilities will include:A leading role in developing research proposals and projects related to freshwater ecologyBuilding partnerships with key stakeholders and collaborators interested in freshwater ecology, conservation and managementProject management – managing teams, deliverables, resources, budgets and risksLeading and assisting in the design and implementation of field campaigns on lakes, rivers, wetlands, and coastal ecosystems in the UK and internationally, including boat-based activitiesTaking a leading role in a particular area of specialism in freshwater ecology within the FRS Group, and across UKCEH and its stakeholders, to build a body of work for the advancement of your area of scienceActively working to support the strategic aims of your science and our organisational goalsFor this role we are looking for somebody who has:A PhD in environmental science or ecology and a sound knowledge of policy relevant to freshwater sciencesA proven international reputation in your freshwater ecology specialism, evidenced by several high impact peer-reviewed journal papers and/or published reportsEvidence of winning funding and managing projects in freshwater ecologyLeadership skills, able to motivate and inspire with integrityExpertise in leading field campaigns in remote locationsExperience of managing research teams – to effectively manage time, resources, and budgets to successfully deliver projectsEffective line management skills, able to coach/mentor and support career developmentExcellent communications skills, able to develop new collaborations with UK and international researchers, and establish excellent working relationships with multi-/trans-disciplinary groupsStatistical analysis experience of complex ecological datasets, using programming languages (e.g., R, Python etc.)A full UK (manual) driving licenceA willingness to travel internationally and work overseas, in remote locations for up to three weeks at a timeDesirable Skills:Project Management qualification/accreditation (Prince2, MSP, SCRUM/Agile)Management trainingExperience of chairing committees or working groupsIf we’ve just described you, we’d love to meet. Apply now.

Expected salary

£46507 – 49353 per year

Location

Edinburgh

Job date

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:34:26 GMT

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