UKCEH is looking for an Environmental Data Scientist to join our 600-strong team, 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 the course of 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

• 10% employer pension contribution

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

• 24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues

• Flexible working opportunities

• And much more.

You’ll be providing technical support to a varied portfolio of science projects, working with large amounts of environmental data and p ublic facing data portals. You’ll be working with scientists, data managers and expert web designers with in our Water Resources science area and Freshwater Sustainability and Restoration G roup to provide data and web support .

You’ll be handling data that is used to support decision making in important areas of science and policy, including ecosystem health and climate change mitigation .

You’ll be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that’s 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:

• Data and portal management

• Processing and analysis of hydrological and ecological data for science projects, including delivery via web applications

• Updating and editing of existing web pages and web applications, under the supervision of a senior web developer

• Transforming and integrating datasets, including spatial data, across a number of projects using tools such as R/Python and GIS

• Helping to update and maintain UKCEH'S water portals

• Conducting quality assurance quality control ( QA/ QC) of data, code and web content (the latter including ad hoc updates in systems such as Drupal)

• Keeping abreast of new tools, technologies and techniques in IT/Data Science

• Supporting decision-making and communicating key messages from data

• Creating visualisations, aiding in the development of interactive dissemination tools and reports for customers

We have several important projects working with hydrological and ecological data from rivers, lakes and wetlands, delivering th ese data to end users via interactive web portals such as the UK Water Resource Portal and the UK Lakes Portal.

For the role of Environmental Data Scient is t , we’re looking for somebody who has :

• An undergraduate or post-graduate degree or relevant experience in environmental science, data science, information systems or other relevant subjects

• Experience of using, analysing and managing environmental data

• Programming skills in R or Python, including the ability to process and analyse data

• Skills in data presentation and visualisation techniques, such as graphs, and interactive/static charts and maps

• Experience of working with spatial data, including the use of GIS tools and applications

• Experience of working with website development – HTML/CSS, working with a CMS and/or using R Shiny/Connect

• The ability to demonstrate previous experience of working with environmental datasets, including the development and use of QA/QC procedures

If we’ve just described you, we’d love to meet. Apply now.