Interdisciplinary Scientist

at  Centre for Ecology Hydrology

Salary - £37,405 - £49,353 (dependent of skills and experience)
Based in Lancaster, hybrid working options
15-month fixed term contract
We will being reviewing application upon receipt. 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 Interdisciplinary Scientist to join our team of talented individuals, 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, plus 3 days for our Christmas closure
• 10% employer pension contribution
• Enhanced 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 Officers
• Flexible working opportunities

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You’ll be joining our Soils and Land Use Science Area to work on the EU-funded project DevelopIng STratEgies by integrating mitigatioN, aDaptation and participation to climate changE Risks (DISTENDER). You’ll join a team of enthusiastic researchers exploring the challenge of developing strategies to simultaneously mitigate climate change whilst adapting to its impacts through a co-creative process that works with 5 case studies with a range of real-world challenges across a range of sectors and scales.
You’ll collaborate alongside case study stakeholders, social scientists and impact modellers to develop, quantify and qualitatively interpret strategies developed by stakeholders through co-creation workshops. You’ll play a leading role in evaluating strategies for robustness against multiple climatic and socio-economic scenarios and synthesizing scientific outputs into technical and policy recommendations for a wide range of scientific and practitioner audiences across Europe.
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:

• Working with an interdisciplinary, cross-institution team to co-create and execute the methodology for the evaluation of robust strategies for adaptation and mitigation of climate change
• Co-designing and executing co-creation workshops with social scientists, impact modellers and decision makers from 5 case studies at a range of scales including national, cross-border, sub-national and city-scale contexts
• Synthesising complex quantitative and qualitative data into common formats and frameworks and drawing conclusions
• Translating scientific outputs into technical and policy recommendations for various audiences within the public and private sector in Europe

For the role of Interdisciplinary Scientist, we’re looking for somebody who has:

• A PhD or equivalent experience in an interdisciplinary environmental or social science topic
• Knowledge of climate adaptation and mitigation policy domain and interactions between climate change mitigation and adaptation
• Knowledge of interactions across different environmental and societal sectors (e.g. agriculture, urban and water)
• Excellent synthesis and writing skills, with experience translating scientific outputs into policy recommendations for diverse audiences
• Experience with participatory and creative research approaches and workshops
• Experience working in interdisciplinary teams
• You will demonstrate a commitment to promote and adhere to CEH values of Excellence, Integrity, and Teamwork.
• Ability to participate in limited overseas travel
• Understanding and/or experience of methods and tools of scenario development (Desirable)
• Experiencing linking quantitative and qualitative data using multi-criteria decision approaches (Desirable)
• Experience of coding in R, Python or equivalent programming language (Desirable)
• Proven publication skills (Desirable)

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Every one of our 600+ staff and 50+ postgraduate students plays a vital role in delivering our ambition to understand the environment and the human impact on it, so that together people and nature can prosper.
How we work is just as important as what we achieve. We want UKCEH to be a welcoming, inclusive, engaging and collaborative place to work. We embed our values - excellence, integrity and teamwork - into everything we do.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Working with an interdisciplinary, cross-institution team to co-create and execute the methodology for the evaluation of robust strategies for adaptation and mitigation of climate change
• Co-designing and executing co-creation workshops with social scientists, impact modellers and decision makers from 5 case studies at a range of scales including national, cross-border, sub-national and city-scale contexts
• Synthesising complex quantitative and qualitative data into common formats and frameworks and drawing conclusions
• Translating scientific outputs into technical and policy recommendations for various audiences within the public and private sector in Europ

For the role of Interdisciplinary Scientist, we’re looking for somebody who has:

• A PhD or equivalent experience in an interdisciplinary environmental or social science topic
• Knowledge of climate adaptation and mitigation policy domain and interactions between climate change mitigation and adaptation
• Knowledge of interactions across different environmental and societal sectors (e.g. agriculture, urban and water)
• Excellent synthesis and writing skills, with experience translating scientific outputs into policy recommendations for diverse audiences
• Experience with participatory and creative research approaches and workshops
• Experience working in interdisciplinary teams
• You will demonstrate a commitment to promote and adhere to CEH values of Excellence, Integrity, and Teamwork.
• Ability to participate in limited overseas travel
• Understanding and/or experience of methods and tools of scenario development (Desirable)
• Experiencing linking quantitative and qualitative data using multi-criteria decision approaches (Desirable)
• Experience of coding in R, Python or equivalent programming language (Desirable)
• Proven publication skills (Desirable