Global Biodiversity Field Scientist & Project Lead

Newcastle University; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Generous holiday package

Pension schemes

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Newcastle University is seeking a Research Associate in Biodiversity Science to join the TROPS lab under Prof Marion Pfeifer. You will quantify biodiversity responses to tree-based agricultural systems across multiple scales and collaborate with international partners on the ERC TIF-CER project.

The role involves field-based biodiversity surveys, spatial and/or statistical modelling, and coordinating fieldwork across a global network.

Qualifications

• Strong applied expertise in biodiversity and ecological research, including designing and implementing field surveys and monitoring programmes.
• Experience analysing biodiversity data with quantitative, statistical and/or spatial modelling approaches.
• Knowledge of landscape ecology, habitat connectivity, and relationships between habitat structure and biodiversity.
• Experience working with ecologists and researchers from other environmental disciplines.
• Experience implementing fieldwork in rural or tropical landscapes and collaborating with international teams.
• Attention to detail and high accuracy in data collection and reporting.
• Ability to present complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to analyse data and write-up results.
• Experience of collaborating with colleagues on multi-disciplinary projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of biodiversity fieldwork across the international network.
• Coordinate fieldwork logistics, schedules, equipment and protocols with partners.
• Develop ecological, statistical and/or spatial modelling approaches to quantify biodiversity responses.
• Train and support research assistants and local teams in biodiversity data collection.
• Integrate biodiversity data with environmental, climate, land-use and stakeholder data.

Skills

Biodiversity research

Ecological data analysis

Spatial modelling

Project coordination

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

PhD in ecology or related discipline

Job description

Newcastle University is seeking a Research Associate in Biodiversity Science to join the TROPS lab under Prof Marion Pfeifer. You will quantify biodiversity responses to tree-based agricultural systems across multiple scales and collaborate with international partners on the ERC TIF-CER project.

The role involves field-based biodiversity surveys, spatial and/or statistical modelling, and coordinating fieldwork across a global network.