Researcher, Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust; Bradley Stoke; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave (38 days after 5y

Free entry to wetland centres

Free parking

Cycle to work

Contributory pension

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

WWT Limited is seeking an early career Researcher to support the Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions team in examining urban wetlands and Ramsar Wetland City status. You will search, extract and summarise data from diverse sources, identifying challenges and enablers across wetlands worldwide.

The role offers hybrid working with up to one day per week at Slimbridge Wetland Centre, and a 37.5-hour week for a fixed 5-month period until 30 May 2027.

Qualifications

• Background in conservation, environmental sciences, or a related discipline.
• Experience extracting and collating information from multiple published sources.
• Proven ability to deliver work to deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to deliver high-quality research.
• Ability to summarise information effectively using figures/tables.
• Good problem-solving skills and initiative to find solutions.
• Knowledge of national/international conservation issues related to wetlands.

Responsibilities

• Support urban wetlands research within the Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions team.
• Find, extract and summarise relevant data from reports and webpages.
• Identify barriers, enabling factors and outcomes for Wetland City accreditation.
• Prepare summaries with figures and tables to communicate findings.
• Work both independently and with colleagues to meet deadlines.

Skills

conservation background

data extraction

deadlines

independent work

data summarisation

problem solving

wetlands knowledge

real-world application

Education

Bachelor's degree in conservation/environmental science

relevant postgraduate qualification (desirable)

Job description

Researcher, Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions

• Researcher, Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions

About The Role

Are you an early career scientist, looking to gain experience working on real-world conservation issues within a supportive and internationally recognised team of interdisciplinary researchers?

WWT's Wetland Evidence department are looking to recruit an early career scientist to support our work on urban wetlands. Based in the Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions team, the successful candidate will play a key role in helping WWT to deliver evidence on the barriers and enablers of urban areas achieving Ramsar Wetland City status, a globally recognised accreditation. The role will focus on finding, extracting, and summarizing relevant data that will allow us to understand the experiences of Wetland Cities worldwide. This will include identifying common challenges, enabling factors and outcomes, what makes Wetland City initiatives successful, and how accreditation can translate into meaningful benefits for nature and people.

This role will enable an early career scientist to gain and develop fundamental research skills in searching, identifying, extracting and summarizing scientific data.
This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week, for a 5 month fixed period until 30th May 2027. The role is suitable for hybrid working, with up to 1 day per week required at Slimbridge Wetland Centre.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• A background in conservation, environmental sciences, or a related discipline.
• Experience of extracting and collating information from multiple published sources, such as published reports and webpages.
• A proven track record of delivering work to deadlines.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team to deliver high quality research.
• The create ability to summarise information effectively using figures and tables.
• Skills in problem solving, able to independently and proactively find solutions to issues and challenges that arise in your work.
• Current knowledge of national and international conservation issues, especially as they relate to wetlands.
• A desire to apply their skills to real-world conservation issues.

Please view the full job description for all the responsibilities and specifications for the role.

About Us

We're WWT, and we're on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands . There's never been a more important moment for our work, and we've got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they're taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there's nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you'll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Why you'll love working at WWT

• Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) -this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from our Employee Assistance Programme

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

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