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RRC River Restoration Science and Technical Officer

Employer
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Location
Cranfield, United Kingdom
Salary
£35,559 per annum
Closing date
13 Nov 2022

Job Details

School/Department School of Water, Energy and Environment
Based at Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.
Contract type Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Period For 3 Years, renewable thereafter
Salary Full time starting salary is £35,559 per annum.
Apply by 13/11/2022

Role Description

About the Role

RRC is looking for an individual with expertise in ecology and hydromorphology to coordinate and deliver applied research projects and provide technical specialist advice to practitioners. We are seeking a driven candidate who will be key to the delivery of an ongoing Ofwat-funded innovation project, where we will use national-scale datasets to assess ecological responses to different human stressors. We require the successful candidate to be effective at communicating and presenting technical issues within river restoration to non-specialist audiences. You will also work on the RRC’s other activities: developing guidance and communicating best practice; the coordination of an international river restoration science conference; developing and delivering training courses; applying for research grants and tenders; supporting project bids; and developing practical decision support tools for river restoration tailored for a broad range of statutory agency, public, private and third sector organisations.

In particular, the Ofwat project will be a key focus for the first two years, working to derive pressure-impact models for riverine species and communities, using expert judgement gathered through targeted online workshops. The resulting expert models will be assessed statistically using existing national moniotoring data, and packaged into a decision-support software (CatchmentLife). The decision support software will support river restoration planning and will be made available to a wide community of end-users from public and third sector organisations

About You

You will have a relevant postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience in ecology, physical geography or a similar subject. From this, you will have a detailed understanding of how hydromorphological processes and habitat conditions govern ecological functioning, and how such knowledge can be applied in river management and restoration contexts. You will have experience of statistical modelling of large datasets. Ideally, you will have developed and delivered training courses and workshops, and understand the differing needs of public, private, third-sector and local volunteer groups. You will have the ability to write detailed technical and/or scientific reports, as well as non-technical summaries and guidance tailored to a specific audience or for a broader appeal. You will be able to quickly integrate into a small busy team of highly motivated individuals sharing a common purpose and values: understanding river form and function, restoring natural processes, communicating evidence-based knowledge and sharing best practice.

About Us

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

RRC is an independent, not-for-profit information and advisory centre, supporting all aspects of river restoration, habitat enhancement and best practice river and catchment management. Our office is based at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire and we are funded through UK environmental agency collaborative agreements, funded projects, advisory work and our programme of events. We work to ensure UK river restoration programmes and projects are planned, implemented and evaluated with a high degree of technical confidence and rigor, and are implemented by practitioners trained to a high degree of understanding and competency.

The River Restoration Centre (RRC) is proud to be hosted at Cranfield University.  Whilst our employment contracts are through Cranfield University all day-to-day work is solely directed by the River Restoration Centre. The position will involve travel to locations across the UK, Ireland, and occasionally abroad.

Our Values and Commitments

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are also committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role.  Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.

Working Arrangements

Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.

How to apply

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Marc Naura, RRC Science and Technical Officer, on (T): +44 (0)1234 752979 or (E): rrc@theRRC.co.uk

Apply online now. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: hrrecruitment@cranfield.ac.uk. Please quote reference number 4258.

Company

Cranfield is world-leading in its contribution to global innovation. With our emphasis on the aerospace, agrifood, defence and security, environmental technology, leadership and management, manufacturing and transport systems sectors, we have changed the way society thinks, works and learns.

We generate and transform knowledge, translating it to the benefit of society. Our partners, from micro SMEs to the largest blue-chip multinationals, from governments across the world to NGOs and charities, tell us this is what they value about Cranfield.

Innovation is part of Cranfield’s ‘corporate DNA’, evolved over 60 years of commitment to this agenda.

Our work informs policy for governments and produces new technologies and products for the world of commerce. We draw on this pool of research and consultancy to provide our students with a distinctive ‘real-world’ learning environment, allowing them to develop as professionals and transfer their new knowledge to the global economy. This has always been the ‘Cranfield way’ but it has never been more important than in today’s world.

People are key to our competitive advantage and so we need to attract, develop and retain the best talent for our business. We aim to create a culture where you can flourish and succeed and, in turn, contribute towards Cranfield’s success.

Company info
Telephone
+(44)01234 750111
Location
CRANFIELD
CRANFIELD
BEDFORDSHIRE
MK43 0AL
United Kingdom

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