Full-Time Research Associate – Environmental Modeller
Job Description
Salary – £36,245 to £38,463 Depending on experience
Permanent and Full Time (37 hours per week)
Hybrid working (50/50)
We’ll be shortlisting as we go and 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 Environmental Modeller 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% 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.
This role will focus on developing and applying hydrological modelling techniques for national-scale freshwater water quality assessments and analysis of future scenarios.
You’ll be joining our Hydrological Processes and Extremes Group, researching and applying hydrological models in the UK and internationally. You’ll help us to deliver scientific evidence to underpin the development and application of spatially distributed hydrological modelling at local, regional and global scales. This will be for a range of environmental applications, including climate and land-use change for governments and agencies across the world. There will be an opportunity to develop broad hydrological expertise with a specialisation in large-scale water quality modelling.
Our Research Associate programme is dedicated to supporting early careers scientists with a three-year training plan. As well as on-the-job training and self-guided learning, you’ll have access to traditional learning, such as online and in-person courses.
Development opportunities will include:- setting-up and running hydrological models, learning about different sources of freshwater pollutants and how they might change in future, and developing background knowledge of hydrology, climate science, land-surface science and climate change, and learning how to submit jobs on the UKCEH Polar Cluster, and on the JASMIN supercomputer.
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:
- Applying a range of hydrological models and quantifying their uncertainty in data-scarce situations
- Considering how changes in river flow and water quality impact other areas such as ecology
- Applying hydrological models under a range of climate change scenarios
- Developing tools to manipulate and analyse large datasets
- Contributing to reports and scientific papers detailing major research findings
Current projects the team are working on include modelling how hydrological conditions will change in coming decades to support drought planning. Improving our understanding of the impact of emerging pollutants on freshwaters, and working with partners in India to improve water resources management.
Explore the science further:
Long-Term Large-Scale Freshwater Ecosystems
For the role of Environmental Modeller, we’re looking for somebody who:
- Has at least a 2:1 degree and either a PhD or Masters in a numerate science subject (e.g., mathematics/statistics, physics/chemistry or environmental science)
- Significant programming experience in FORTRAN and/or Python
- Has good IT skills. Ideally with some experience of GIS
- Can seek advice and guidance when solving problems
- Is able to work independently and manage their own time effectively
- Makes active contributions and provides support to other team members
- Has effective scientific writing skills
- Can talk about their work to non-specialists
- Can occasionally travel within the UK and internationally
Desirable Skills:
- Has experience of working on applied hydrology projects in the consultancy or research sector
- Understands the fundamentals of environmental modelling and has experience of applying models for different purposes
If we’ve just described you, we’d love to meet. Apply now
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