Location
Central London

Hours
Full-Time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary
£39,205 per annum

About the Role
The RSPB is seeking a highly motivated Conservation Scientist to join a multi-disciplinary team to explore scenario models of different combinations of management interventions and regimes across the UK’s marine environment landscape affecting biodiversity restoration, GHG emissions, and provision for a range of human needs. You will join a collaborative team consisting of Drs Richard Bradbury, Rob Field, and Joshua Copping, and will work closely with members of RSPB’s policy and advocacy team. This work builds on previous RSPB projects of a similar nature carried out in the terrestrial realm, now focusing on the marine environment and exploring the trade-offs and co-benefits of habitat restoration and marine protected area creation in the UK’s waters. You will draw on existing data to produce opportunity maps for habitat restoration and model the impacts of habitat restoration on a range of outcomes, such as biodiversity, GHG flux, and food provision across various exploratory scenarios. The modelling framework will follow the same methods as those employed in previous RSPB research but adapted for the marine environment. You will work closely with RSPB’s policy team to provide them with the evidence they need for their advocacy work.

Experience
PhD in a relevant subject. Experience/skills in handling, manipulating, and analyzing large datasets, including spatial data, preferably using R. Demonstrable skills and experience in conservation/marine ecology and at least one of the following areas: Climate change mitigation, Renewable energy, Spatial scenario modelling.

About you
Self-motivated and able to work efficiently under pressure to meet deadlines. Able to work in collaboration with external organisations and individuals. Able to curate, analyse and interpret large and complex data sets to peer-reviewed standards of scrutiny and audit. Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with a range of audiences, including publishing in scientific journals and being a public face for RSPB science to various media.

Qualifications
No additional qualifications are required beyond the PhD and relevant experience.