At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead development of EO capabilities and translate complex data into practical tools for climate adaptation.
- Company: Argans Ltd is a specialist Earth Observation and environmental intelligence company, part of the ACRI-ST group.
- Benefits: Enjoy high autonomy, flexible remote/hybrid working arrangements, and the chance to work on impactful climate challenges.
- Other info: The position is full-time with a salary range of £55,000 – £68,000.
- Why this job: This role offers substantial individual influence and the opportunity to shape environmental intelligence capabilities.
- Qualifications: Candidates should have a professional background in Earth Observation or related fields and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 68000 £ per year.
Location: UK Remote / Hybrid
Type: Full-time
Salary: £55,000 – £68,000
Eligibility: Applicants must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom at the time of application. Unfortunately, Argans is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
About Argans
Argans Ltd is a specialist Earth Observation (EO) and environmental intelligence company, a member of the ACRI-ST group, manned by some 250 scientists, delivering scientifically credible solutions for climate, environmental, and institutional programmes. Our work sits at the intersection of Earth Observation, climate adaptation, resilience, environmental risk, and related operational decision support. We develop monitoring systems, analytical services, and environmental intelligence capabilities that help organisations better understand environmental change and support evidence-based decision-making.
The Opportunity
Alongside our established space-agency activities, Argans is expanding its work in climate adaptation, resilience monitoring, and environmental reporting for climate-finance-related applications. Recent international agreements at COP30 in Belém reinforced the growing scale of climate-finance mobilisation, with ambitions reaching US$1.3 trillion annually by 2035.
Why This Role Is Different
This role is aimed at someone who wants to help establish Earth Observation and environmental intelligence as core components of climate adaptation, resilience, environmental reporting, and climate-finance activities, where operational use of EO remains surprisingly limited. Working closely with the Argans’s Director of Science and Operations and the ACRI-ST Group’s head of the Business Unit "Decision Support Projects/Services", you will help translate EO and environmental analytics into practical monitoring, reporting, risk, and decision-support capabilities for climate adaptation and resilience applications.
What You Will Do
- Applied Leadership: Lead the development of practical EO and environmental intelligence capabilities, including analytical approaches, monitoring systems, and operational workflows.
- Bridge the Gap: Translate complex EO data and environmental analytics into practical tools, monitoring systems, and decision-support approaches for real-world climate adaptation and environmental applications.
- Strategic Growth: Contribute to technical business development, proposal preparation (including ESA programmes), and identification of emerging opportunities in climate adaptation, resilience, environmental reporting, climate finance, carbon markets, and environmental-finance activities.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Lead technical discussions and represent Argans confidently in scientific, institutional, and client-facing engagements.
- Mentorship: Support, guide, and mentor junior technical staff as the team grows.
What You Bring
- Essential: Professional background in Earth Observation, environmental intelligence, climate adaptation, environmental risk, geospatial systems, or related applied environmental fields. A PhD or equivalent is welcome. Experience leading environmental, Earth Observation, or multidisciplinary activities and engaging confidently with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Good understanding of how Earth Observation and environmental intelligence can support practical monitoring, reporting, risk, and decision-making applications. Practical technical capability spanning geospatial systems, analytical workflows, coding, or environmental data platforms. Comfortable operating across scientific, operational, strategic, and business-facing activities in evolving project environments. Clear written and verbal communication skills. Self‑motivated, adaptable, and comfortable taking ownership with limited supervision. Interest in climate adaptation, resilience, environmental reporting, climate finance, or environmental intelligence applications.
- Desirable: Climate adaptation, climate finance, carbon markets, resilience investment, or environmental reporting frameworks. Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV), monitoring and evaluation, or decision-support systems. Proposal development, technical business development, or environmental intelligence services. ESA or other institutional EO programmes. Python, Google Earth Engine, machine learning, or operational EO workflows.
What We Offer
- High Autonomy: Flat structure with genuine influence over technical direction and business decisions.
- Flexibility: Remote and hybrid working arrangements.
- Real Impact: Work on internationally relevant environmental and climate challenges linked to major climate adaptation and climate-finance initiatives.
- Broad Growth: Exposure across science, operational systems, strategy, institutional engagement, and business development.
- Collaborative Team: Work with an agile, expert team of experienced scientists and engineers.
Principal Environmental Intelligence Lead: Earth Observation in Plymouth employer: ARGANS
Located in the UK, Argans Ltd provides a flat structure allowing genuine influence over technical direction. The team consists of around 250 scientists focused on delivering solutions for climate and environmental programmes.
