Researcher, Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions
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 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.
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.
Researcher, Ecosystem Health and Social Dimensions employer: Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
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