Research Assistant in River Ecology

1 month ago


Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham Trent University Full time

**About the role**:
This is a fixed term, full time contract for 4 months

Colleagues at the Environment Agency and Nottingham Trent University are partners in this collaborative research project, which will develop methods to assess the ecological condition of sites in England’s small streams, as part of Defra’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme. We will evaluate the suitably of standard Environment Agency survey and sampling methods, and will make recommendations for whether these methods should be used, adjusted or replaced in small stream condition assessments.

As our Research Assistant in River Ecology, you will be based at Nottingham Trent University’s School of Science and Technology, on our Clifton Campus. The start and end dates of your four-month fixed-term contract are flexible, but the post must be completed by December 2023. You will work alongside a senior Research Assistant to complete a programme of ecological research to test methods for sampling aquatic invertebrate communities (e.g. kick sampling) and for surveying plant communities in small streams across England. Your primary role will be to process collected samples in the laboratory, including identification of aquatic macroinvertebrates, mainly to family level. You will also become part of our diverse research team, which includes professorial to undergraduate researchers who are investigating biodiversity responses to environmental variability in freshwater ecosystems.

Details of your principal duties and responsibilities are provided in the attached job description and person specification.

**Join Us.**:

- **Hybrid working**:

- we encourage and offer a mixture of office working and working from home. You're empowered to define how you work best for the benefits of your stakeholders.
- ** Flexibility** - take ownership over how you get your work done. We're open to different working patterns and approaches.
- 25 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata.
- Generous pension scheme with life assurance. **We contribute 17.2% of your salary.**:

- Range of health and wellbeing services, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
- Access to a wealth of formal and informal professional development opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
- And a whole lot more

**About NTU.**:

- Please note that this role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions._



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