Senior Evidence Specialist

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 276140**Salary**:

- £37,062 - £43,737**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- SEO (N)**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- For a period of up to 18 months with possibility of extension**Type of role**:

- Operational Research**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- East Midlands (England), East of England, North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- This position is based nationally**Job description**:
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Driven by government’s aim for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas, MMO’s purpose is to protect and enhance our precious marine environment, and support UK economic growth by enabling sustainable marine activities and development.

We are a team of around 400 people and combine our Newcastle upon Tyne and London operations with a local presence around the English coastline in Brixham, Beverley, Harwich, Hastings, Lowestoft, North Shields, Hayle, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Preston, Scarborough, Shoreham, and Whitehaven. We also have colleagues based in Defra offices, including Bristol, Cambridge and York where we share office space.

**Job description**

The role is situated in the Digital and Analysis directorate’s multidisciplinary Evidence and Evaluation (E&E) Team of ecologists, fisheries scientists, environmental management specialists and social science researchers. The team draws from the best available evidence to improve marine management decisions across several key delivery functions in MMO, including marine conservation, fisheries management, marine planning and licensing. The team works closely with academia, consultants and government bodies to provide independent advice and analysis and commissions research as needed. We are also building capacity and capability in evaluation to aid business and policy improvement.

We are looking for an experienced researcher to join our team on a fixed-term basis (minimum of 18 months with possibility of extension). The position offers a unique opportunity to gain experience of working on research at the interface of science and policy, with the potential to have a direct impact on the decision-making landscape around sustainable marine development and integrated marine management. In this role you will undertake research within the marine natural capital and ecosystem assessment (mNCEA) programme primarily, focusing on an area of work that will include one or more of the following: transformation of UK marine governance, improving understanding of decision-making affecting marine systems, natural capital approach to fisheries management, conservation, or sustainable development and planning.

**Person specification**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:

- Please refer to Job Description
- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

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- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Leonie Robinson
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