Biodiversity and Ecosystem Modeller

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Full time

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

- 233589**Salary**:

- £38,200 - £41,802- per annum (pro rata), depending on skills and experience**Grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- Band E**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 3 years**Business area**:

- RBGK - Science**Type of role**:

- Operational Research
- Science**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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Location
- London, London (region), TW9 3AEAbout the job

**Summary**:
**Job description**:

- You will need to be qualified to PhD level with postdoctoral experience, with specialist knowledge in biodiversity and/or ecosystem modelling and spatial analysis, aiming to plan and develop a research programme. This will include the ability to motivate, manage and mentor a small team of researchers, which might include Early Career Research Fellows, PhD and postgraduate students. You should have experience in research funding, and evidence of managing budgets. Your publication record should demonstrate a broad range of research skills to complement and extend the existing team (i.e. within informatics, spatial, ecological analysis or modelling, and/or remote sensing for plants).**Responsibilities**:

- You will contribute to the overall running of the team, projects, and feed into the science Directorate.**Benefits**:
The salary will be £38,200 - £41,802 per annum (pro rata), depending on skills and experience.

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

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**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:
No agencies please.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**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

Further information on nationality requirements**Working for the Civil Service**:

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