We are advertising this vacancy through the Civil Service Jobs website.
Apply before 23:55 on Sunday 2 March 2025.
Post background
JNCC provides advice and technical support to stakeholders in the UK, including the Government (as well as to the Overseas Territories and other international partners). We assist with capacity building and project implementation to manage and enhance biodiversity and nature recovery. Key aspects of JNCC’s advisory and implementation roles are to develop and implement the concepts of ‘nature-based solutions’ and ‘natural capital’ in the UK, and to deploy UK science and technology to build effective partnerships to enhance the understanding of the value of biodiversity to all sectors of society.
JNCC’s Ecosystems Analysis Team is inter-disciplinary, bringing together skills in citizen science monitoring, rapid analysis and model deployment, and Earth observation applications. The team comprises three elements:
1. A set of long-term partnerships with organisations undertaking species surveys in terrestrial, coastal and freshwater ecosystems using networks of volunteers.
2. An analysis and modelling capability producing rapidly deployable models, including a range of models focused on predicting outcomes from changing land uses and environmental pressures.
3. An Earth observation data processing and analytical capability, migrating from an initial focus on spatial mapping of habitats to detecting change within spatial frameworks of habitats.
As a member of an interdisciplinary team, you will be expected to work across all three areas as required. Our work involves devising practical evidence solutions to complex problems, including targeting investment for multiple ecosystem service outcomes, detecting the response of biodiversity to interventions at the local scale, understanding the impact of consumption on the environment, and devising workable indicators for soil health and biodiversity for Overseas Development Aid projects.
JNCC is looking for an Evidence Specialist with experience synthesising evidence from diverse sources to devise approaches to complex problems. You will use your skills in research, analysis, and facilitation to help ensure that environmental decision-making is based on the best possible evidence. The team predominantly works on terrestrial projects, and you will be expected to support a range of dynamic topics such as soil health, the potential for DNA monitoring, and supporting land use and spatial prioritisation within the UK.
The precise duties and responsibilities will be determined depending on the skills of the successful candidate. The post holder will be expected to be highly flexible, willing to work with terrestrial advice and project implementation roles, engage in long-term and short-term projects, and at times, work to tight and demanding deadlines.
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