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Sectors: Including Mitigation, Science & Management
This post will have a base in Peterborough or Aberdeen. JNCC has adopted a hybrid working approach, allowing colleagues to benefit from time in the office, with the flexibility also to work from home. Employees are expected to work from one of our office bases for a few days a month as a minimum with attendance expected at regular face to face team meetings. Arrangements will vary by team and the exact balance will depend on the nature of your role. We can provide more details at the interview and offer stages.
About the job
Job summary
Post background
Are you an experienced data engineer looking for an opportunity to stretch your technical skills and have a positive impact for nature? The Digital and Data Solutions Team at JNCC is looking for a data engineer to contribute their skills and expertise to a range of technical projects and reporting responsibilities.
As the statutory adviser to Government on UK and international nature conservation, one of JNCC’s key roles is the provision of biodiversity related evidence. Access to good evidence to underpin biodiversity and nature conservation advice has become increasingly important as the demands and pressures on the environment rise. Evidence activities relating to biodiversity and nature conservation, such as data collection, dissemination, analysis, and reporting, are all critical elements of JNCC’s core functions.
The Environmental Data Specialist will work in the Digital and Data Solutions team. The Digital and Data Solutions Team at JNCC works across the organisation to deliver creative and innovative solutions which support biodiversity and nature conservation in the digital and data space, as well as offering cross-organisational project management, data protection, and information management expertise. The post holder will join the data engineering section of the team working across an interesting and varied range of projects. Examples of the projects our team are involved in include leading the data engineering function for a new air pollution assessment service, processing earth observation data for targeted projects; using Python and R to extract and analyse marine data; developing databases, validation routines and tools to collate seabird data; and managing the UK protected areas databases.
Within the teamlet there are lots of opportunities to work on projects of interest and collaborate with like-minded data engineers and developers.
Post Duties
The main duties of the Environmental Data Specialist post are to:
* Take a lead role as a spatial data specialist within the organisation. Drive the adoption of best practices, advise on methodologies and implement technical solutions across JNCC.
* Lead or support data ingestion, manipulation, analysis, reporting and publishing tasks for various JNCC projects using scripting and ETL software (such as FME). Projects include the UK Biodiversity Indicators reporting and managing protected areas databases.
* Provide advice, practical design or production assistance in technical implementation, scripting, data management, processing or automation to support programmes across JNCC, with a particular focus on geospatial data.
* Work with other teams requiring technical solutions for spatial, structured and unstructured data across JNCC to define requirements and plan and deliver innovative solutions.
* Contribute to the portfolio of automation work being undertaken by the team to improve the way in which we generate indicators and other data products.
* Lead in quality assurance and advice on management of ‘production’-level analytical scripts and analyses. Promote good practice in script creation, versioning, and documentation.
* Share best practice, mentor or skill share with colleagues to drive technical upskilling across the organisation.
Person specification
* Please demonstrate in your Behaviours the STARR technique
* Situation: Set the stage.
* Task: Explain where you fit in.
* Action: Describe each step.
* Results: Impress with your achievements.
* Reflection: what have you learned
Behaviours
* We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Working Together
* Changing and Improving
* Communicating and Influencing
* Managing a Quality Service
Alongside your salary of £32,025, Joint Nature Conservation Committee contributes £9,277 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Equality and diversity
JNCC is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and respected and sees this as a good place to work. JNCC has a responsibility to ensure that we have an inclusive culture where discrimination, harassment, bullying and prejudice will not be tolerated. Our selection process is determined on fair and open competition and regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership.
Employees are encouraged to keep developing skills and professional knowledge.
JNCC has made available, and encourages employees to use, on average, five working days per annum for CPD activities with access to related funding.
Leave entitlement
JNCC annual leave allowance is 25 days per annum. After five years’ service, leave entitlement increases to 30 days per annum.
In addition to annual leave, JNCC offers 12 public and privilege days per annum, three of which are explicitly reserved for office closure between Christmas and New Year.
Work/life balance
JNCC supports flexible working hours and practices to help employees strike a good balance between work life and personal life.
Our policies are family-friendly and include flexi-time, flexible working patterns, compressed hours and dispersed working. JNCC also offers paid maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave, over and above the minimum statutory entitlements. Some work/life balance benefits are available following a minimum length of service.
Employees will have the opportunity to join Civil Service pension arrangements, which include a valuable range of benefits. JNCC makes a significant contribution to the cost of employee pensions.
Employee Assistance Programme
JNCC provides employees with a free and confidential support service which gives unlimited access to information, advice and emotional support to help employees prepare for and manage all of life's ups and downs, events and challenges.
Trade Union
JNCC has entered into a partnership agreement with its recognised Trade Unions: Prospect and PCS, which employees are able to join and be involved with.
Things you need to know
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
If selected for interview there will be a Technical test.
You should attach your redacted CV, this should not exceed 2 pages.
Please use the contact details above to apply for this position.
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