Salary - £37,405 to £39,694

Hybrid working (50/50)

Permanent and Full-Time (37 hours per week)

Closing date for applications, Friday 31st January 2025. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early.

UKCEH is looking for an experienced Environmental Spatial Data Manager to join our team of talented individuals, contributing to scientific discovery and generating the data, insights and solutions that researchers, businesses and governments need to solve complex environmental challenges.

Working at UKCEH is rewarding. Our science makes a real difference, enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. We are the custodians of a wealth of environmental data, collected by UKCEH and its predecessors over the course of more than 60 years.

As a valued member of our team, you’ll get:

27 days annual leave, plus 3 days for our Christmas closure

10% employer pension contribution

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to qualifying requirements)

24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues plus access to our trained Welfare Officers

Flexible working opportunities

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You’ll be providing much needed additional support for the Catchment to Coast group, whose long-term monitoring and experiments improve understanding of how environmental change impacts land, soil, freshwater and coastal ecosystems

Your environmental spatial datamanagementexpertise will be used to support the Environment and Rural affairs Monitoring and Modelling Programme (). The programme is one of the highest income projects in UKCEH’s science portfolio, encompassing three main components:

annual national field survey of Wales

integrated land-use modelling platform

a series of rapid evidence provision reports

Your main focus will be to support the ERAMMP field teams and data analysts. Working together, you'll help us to deliver our integrated national field survey of Wales, which the Welsh Government use to help develop future environmental policy.

You’ll be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that’s committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career and giving you the support you need to thrive at UKCEH.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Managing, processing and analysing spatial data, including data collected by field surveyors and derived from Earth Observation, as well as proof-reading metadata

Managing a breadth of baseline and newly collected data, including sensitive data from Welsh Government, and using UKCEH’s extensive datasets for the UK

Developing tools to automate data processing and analysis scripts, particularly for interrogation and analysis of environmental spatial data

Liaising with scientists and project management staff to manage diverse data flows, data cataloguing, including documentation of metadata, and disseminating data via UKCEH’s

Overseeing secure transfers of project documents, data and other files to the Welsh Government

Contributing to reports and data publications

For the role of Environmental Spatial Data Manager, we need somebody who has:

A postgraduate degree (or multiple years of relevant professional experience) in GIS, physical or environmental sciences, maths or computer science

Proficiency in ESRI’s ArcGISPro or ArcMap, QGIS or similarGIS software, as well as Python to processspatial data workflows in an automated and reproducible manner

Experience in relational database design and management such as ESRI’s Enterprise GIS, Oracle, Microsoft Access or SQL

Competency in data munging to prepare unstructured data into analysis-ready formats

Experience managing personal and other sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as UK GDPR requirements

Practical experience of data quality management, particularlyquality control

A clear awareness of requirements forpublishing scientific data including structuring metadata and supporting documentation, andFAIR principles for data stewardship

An aptitude for learning new technologies and techniques to improve capability in analysing, processing and disseminating environmental data

The ability to seek advice and guidance when solving problems

The ability to work independently and manage time effectively, with the ability to work to strict deadlines and show a flexible attitude to teamwork

The capability to contribute effectively to the team and support others

Effective verbal and written communication skills

Desirable skills or experience:

A PhD in a relevant research area

Any of the following:Machine learning, statistical analysis, environmental modelling or ecology

Familiarity with popular online data repositories such as GitHub andZenodo

Practical experience of code version control in Git, SVN or similar

Previous use of secure external file sharing facilities (e.g. Objective Connect)

Willingness to occasionally travel in the UK (up to a week at a time)

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Please send us your CV, which highlights any relevant skills and experience, together with what excites you most about the role and working for UKCEH.

We welcome applications from international candidates; however, at present, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.

If your application is shortlisted, you will need to complete a25-minute test on Python skills in spatial data analysisbefore you can progress to the interview stage. This will consist of 5 short questions testing your understanding of automating common GIS processes usingPython, ArcPy or PyQGIS. The test will be administered online overZoom or Teams.

If successful with the test, invited candidates can choose to be interviewedeither online or in personat our Bangor office.

If you have any questions about the role, or working in the Catchment to Coast team, please contact Chris Feeney, email: