Senior Specialist - Soil and Environmental Metrics

Harpenden, England, United Kingdom

12/16/2024

This is a specialised role requiring a combination of high-level skills spanning soil, crop, and environmental sciences, to include pedology and geostatistics, alongside wider transdisciplinary skills in areas such as expert elicitation/co-design, and communication.

The role will take the lead on work to design, develop and deploy new approaches to Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) for a wide range of soil properties and environmental metrics and co-variates, including those observed and predicted under altered agronomic practices and environmental change. Metrics will include those arising from the quantification of the movement of macro- and micro-nutrients and trace elements in soil-crop systems, alongside soil water, soil carbon, and other indicators of soil health, and outputs of modelling studies, together with associated uncertainties.

These activities will be aligned to projects that are supported by a range of public and private sector funders, and the role therefore requires a high level of collaborative skills, to be deployed both within and outside the organisation, and autonomy to develop and lead on new funding streams. The role holder is also expected to carry out the duties listed below and any other duties reasonably required by the line manager or Institute, commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility for this post.

This part-time fixed term 2 year position will attract a salary from £59,882 to £66,808 per annum, full time.

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Established in 1843, Rothamsted Research is one of the UK's leading Research Institutes delivering world class agricultural science. Our commitment to learning and development, equality, diversity and inclusion and flexibility in working arrangements creates a positive work life balance and enables a welcoming environment for all prospective employees.

As a Disability Confident Employer we are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and all disabled candidates (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) who satisfy the minimum criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. If this is required, please contact us. Applications from candidates irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or age are welcomed, providing the required criteria is met.

We have an attractive benefits package including 30 days annual leave, a generous pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and an attractive campus offering cultural and recreational activities.