Key Duties and Responsibilities
Coordination of Data Collection and Management
- Collate spatial datasets and maintain the TRANSECTS database
- Ensure data quality, consistency and proper metadata documentation
- Manage geospatial datasets and version control systems (e.g. ArcGIS Online, Git, or QGIS project files).
Spatial Analysis and Modelling
- Use GIS software (e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS) and/or spatial analysis tools in R or Python to:
- Map and quantify spatial patterns in ecosystem services relating to stocks for marine energy transitions
- Conduct spatio-temporal analysis to quantify changes over time
- Identify hotspots and quantify spatial overlaps in collated datasets to explore areas with potential for greater or lesser resilience during marine energy transitions
Evidence Review and Synthesis
- Support the team in undertaking an extensive literature review to identify natural capital and ecosystem services associated with METs over different periods of time
Visualizations and Communication
- Develop high-quality maps, figures and infographics to visualize spatial trends and relationships for publications and engagement materials, including Energy Transition Atlas and coastal community exhibits
- Assist in writing reports, policy briefs and academic manuscripts
- Contribute to presentations for stakeholder workshops, conferences and project meetings
Collaboration and Project Support
- Work closely with interdisciplinary team members (including geographers, environmental, social and computer scientists, lawyers, historians and anthropologists).
- Participate in team meetings to discuss findings, refine methods, and coordinate tasks
- Maintain organized documentation of methods, datasets and analysis scripts for reproducibility
- Work closely with TRANSECTS postdocs to support the delivery of interdisciplinary outputs
Education, Qualifications, and Experience
Essential criteria
- Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline e.g. environmental science, marine biology, geography
- Proficiency in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software (ArcGIS, QGIS), for spatial data management, analysis and mapping
- Experience handling large datasets – including data cleaning, projection management and metadata documentation
- Quantitative data analysis skills, ideally using software such as R or Python
- Experience conducting reviews, collating data/evidence and synthesizing scientific information
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to contribute to reports or research outputs
- Attention to detail and ability to manage and organize multiple datasets or project tasks effectively
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary research environment
Desirable criteria
- A Masters’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. Marine or Environmental Sciences related)
- Experience with spatial-temporal analysis or time series data relevant to environmental change
- Familiarity with marine or coastal datasets, such as habitat maps, oceanographic or geophysical data, or data relating to marine activities
- Experience with spatial statistics or spatial analysis that support decision making
- Skills in data visualization and creating clear publication quality maps or graphics
- Experience working in interdisciplinary or applied research groups/projects linking environmental variables to policy making
- Knowledge relating to marine energy transitions and governance of marine and coastal spaces
- Experience preparing or contributing to academic publications and reports
Salary range: £31,236 – £35,608
Application deadline: February 27, 2026
