We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Marine Scientist to support or lead the development of scientific products and deliver a research and development (R&D) programme aimed at advancing our understanding of marine ecosystem health. This role will focus on assessing changes driven by human impacts and climate-related drivers, including the development of benthic indicators, predictive modelling tools, and statistical methods for data integration.
The successful candidate will play a key role in an exciting and evolving area of work, including:
- Operationalising benthic habitat indicators for a range of policy applications.
- Developing scientific products for the OSPAR Intermediate Assessment 2029.
- Implementing tasks under the North East Atlantic Environmental Strategy.
- Supporting R&D to build capacity for assessing the condition of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the UK Overseas Territories.
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Excellent understanding of marine ecology, the pressures and impacts on biodiversity, and their implications for sustainable development, evidenced through application.
- Extensive experience of working with and analysing different types of biological and environmental data available from a range of sources e.g. Industry, Monitoring etc.
- Extensive experience in developing advanced methodologies for complex data analysis, leveraging programming languages and GIS tools to analyse, interpret, and visualize large, multi-source datasets.
- Experience of developing machine learning models or other advanced approaches to improve the prediction of changes in marine biodiversity conditions and trends
Salary: £41,525
Application deadline: May 21, 2026
