
Freshwater Ecology Assistant Lancaster, England
Job description
Salary: £28,125 – £29,636
Location: Lancaster
- UKCEH offers opportunities for hybrid working, though it is anticipated that the post holder will work for a significant proportion of their time on site to participate in laboratory and field work.
We want you to love what you do whilst looking after yourself, so we support you with excellent benefits such as:
- 27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after 5 years
- Above standard pension contributions
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- A flexible approach to work, enabling you to maintain a healthy work/life balance
- 24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues
- To assist in campaign-based and routine fieldwork, including boat-based long-term ecosystem monitoring in the English Lake District, and sampling at a large-scale experimental facility.
- To conduct laboratory analysis of water samples to determine their chemical properties and plankton communities.
- To assist in water quality modelling, including preparation of driving data, running the model, and summarising results.
- To contribute to reporting on research projects, including summarising, and plotting data, and assisting in interpretation.
- A qualification in environmental science, ecology, geography or zoology (e.g. HND/Degree)
- Proven experience of interpreting complex data and knowledge of statistical methods (e.g. ANOVA, correlation, regression)
- Confident practical laboratory experience (i.e., chemical analysis, concentration calculations, species identification)
- Experience of computer programming such as Python, R, FORTRAN, VBA
- UK driving licence (to enable transport to field and laboratory sites)
- Experience with identifying phytoplankton and/or zooplankton
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Understand the importance of budgetary control and value for money
- Previous experience with boat handling and towing trailers
- Effective IT skills (i.e., proficient use of Microsoft-Office suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint
