RRC Science and Technical Officer, Geomorphology

School/Department: School of Water, Energy and Environment
Based at: Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work: 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.
Contract type: Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Period: For 3 years– renewable thereafter
Salary: Full time starting salary is £35,559 per annum
Apply by: 24/11/2022

Role Description

The River Restoration Centre (RRC) is seeking an individual who wants to make a difference in the field of river restoration, working to restore natural processes and support habitat enhancement at the interface between practice, science and policy in the UK and Ireland.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the UK’s independent expert advisory organisation for river restoration. As a key part of a small specialist team, you will be involved in everything we do including research, river restoration scoping, projects and assessment at project, catchment, and national scales. You will be at the heart of the UK river restoration community, spreading RRC’s knowledge and expertise across all four countries and further abroad.

You will utilise and expand your knowledge and skills to work with, support and advise UK statutory agencies and conservation bodies, and their delivery partners: rivers, wildlife and fisheries trusts and specialist consultants and contractors.

You will be an essential part of developing and delivering training, guidance, tools and national/international events to further the understanding and sharing of best practice river restoration, working with natural processes and nature-based solutions to river and catchment pressures and impacts.

This experience will inform your understanding of best practice, research and new developments, enable to you develop new tools and methods, to produce guidance and training courses to apply this work and to support others to build capacity and capability in their organisations.

About You

You will have a relevant postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience in geomorphology, physical geography or a similar subject. From this, you will have a detailed understanding of how geomorphological processes and man-made pressures affect the river-floodplain system and habitat conditions, and how such knowledge can be applied in river management and restoration contexts. You will have developed and delivered training courses and workshops, and understand the differing needs of public, private, third-sector and local volunteer groups. You will have the ability to write detailed technical and/or scientific reports, as well as non-technical summaries and guidance tailored to a specific audience or for a broader appeal. You will be able to quickly integrate into a small busy team of highly motivated individuals sharing a common purpose and values: understanding river form and function, restoring natural processes, communicating evidence-based knowledge and sharing best practice.

About RRC

RRC is an independent, not-for-profit information and advisory centre, supporting all aspects of river restoration, habitat enhancement and best practice river and catchment management. Our office is based at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire and we are funded through UK environmental agency collaborative agreements, funded projects, advisory work and our programme of events. We work to ensure UK river restoration programmes and projects are planned, implemented and evaluated with a high degree of technical confidence and rigor, and are implemented by practitioners trained to a high degree of understanding and competency.

The River Restoration Centre (RRC) is proud to be hosted at Cranfield University.  Whilst our employment contracts are through Cranfield University all day-to-day work is solely directed by the River Restoration Centre. The position will involve travel to locations across the UK, Ireland, and occasionally abroad.

RRC at Cranfield University

Cranfield aims to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work together and realise their full potential. Find out more about the commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here . Cranfield’s Working Arrangements Framework provides RRC staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, clients and partners.

How to apply

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Marc Naura, RRC Science and Technical Manager, on (T): +44 (0)1234 752979 or (E): [email protected]

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: [email protected] . Please quote reference number 4303.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 24 November 2022