Water Resources Hydrologist - Wallingford, United Kingdom - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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Wallingford, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Water Resources Hydrologist

Permanent and Full Time (37 hours per week)

Salary £28,125 - £29,636 (depending on experience)

Location:
at our Wallingford site, hybrid working with 50% of your time onsite

We are an independent, notforprofit research institute. Home to 600 scientists, supported by our experienced professional service teams, we provide the data and insights that researchers, governments, and businesses need to tackle some of the major environmental challenges we face today.
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
Plus loads more
We are seeking a Hydrologist to help UKCEH deliver scientific evidence to underpin integrated water management approaches and assist in the development of decisionsupport tools for governments and agencies across the world. Within the role, there will be an opportunity to develop broad hydrological expertise with a specialisation in water resources modelling.

Main Responsibilities:

Integrating water demands with other research areas such as ecology and water quality
Developing tools to manipulate/analyse large datasets
Contributing to the production of reports and scientific papers detailing major research findings

Essential Skills, Knowledge & Qualifications

A good degree in physical/environmental sciences, maths or engineering
Understands the importance of knowledge transfer and has ideas on how to contribute to this
Good IT skills with experience in one or more of GIS, Microsoft SQL server, Access databases and Excel, with an ability to programme in FORTRAN, Python, R or VB

Experience/Proven abilities

Knows when to seek advice and guidance when solving problems
Takes responsibility for tasks within a project or service
Able to work independently and manages own time effectively
Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability
Makes active contributions and provides support to other team members

Skills:

Understands the wider context of scientific area
Keeps up to date with peer literature & thinking in scientific area
Scientifically numerate and with good mathematical skills
Knowledge and understanding of the principles of hydrology and water resources management
Experience of working on applied hydrology projects in the consultancy or research sector

Desirable Skills

Understands the importance of budgetary control and value for money
Experience of working on applied hydrology projects in the consultancy or research sector
Able to talk about work undertaken to nonspecialists
Has developed effective scientific writing skills
Experience of machine learning
Ability to programme in FORTRAN, Python, R or VB

Other Requirements

Ability to travel to study sites in the UK and internationally (desirable only)

If you are excited about joining us, please send us your CV and covering letter, telling us how amazing you would be for this role, by clicking the "apply" button.

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