Job Description
The Environmental Data Analyst will manage, interpret, and present data the Trusts data effectively. This role will increase the Trust’s ability to prioritise activities and projects, evaluate change, and report the impact and outcomes of our work. Through this role you’ll be handling, analysing, and presenting data on land use, habitats, species, opportunities, and risks to support a successful environmental improvement programme.
You will be collating, managing, analysing, and presenting environmental/spatial data to support the Calder Rivers Trust team. This will involve using ArcGIS pro and other database management tools to ensure consistent information management, and the creation and maintenance of a data catalogue.
A core function of your role will be managing the range of data used by the team, and supporting compliance with licensing, e.g. environmental and spatial data ranging from national data (OGL) to sensitive local data on habitat and species, and data collected by the Calder Rivers Trust team. You will be working with this data to help the Trust’s team make effective decisions, and evaluate environmental change.
You will be using Geographical Information Systems and other approaches to interrogate environmental data, finding unseen pressures and opportunities, highlighting overlapping priorities, and supporting decision-making.
You will be supporting development of our data collection campaigns, bringing understanding of data standards and statistical approaches—informed by novel and good practice examples from across the environmental sector.
You will be enabling Calder Rivers Trust to communicate about activities through producing clear and informative visual data representations, e.g. maps, interactive StoryMaps, and other graphics.
You will also be supporting conversations with Calder Rivers Trust’s partners to enable effective data sharing, interpretation, and presentation while maintaining compliance with data licensing.
You’ll help us continue to develop a brave, confident, capable, and well-respected organisation—that people want to work with and for. You will have your finger on the pulse of the relevant things happening within the catchment, the Rivers Trust movement, and generally across the sector.
Job Description and Person Specification
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Requirements
Experience of:
PS.01 Collating and managing data from a range of sources
PS.02 Analysing and interpreting data to support decision making
PS.03 Presenting data in a clear and engaging way for a range of audiences
PS.04 Creating maps and writing reports
Knowledge and Understanding of:
PS.05 Software and coding approaches for analysing and presenting spatial data
PS.06 Natural environmental systems and environmental data standards
PS.07 Data licensing and current data legislation
PS.08 Current and emerging datasets and data collection methodologies to inform environmental improvement priorities
Skills and Qualifications:
PS.09 Excellent communication skills, with a track record presenting environmental information to develop compelling evidence for change.
PS.10 Relevant professional qualification/affiliation
PS.11 Excellent computing skills including GIS, Office Suite, relevant coding languages
PS.12 Coaching skills that enable colleagues to improve spatial data processing and presentation
Personal Qualities:
PS.13 Good organisational skills/discipline and the ability to plan, track, deliver and evaluate work
PS.14 Ability to prioritise and deliver work to relevant standards and tight deadlines
PS.15 Ability to work under own initiative, and as part of a larger, cross-functional team
PS.16 Innovative and applies creative thought to develop new initiatives and problem solving
Benefits
Salary: ÂŁ31,750
Pension: Up to 9% employer contribution
Hours: 35 hours per week (1 FTE)
Holidays: 28 days per year in addition to public and bank holidays (1 FTE)
Contract: Fixed term 24 months
Apply with CV/Resume and Cover Letter/Recording​
Applications open until position is filled
