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Join Earthwatch's mission to green our cities with the 'Tiny Forest' initiative as a Research Manager
Overview
Salary £32000 - £35000
Location Oxford offices/flexible within the UK - Hybrid
Expires Expires at anytime
Earthwatch, an environmental charity dedicated to science and sustainability, is seeking a Research Manager for its 'Tiny Forest' urban greening program. This initiative is transforming urban spaces by planting tennis-court sized forests across the UK, engaging communities, and enhancing urban ecosystems. As part of this role, you will contribute to an impactful movement, making a tangible difference for both people and nature in a friendly and flexible working environment.
- Lead research on the physical ecosystem services of Tiny Forests, including flood mitigation and carbon storage.
- Enhance citizen science participation and ensure the collection of robust data.
- Analyze data and publish findings in various formats to communicate results.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams focused on environmental science and community engagement.
- Demonstrated background in applied environmental science, with scientific publications.
- Knowledge of carbon storage, soil research, and/or thermal comfort.
- A passion for citizen science and community work, with excellent creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to engage a diverse range of audiences effectively.
Candidates are required to pass a DBS check and must have the right to work in the UK as visa support is not provided.
Earthwatch is recruiting for a Research Manager – Urban Green Infrastructure, to work on our ‘Tiny Forest’ programme. ‘Tiny Forest’ is an exciting urban tree planting and community engagement initiative that has already delivered over 250 tennis-court sized urban Miyawaki forests across the UK. The network includes a citizen-science monitoring programme to measure the environmental and social benefits. This information is also used to understand the factors affecting ecosystem service provision by this new nature-based solution. The Tiny Forest network provides a fantastic living laboratory to study how greening cities can benefit people and nature.
The successful candidate will focus on understanding the physical ecosystem services provided by Tiny Forest, which include flood mitigation, thermal comfort, tree growth and carbon storage. You will be responsible for delivering and further improving protocols, approaches and infrastructure to grow and sustain citizen science participation and ensure robust data collection. You will conduct data analysis and create scientific, grey and popular publications to share our results. You will work closely with the rest of the Tiny Forest Science, Policy and Innovation team (SPI), as well as wider SPI colleagues (working on water pollution, sustainable agriculture, and the science of citizen science) and Tiny Forest Community Engagement, Programmes, and Education Teams.
You will have a solid background in applied environmental science, evidenced through scientific publications, and a good understanding of carbon storage, soil research, and/or thermal comfort. You will have an enthusiam for citizen science, and be a creative-thinker, problem solver, and team player. You enjoy working with people and are flexible and confident in working with a variety of audiences – specialist and non-specialist alike.
We offer a friendly, flexible working environment, and the opportunity to be part of an impactful movement where you can make a tangible difference for people and nature.
Earthwatch is an environmental charity with science at its heart. We drive the change needed to live within our means and in balance with nature. We do this by connecting people with the natural world, monitoring the health of our natural resources, and informing the actions that will have the greatest positive impact.
Due to the nature of this work a DBS check will be required. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; Earthwatch is unable to support visa applications.
