Lead GIS Analyst - Habitats Specialist

RSPB; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job description

Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £39,205.00 - £41,856.00 Per Annum
Contract: Fixed-Term until 31st March 2028
Hours: 37.5 per week

Would you like to use your interest in data and habitats to help one of Europe's largest nature conservation charities?

The Role

• You will lead the team that will produce accurate and up to date spatial data for all RSPB nature reserves across the UK, including some of the most important nature sites in the country.
• You will be part of the RSPB's Conservation Data Management Unit. Every year we help hundreds of people use data to make the most of their conservation work. We provide support for mapping and analysis, innovative solutions for problems, and expert ecological interpretation of conservation data.
• You will work with colleagues who share your interest in nature and spatial data. We value learning from and supporting each other. To make the most of this you ideally would be regularly working from our UK headquarters at RSPB The Lodge nature reserve in Bedfordshire, but you could be based from home elsewhere in the UK.

What we need from you

We are looking for evidence that you can do the parts of the job listed below.

• Project management - keep work on track, monitor and report progress; respond to risks and adapt plans accordingly, escalating if needed
• Problem solving - be clear about what needs fixing and develop innovative solutions
• Manage a small team - help other team members be the best they can
• Reporting - summarise data so that the audience can understand it
• Data management - collect and curate data according to standards; get others to do the same; develop processes to collect data and keep it updated
• Habitats - translate between Phase One, National Vegetation Classification, and UKHab classes; recognise habitats and whether they are what the data says they are; complete a habitat survey
• Advanced GIS - digitize polygons snapped to boundaries, with no slivers or overlapping; use tools for spatial analysis and data quality checking; use ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online; use scripts (such as Python notebooks) to make replicable outputs
• Remote sensing - use aerial imagery to classify and map habitats
• Working with people - get data and help from busy people who may have other priorities

Closing: Mon, 5th May 2025

Interviews: 14 or 15 May 2025

Apply HERE