Evidence Project Officer

About Thames21

Thames21 is a leading environmental charity, working across London and the Thames Basin to deliver high-impact nature-based solutions to the climate and biodiversity crisis through restoring rivers, whilst also connecting communities to their local green-blue spaces and inspiring long-term stewardship of them.

Diversity at Thames21

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Thames21 is key to our success and as such we employ staff from a diverse range of backgrounds, this we feel is key in ensuring that everybody has an equal opportunity and is not treated differently or discriminated against because of their characteristics. We value the voices of our individual employees, and we strive to work in a collaborative, innovative balanced way. The postholder must actively support this.

Purpose of the job

The successful candidate will be employed as part of the Evidence Team working in a supportive, dynamic and fast-moving environment. While the post is initially funded for 2 years, there is likely to be further funding to work on projects related to water quality monitoring/modelling and nature-based solutions beyond this date. The role is to lead delivery of various projects within the Evidence Program, working closely with a variety of project partners and focusing on evidencing water quality pollution issues, identifying opportunities for pollution mitigation using nature-based treatment solutions and monitoring their effectiveness. Projects vary from local and national scale to international collaborations.

You will work on new and existing models (such as road runoff, contaminant flows), undertake water quality monitoring and dataset analysis and provide advice and guidance on the best nature-based solutions. Monitoring existing treatment wetlands you will work alongside the local community and citizen scientists in order to enhance the evidence base and drive solutions to pollution. This job would suit somebody with experience in the field of environmental modelling, monitoring water quality and/or nature-based solutions.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of various projects – including constructing work plans, achieving project milestones.
• Routine maintenance of probes, water testing kits and other field equipment.
• Data inputting, analysis, presentation and visualisation using a variety of software and online tools such as Excel, ArcGIS, QGIS.
• Production of high impact verbal and written reports aimed at a range of expert and non-expert audiences
• Undertake surface water sampling and data collection, analysis and interpretation of results, desk-based studies and project reports and recommendations.
• Coordinate stakeholders across projects and partnerships to implement/co-develop new tools/approaches to data and evidence analysis/modelling.
• Build environmental models, querying them and work with their outputs: e.g. estimate road runoff at urban and rural settings, estimate contaminant flows in a catchment, identify best bioremediation practices.
• Method development and support of monitoring carried out by citizen scientists.
• Delivery of other types of project work, as and when required by project or team managers.
• Work outside in a riverside environment in a variety of weather conditions.
• Work with Thames21 colleagues to develop and implement Thames21’s vision.

This role is ideal for those who:

• Enjoy working with data
• Enjoy working with project partners and other key stakeholders
• Enjoy working with ambiguity and be happy to research for answers to questions
• Are comfortable working in a flexible role, where change happens and being able flex with change
• Are comfortable to work across multiple projects
• Are comfortable working at speed
• Are happy to work in a role which comprises both desk work and field work
• Are happy working outside in a waterside environment in a variety of weathers – alone, with team members, volunteers and professionals

Please see the attached person specification for a more detailed breakdown of desired experience.

Additional Information

• The post holder must be willing to occasionally work in the evening and at weekends.
• 25 days paid annual leave are available plus public holidays. In addition, the Thames21 office is closed between Christmas and New Year.
• Thames21 operate a flexitime system of working.
• Thames21 have an ‘Auto Enrol’ Workplace Pension Scheme with NEST.
• 24/7 access to our employee assistance programme.
• Season ticket loan
• Laptop & Mobile phone for company use.

For more information on Thames21, please visit our website at www.thames21.org.uk.

To apply for this position please, email an up-to-date copy of your CV and a covering letter to [email protected] with the reference EPO0924 in the subject box of your email application.

The closing date for applications is: 5pm 7^th
October 2024

Interview dates: Week commencing 14 October (subject to change)

We appreciate the time you will have taken to apply to this role, and we do appreciate that it is disconcerting when you don’t hear back from a role you have applied for. However, due to the high number of applications we expect to receive, we are unable respond to or give feedback on individual applications, but we do want to be able manage expectations. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

No agencies please