Lead Hydrological Data Manager

UKCEH is looking for a Lead Hydrological Data Manager to join our talented team, contributing to scientific discovery and generating the data, insights and solutions that researchers, businesses and governments need to solve complex environmental challenges.  

Working at UKCEH is rewarding. Our science makes a real difference, enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. We are the custodians of a wealth of environmental data, collected by UKCEH and its predecessors over the course of more than 60 years.   

As a valued member of our team, you’ll get:  

• 27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after five years   
• 10% pension contribution  
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave  
• 24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues  
• Flexible working opportunities  
• And much more.  

You’ll be joining the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/floods-and-droughts-research-infrastructure-fdri) team, delivering an exciting new digital infrastructure for hydrological research, working with catchment field teams, environmental scientists, and software systems developers.  

FDRI will be delivering important new field monitoring measurements, collating and publishing national scale hydrological data, and producing new data products, as part of a data commons approach. Data will be delivered through new interactive analysis platforms, exploiting new technologies. It is a significant innovation in hydrological research data and data environments. 

You will be responsible for shaping how we deliver our data to end users and ensuring the production of high quality hydrological data to support reproducible science and evidence for decision making concerning floods and droughts, as part of a large team. 

You’ll be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that’s committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career and giving you the support you need to thrive at UKCEH.  

Your main responsibilities will include:  

• Identifying, understanding and documenting the sources of data within the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure 
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to understand their data needs 
• Designing data management protocols and workflows for a wide range of data including real-time monitoring data from sensors, UAV captured flow measurements, high resolution catchment survey data, 3rd party data from national agencies and other research bodies, and Earth Observation data 
• Managing a team of data managers and analysts to produce, curate and publish data from FDRI 
• Keeping up to date with the latest developments in research data management 

For the role of Environmental Research Software Engineer, we’re looking for somebody who has:  

• A degree in Geography, Environmental science, or another numerate subject 
• Previous experience of the management of environmental or other data  
• Experience of managing others  
• Awareness of data management best practice, for example data publication processes, use of semantic / linked data, and research data commons 
• An ability to engage to understand complex data requirements and communicate complex information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences 
• An interest in the use of data to support robust research and evidence  
• Knowledge of hydrology and hydrological data would be a distinct advantage but is not essential 
• Programming skills, ideally Python, would be beneficial, as would knowledge of relational database systems and SQL, and cloud storage technologies 

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