Location: | Stirling |
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Salary: | £38,784 to £46,049 per annum (Grade 7) |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 22nd October 2025 |
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Closes: | 19th November 2025 |
Job Ref: | FAC02077 |
The Post
The aim of the overall RESPECT project is to produce data, methods, landholder tools and proposals for governance reforms to change agricultural practices on peatland and contribute to the UK’s net zero target. RESPECT will achieve this by collating data through novel interdisciplinary collection, modelling and engagement methods. These data will establish the capacity of land and land users to contribute to the net zero target as well as generate other social and environmental co-benefits, balanced against conflicting land use demands, within the context of climate change. Governance reforms will be proposed to scaffold the social innovations necessary for transformative change. Outputs will be scalable and replicable with national significance. Informed by this baseline data, RESPECT will produce the Peatland Triage Tool (PTT), providing decision-support for landowners, land managers, farmers and crofters (collectively ‘landholders’) seeking to undertake peatland restoration.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the design, development, and implementation of the PTT involving all the geospatial, database and data encapsulation frameworks. The role will involve working with large, highly diverse and multi-modal datasets (e.g., images, surveys, statistical and sensor data). Familiarity with geostatistical, GDAL, Python, PostGIS/PostgresSQL, Machine Learning, AI, Internet of Things and Remote Sensing datasets is highly desirable. The candidate will be expected to contribute to experimental design, evaluation using benchmark datasets, and the development of reproducible and scalable solutions. A flexible and creative approach to problem-solving is essential, as key datasets may span a range of domains including environmental monitoring, social science and agricultural systems.
This project is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Tackling the project’s aims is through close collaboration with collaborators in the UK. The post holder will be based in Stirling but will have opportunities to meet with the other project PDRAs and research team on a regular basis.
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