About this role
This exciting role offers the opportunity to be involved in projects across Ireland and internationally, including: • River condition assessments • River restoration • Assessment of catchment hydrology and river processes • Developing and applying decision support tools for appraising river and catchment management and restoration. • Environmental Impact Assessment (water and river processes) • Disaster Risk Management and Strategic Investment Planning in an international context. The key areas of responsibility associated with this role will be: • Managing and working with various kinds of data, including spatial data; • Analysing data sets using MS Excel, QGIS, and if experienced, software such as R; • Map creation and data visualisation; • Contributing to the assessment of baseline conditions e.g., hydromorphological condition of river water bodies under the Water Framework Directive. • Contributing to the identification, assessment, and design of options to e.g., improve river and habitat condition, mitigate/reduce natural hazards risks or impacts. • Help to plan and undertake site surveys and fieldwork utilising established fluvial geomorphological methods (RHAT, Fluvial Audit, historical planform reconstruction) and other survey techniques (e.g., drone flyovers); • Contribution to a EU Horizon research project to develop decision making framework and tools for appraising and progressing sediment restoration initiatives; • Help translate technical river sediment or water quality studies into clear policy and environmental management recommendations; We are looking for a candidate who: • has a technical background in Earth Science, General Science, or Physical Geography. • has a strong conceptual understanding of catchment processes (e.g., hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, soils, geology). • has knowledge of geomorphic restoration approaches for lowland rivers. • shares our keen interest in helping our clients identify effective ways to improve environmental condition and manage risk. • displays initiative and has effective communication skills in multi-cultural professional environments. • has strong critical thinking skills. • is interested in doing fieldwork. • has fluency in foreign languages, especially Arabic. Qualifications The right candidate will have: • Degree and postgraduate qualifications in environmental science, environmental engineering or applied eco-hydrology (Minimum Level 8) and experience in a specific environmental area such as Geography, Fluvial Geomorphology; Disaster Risk Management; Geology, Earth Science. • Graduate member of a relevant institute (e.g. CIEEM, CIWEM or RGS), or working towards membership. • Minimum 2 years relevant professional work experience. Applications are to be submitted online at the following address which is includes the full version of the job specification summarised above: https://tinyurl.com/JBA-Hydromorph-job