RSPB – PeacePlus Nature Peatland Research Assistant

RSPB – Peace Plus Nature Peatland Research Assistant

Reference: JAN
Location: Flexible in Northern Ireland
Contract: Fixed-Term, until July 2029
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £25,847.00 – £26,231.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days’ Annual Leave

Are you passionate about protecting and restoring peatlands? The restoration of Northern Ireland’s peatlands will deliver major conservation benefits and is a key part of Peace Plus Nature. We are looking for a peatland scientist to undertake scientific data collection campaigns at Peace Plus Nature peatland restoration sites.

This role is a Research Assistant within the Peace Plus Nature Programme. Peace Plus Nature is an ambitious €20.8 million programme that brings together nine partners to tackle the decline in priority species and habitats in Northern Ireland, and the border counties of Ireland.

PEACEPLUS is a cross-border funding Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and supported by the European Union, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of Ireland, and the Northern Ireland administration.

You will work with RSPB colleagues in the conservation science, ecology and reserves departments, and our Peace Plus partners in Northern Ireland and in Ireland. You will work closely with the existing Peatland Programme team and the Senior Research Assistant to plan and complete field data collection campaigns and manage the collected data.

This role will require field work in Northern Ireland throughout the year, as well as home or home/office-based desk work.