Overview
Full-time, Fixed-term Contract (24 months)
Based in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of Reading, you will contribute primarily to Work Package 2, which focuses on soil-health and biomass indicators, land-management practices, land-suitability assessment and land-use scenario modelling. You will help develop reproducible, transparent and FAIR data products for downstream GIS-based land-suitability assessment, modelling and decision-support tools.
About you
You will have:
- A PhD, or be near completion, in a relevant subject such as data science, agricultural or environmental economics, environmental science, geography, soil science, agroecology, land-use modelling, sustainability science, spatial analysis, or a closely related discipline.
- Data-science, quantitative or computational skills for analysing complex evidence or datasets.
- Programming skills in Python, R or related tools.
- Experience using computational or AI-assisted analytical tools.
- The ability to produce structured datasets, indicators, parameters and technical documentation.
Project-specific guidance on soil-health concepts, crop and biomass systems, and land-management decision contexts will be provided by the University of Reading team and SOILBIOMASS+ partners.
The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.
