Senior Scientist
Joining our multidisciplinary science team to deliver the most rigorous science to the hands of those with the greatest opportunity for impact
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The world is facing a nature crisis. We have lost 85% of the world’s wetlands, 35% of its forests and 65% of its living creatures. Action on nature is the next frontier for sustainability, as the world has to move beyond net zero to nature positive future. natcap is on a mission to accelerate the nature-positive transition by integrating nature intelligence into business decision-making. We support the world's leading companies to prioritise, measure and act on nature impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
As a senior scientist, you will be joining our multidisciplinary science team to lead the development of models and metrics for our natural intelligence platform, and bring the most rigorous science to the hands of those with the biggest influence on nature. You will work closely with software engineers, product developers and other scientists in cross-functional teams to deliver useful and scalable insights to customers, helping them understand their interaction with nature and ultimately take action.
What you’ll do in this role:
- Develop new models and metrics that are informed by robust science and create clarity and insight for our customers across a range of sectors and geographies
- Work within our natcap infrastructure to ingest and process data, quickly design, prototype and test new models and metrics, and build new analyses and insights. You’ll work exclusively in Python programming language.
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams, including software engineers, product managers, delivery leads and scientists, and be responsible for the design and delivery of models and metrics.
- Join customer calls and work closely with our commercial and product teams to deeply understand customer context and priorities to ensure your science is useful and impactful
- Speak with experts across a range of fields and topics to quickly master the state of science on a topic, and then translate this knowledge into models and metrics that can be deployed at scale
- Communicate complex scientific concepts in a clear and compelling way to a range of audiences, including customers and non-experts.
- Quality assure your own work, and the work of others, including through code review.
What we're looking for:
- Strong academic track record in a relevant field with a PhD or Masters
- 3+ years of experience in applied modelling, data science or spatial analysis in a closely related field
- Fluency in Python, including geospatial packages
- Excellent communicator, with a knack for distilling complex & technical topics for non-specialist audiences
- Ability to work independently and lead on the design and implementation of projects and deliverables
- Kind person who creates a supportive and inclusive team environment
- Ability to manage multiple, varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritise workload with an eye for detail and a high quality bar.
- Passion about sustainability and the environment and having a positive impact on the nature and climate crises
What you’ll get:
- Opportunity to build a fast-growing company
- Competitive salary + equity package
- Chance to quickly grow personally and professionally
- Chance to contribute to the world’s leading solution to the nature crisis
- Regular away days at an offsite location to think about the big picture
- £500 learning and development budget
- Department
- Science
- Locations
- Office
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
About natcap
The world is facing a nature crisis. We have lost 85% of the world’s wetlands, 35% of its forests and 65% of its living creatures. Action on nature is the next frontier for sustainability, as the world has to move beyond net zero to nature positive future.
natcap is on a mission to accelerate the nature-positive transition by integrating nature intelligence into business decision-making. We support the world's leading companies to prioritise, measure and act on nature impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
Senior Scientist
Joining our multidisciplinary science team to deliver the most rigorous science to the hands of those with the greatest opportunity for impact
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