Geospatial Analyst

About Us

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.

Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.

We employ 900 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.

Diversity and inclusion matter to us.

Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment.

We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.

About the role

This is an exciting time to join the NHM's newest endeavours in translating our science into commercial products. The Biodiversity Futures Lab (BFL), who are leading on making the Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) available for academic, commercial and policy stakeholders, require a Geospatial Analyst to work with the science team in the development and delivery of robust data products.

Currently BII uses ecological data, supplemented by a variety of geospatial datasets, to predict the status of biodiversity on land worldwide. We have developed a Reproducible Analytical Pipeline in R to produce geospatial maps of the health of nature, for academic, policy and commercial uses. This role will provide a specialism to implement best practice with respect to geospatial data.

Land-use change is the dominant driver of global terrestrial biodiversity loss. The team uses a leading-edge bespoke land-use dataset. This role would be essential in augmenting these data with measures of land-use intensity and plantation forests, permitting more accurate and meaningful estimates of biodiversity change in response to human activities. This work will be vital, both to meet specific gates of delivery for our commercial product and as an essential contribution to the ongoing scientific development of the BII.

About you

The successful candidate will be experienced in geospatial mapping and implementing best practice with respect to geospatial data. You will be a self-starter, able to work and prioritise independently, with experience of working across research projects with multiple stakeholders working within a small team. To thrive in this role, you will be enthusiastic about working on cutting-edge research science to maximise its potential policy and commercial impact, as part of a small team.

What we offer

• 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
• Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
• Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
• Life insurance
• Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
• Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes
• We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.
• Affordable membership to the Civil Service Sports Council which offers a range of benefits including an extensive list of special offers and reduced entry fees at a selection of cinema chains, theme parks, theatres, retailers and supermarkets. It also provides entry to up to 300 English Heritage sites and other national treasures.
• Membership to our Sports and Social Association (for a small fee), which includes access to our in-house gym and clubs such as football, softball, table tennis and tennis and classes in Middle Eastern dance, yoga and Tai Chi.

Hybrid working

We are working towards a vision where both people and planet thrive, and nothing gives a greater connection with this than seeing first-hand, the visitors, scientific research and collections that all of our work is inspired by and working side by side with the teams delivering the visitor experience and events. We also recognise the benefits and flexibility that hybrid working brings. We operate a hybrid working model that requires regular, weekly attendance for this role, with the precise pattern of days on site and worked from home to be agreed with your manager.

How to apply

If this sounds like you, please apply below by clicking on Apply for job.

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Closing date: 23:59 on Monday 3 March 2025

Interviews expected: w/c 10 March 2025

Please note that this role does not qualify for Museum sponsorship so the successful postholder will need to have a valid right to work in the UK at the point of offer.