Senior Climate Data Analyst
Edinburgh - Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working)
Job Info
- Job Identification 15033
- Locations ECCI, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT, GB (Hybrid working)
- Organization Edinburgh University Group
- Department GeoSciences
- Apply Before 10/30/2026, 11:59 PM
- Health and Safety Requirements No key hazards identified for this post
- Criminal Record Check No criminal record check required
- Contract Type Fixed Term
- Work Duration Months 5
- Job Schedule Full time
- Grade UE07
- Number of Openings 1
- Job Function Academic Support
Job Description
UE07: £41,064.00 - £48,822.00 Per Annum.
CSE / School of Geosciences / ECCI.
Fixed Term Contract – Until 31 March 2027.
Full Time – 35 Hours Per Week.
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a Senior Climate Data Analyst to work in the Scottish Climate Intelligence Service (SCIS) Programme at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute.
Interested in being part of a project that supports delivery of climate action in Scotland?
Join the Climate Partnerships team at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute to work on the SCIS programme where you will provide technical expertise and support to Scottish Local Authorities, and to local and national partners, to scale up and deliver climate action.
The role includes providing support to shape and track progress on delivery of local and national plans using an online platform (ClimateView); identifying and sharing best practice and helping to coordinate delivery across climate delivery partners; analysing Scotland-wide datasets to provide new insights for local and national government policy; and leading workstreams and helping to develop data services which improve delivery of climate action.
We'd also be interested in hearing from people with skills or experience in using data to capture economic and social impact, to help us to further embed the wider benefits of climate action into the SCIS programme.
You’ll be joining the Climate Partnerships team within ECCI; we are a team of 12+ working on various programmes to support delivery of climate action by private and public stakeholders across Scotland. SCIS is a partnership between ECCI and the Improvement Service.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We’re a hybrid working team, with an expectation of working at least two days a week in the office in Edinburgh, and with the option to work in the office more frequently.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Strong data analysis and presentation skills
- Knowledge of public sector climate policy and/or delivery
- Adaptable in applying diverse problem-solving strategies
- Proven written and verbal communication skills
- Confident working independently
How to apply
To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter.
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter, and we are also a Stonewall Proud Employer, actively promoting LGBTQ+ equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 30 October 2026.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
We expect interviews to be held virtually within the first two weeks of November.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About the Team
The School of GeoSciences explores the factors and forces that shape our world. The School aims to understand the world through fundamental curiosity-driven research and to support prescient decision-making at individual to global scales. We undertake world-leading research; offer new ways of understanding natural and social drivers of change; provide inter-and trans-disciplinary solutions; and work in partnership to improve livelihoods and explore ways to manage the environment that are both sustainable and socially equitable.
With over 500 academics, researchers and research students, we are the largest and most successful interdisciplinary grouping of geoscientists and geographers in the UK. Research activity is coordinated within three main Research Institutes – Global Change, Earth and Planetary Science, and Geography and the Lived Environment – and within smaller research groupings that reach across and beyond the School.
A distinctive feature of the School is the combination of academic strength, intellectual breadth and societal relevance. Our interdisciplinary research and teaching builds on established core disciplines (ecology, environmental sciences, geography, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography) to provide a variety of approaches to understanding the world (including, for example, system-scale modelling, process studies and the development of urban and social theory). The School’s research covers fundamental ‘blue-skies’ questions, as well as having application to key societal challenges including inequality and vulnerability; urban precarity; nature and cultural meaning; development and sustainability; climate and environmental change; energy, food and water security; health and wellbeing; natural resources; and natural hazards.
The School of GeoSciences aims to recognise and value diversity in our staff and students, and to support flexible and family-friendly working.
More details about the School is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences
