Postdoctoral Research Assistant

We are seeking a Field Trials Researcher to join an exciting, rapidly
expanding international research project which seeks to reduce the
environmental impacts of thousands of farms worldwide using digital tools. You
will be part of the HESTIA team, a growing and motivated team of environmental
scientists, software developers, and behavioural change specialists. The team
is based within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science in the
Department of Biology and the Oxford Martin School.





You will assist on the design and implementation of experimental trials of the
HESTIA Farm Sustainability Toolkit. You will conduct surveys to collect
primary data from farmers to calculate their environmental impacts. You will
carry out a randomised control trial (RCT) to test whether enabling farmers to
quantify their environmental impacts, benchmark against other farmers, and
receive advice on how to improve their environmental impacts, affects their
attitudes or behaviour. You will have a relevant graduate-level degree,
experience conducting ecological surveys and the ability to work with farmers.
Some travel will be required for fieldwork.





Where Covid-19 has resulted in substantial disruption to your work or research
outputs, please explain this by providing an additional paragraph in your
supporting statement.





The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All
applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.





This post is full time (although applications to work part time will be
considered on a case-by-case basis) and available immediately.





The closing date for applications is **12.00 noon on Wednesday 22nd November
2023** , interviews are likely to be scheduled for early December.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment
system, and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as
part of your online application.