Research Officer in Community Climate Change Adaptation
Recruiting Organisation: University of Brighton
Hours per Week: 0.4 full-time equivalent
Location: Brighton – Moulsecoomb
Salary: £36,636 to £39,906 pro rata
Contract: 6 months
Research Officer in Community Climate Change Adaptation, are expected to develop appropriate strategies for inclusive community engagement and data gathering, including targeted outreach to identify and recruit under-represented Crawley residents for participation in the project, thus ensuring diverse voices are represented.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of participatory mapping tools to capture lived experience of climate change-related heat stress, and the facilitation of community-based co-design of locally appropriate strategies to mitigate exposure to heat;
- Facilitate the transition from gathering insights to developing a concrete community-focused adaptation project (e.g., green shading, cooling centres, or communication networks) for Crawley
- Lead the creation of a reproducible community engagement framework for heat adaptation that other UK local authorities could utilise.
- Participate in interim reporting to the project funder, lead on analysis of project data and contribute substantially to report-writing and output development.
Closing Date: 17 May 2026
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Recruiting Organisation: University of Brighton
Hours per Week: 0.4 full-time equivalent
Location: Brighton – Moulsecoomb
Salary: £36,636 to £39,906 pro rata
Contract: 6 months
Research Officer in Community Climate Change Adaptation, are expected to develop appropriate strategies for inclusive community engagement and data gathering, including targeted outreach to identify and recruit under-represented Crawley residents for participation in the project, thus ensuring diverse voices are represented.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of participatory mapping tools to capture lived experience of climate change-related heat stress, and the facilitation of community-based co-design of locally appropriate strategies to mitigate exposure to heat;
- Facilitate the transition from gathering insights to developing a concrete community-focused adaptation project (e.g., green shading, cooling centres, or communication networks) for Crawley
- Lead the creation of a reproducible community engagement framework for heat adaptation that other UK local authorities could utilise.
- Participate in interim reporting to the project funder, lead on analysis of project data and contribute substantially to report-writing and output development.
Closing Date: 17 May 2026
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