Research Officer | University of Brighton, Brighton

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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