Natural Science Advisor

Posting date:	17 December 2025
Salary:	£42,665 to £50,495 per year
Additional salary information:	National: £42,665 - £46,795 London: £46,060 - £50,495 This post currently attracts a Specialist Pay Lead of £3000 per year. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’.
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	12 January 2026
Location:	Bristol
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	441291/1

Summary

In this role, you will support the production of a defined portfolio of indicators produced for the Environmental Indicator Framework (EIF), a central component of the original 25 Year Environment Plan (25 YEP) and its successor, the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). The EIF is a comprehensive suite of indicators that tracks environmental change across the ten goals of the 25 YEP/EIP and underpins statutory reporting obligations under the Environment Act.

Your role will involve significant coordination and collaboration across organisational boundaries to ensure team outputs are aligned with the evidence standards and policy objectives, while meeting statutory requirements. Your role working at the science/policy interface will be crucial in helping to translate rich environmental monitoring data into accessible insights suited to a broad audience. Successful delivery of the EIF is critical to Defra’s commitment to restoring and enhancing the UK’s natural environment within a generation.

Additionally, you will support the effective operation of the EIF by leading secretariat duties for the EIF Project Board, which governs formal decision-making related to the framework.

You will also have the opportunity to play a leading role in organising and delivering evidence-development engagement with internal and external stakeholders.

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