Applications are invited for a nine-month policy placement secondment opportunity based in EA Bristol offices to work on the use of transient and steady state climate change information to improve decision making for climate change adaptation.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the methods used to underpin adaptation decision-making in some of the most important sectors for the UK. The fellow will also support existing NERC climate adaptation activities in Living With Environment Change (LWEC) and Environmental Science to Services Partnership (ESSP).

The post is part of the NERC Knowledge Exchange Policy Placement Fellowship scheme which allows researchers to work closely with policy-makers within government. The aims of the scheme are to enable access to scientific research to inform UK policy-making and provide researchers with a wider context for their work and opportunities for career and skill development.

Closing date: 12 June 2012
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Applications are now being accepted for the BES Parliamentary Shadowing Scheme. The scheme offers a fantastic opportunity for early-career ecologists to gain an insight into how ecology and the environment are addressed in policy making by spending two days shadowing a senior policy-maker. In the past, hosts have included Parliamentary-Secretaries of State at Defra, Government Ministers in Wales, Policy Advisors in Scotland and MEPs in Brussels, and previous shadowers have found their placements to be a positive, useful and interesting experience.

The scheme is open to members of the BES in the early stages of their research career. You must have finished your PhD and completed this no more than 12 years ago.

Full details on the scheme, including how to apply are available here. The closing date for applications is Wednesday 29th February.

Applications are invited for a new, six month, policy placement secondment opportunity to work within the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Environment and Rural Group, based in London.

This secondment is offered as part of NERC’s policy placement fellowship scheme which allows researchers and other staff involved in environmental science research to work closely with policy-makers within government and other public and third sector organisations in the UK. Such placements have proved valuable in significantly enhancing links between NERC science and science evidence and policy teams in government and regulatory bodies, enabling improved science evidence for UK policy.

The policy placement will involve working alongside an economist and policy officials as part of a small team that will lead the gathering and analysis of evidence to determine how bio-energy can contribute sustainably to the government’s renewable energy and climate change goals for 2020 and 2050. This is part of a wider portfolio of work being undertaken in conjunction with other government departments, to help determine the role bio-energy can play in the UK’s future low carbon energy mix.

Further details are available from the NERC website.
Please see “fellowship placement current opportunities” PDF.

The closing date for applications is Monday 22 November 2010.