Sustainability Information Analyst - Nature Towns and Cities

Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing 17 November 2025 

Closing Date: Monday 03 November 2025 

Contract Type: Temporary until 31 December 2027 

Salary Range: £33,732.26 to £ 41,972.91 (Pro-Rata) 

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week 

Location: Based at Fife House, Glenrothes with blended home working 

Supporting Statement

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Job Details: Sustainability Information Analyst – Nature Towns and Cities 

Fife Council is delighted to announce it has received significant funding from the National Lottery Heritage fund, through Nature Towns and Cities. This is a fixed term post within the Climate Change and Zero Waste Team, Planning Service, in Fife Council.  

The climate and nature crises threaten human society. Urban parks and greenspaces foster vital connections with nature. Fife Council is transforming in response to this, and wider financial challenges through the Transforming Fife’s Greenspace project. The work will help build a partnership around innovative ways to deliver, and fund green/blue spaces to become regenerative systems, delivering environmental, social and economic outcomes. 

The post will be at the core of supporting climate resilience and action through research, innovation and communicating information: enhancing biodiversity, tree planting, and a full range of other cost-effective nature-based solutions. 

The work is at the core of biodiversity and climate, based within Planning Services in Fife Council. The post will be working across multiple services across the Council and with external partners.   

This is an exciting time with this next phase of work being developed. Underpinning this will be how we can make best use of spatial Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and non-spatial data. The post will undertake and disseminate sustainability spatial and non-spatial information, research and analysis in relation to Transforming Fife’s Greenspace project.  

The role will involve co-ordinating, managing, modelling, monitoring, commissioning and disseminating spatial and non-spatial research, information and analysis in relation to sustainability (environmental, economic and social), including energy, buildings and land use information to inform policy work within the Planning Service and wider Council.   

With the many partners involved, the role will include developing and maintaining information management systems including storage, access and data protection to support analysis, sharing and communication of information.  

The Person

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with a positive attitude to partnership working; applicants must be able to demonstrate a level of competence and knowledge of managing projects and developing feasibility studies.    

You will need to be a strong effective communicator, managing engagement with a large range of stakeholders.  

You will bring experience of a high level analysis of key statistical information, knowledge of IT systems relating to database/spatial data management, including Geographical Information Systems (GIS), solution development and undertaking research and practical use and interpretation of data.  

We are looking for someone who can manage the strong expectations of this role, and deliver complex projects, including assessment and reporting.  

Whether you have worked in business and skills, nature and biodiversity, climate, or looking to develop your career, this role has a lot to offer.  

Applicants must meet the specified criteria on the post applied for and must demonstrate this within their application.   

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For Further Information Please Contact: ShonaM.Cargill@fife.gov.uk