Lead Environmental Reporting Specialist Advisor

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru; Germany; Hybrid; EUR 89,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Professional development

Civil Service Pension

Job summary

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (Natural Resources Wales) is seeking an experienced professional to lead NRW's State of Natural Resources Reporting (SoNaRR) and contribute specialist expertise across the environmental reporting remit.

You will co-ordinate development and implementation of NRW's approach, provide strategic advice to Welsh Government officials and national stakeholders, and lead preparation of SoNaRR within statutory timescales.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience and knowledge of environmental reporting and evidence-based assessment, acting as the SoNaRR lead.
• Experience delivering complex projects through dispersed teams using matrix management with planning, governance and stakeholder engagement.
• Confident communicator able to present complex technical information to diverse audiences.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and gain cooperation across NRW, Welsh Government, UK Government and other public bodies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and project manage the preparation of the State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR), ensuring governance, planning, engagement and statutory delivery.
• Act as the organisation's SoNaRR specialist lead, advising staff across the business.
• Commission, lead and manage complex work on SoNaRR and wider environmental reporting, using matrix skills.
• Provide expert interpretation of environmental evidence to ensure robust, transparent outputs.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across Wales, the UK and Europe to enable contribution from knowledgeable bodies.
• Contribute specialist expertise to NRW's wider environmental reporting programme.
• Participate in and chair groups to ensure governance of SoNaRR within NRW.
• Oversee SoNaRR project delivery, ensuring evidence use and consistency.
• Undertake health and safety duties as appropriate.
• Commit to NRW Equal Opportunities and Diversity policy and development plan.
• Pursue personal development through the Sgwrs plan.
• Perform other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade.

Skills

Environmental reporting

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Influencing and negotiation

Job description

We are looking for an experienced professional to lead for Natural Resources Wales' State of Natural Resources Reporting obligations and contribute specialist expertise across the wider Environmental Reporting remit.

In this key role, you will be responsible for co-ordinating the development and implementation of NRW's organisational approach to environmental reporting. You will provide strategic advice and guidance across the organisation, to Welsh Government officials and national stakeholders. You will also lead the preparation of State of Natural Resources Reports, ensuring they are delivered within statutory timescales set by Welsh Government.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong specialist expertise who enjoys working collaboratively, providing strategic advice and leading the delivery of high-profile reporting commitments that support informed decision-making across Wales.

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams.

What you will do

• Lead and project manage the preparation of the State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR), ensuring effective governance, project/programme planning, stakeholder engagement and delivery to the statutory timescales set by Welsh Government. Whilst ensuring SoNaRR sets out the evidence base to inform work on sustainable management of natural resources.
• Be the organisation's specialist expert on SoNaRR, providing advice and guidance to staff across the business.
• Commission, lead, and manage complex work relating to SoNaRR and wider environmental reporting priorities as work planning allows, drawing on the skills of specialists and advisors across NRW, and using a matrix management approach.
• Provide expert advice on the interpretation, synthesis and application of environmental evidence from a range of disciplines, ensuring that evidence used within SoNaRR and other environmental reporting outputs is robust, transparent and fit for purpose.
• Engage with and influence senior representatives from a range of stakeholders working on natural resources reporting-related work at Wales, UK and European levels, taking a collaborative approach to ensure that organisations and individuals with the knowledge and expertise to inform SoNaRR are able to contribute fully.
• Contribute specialist expertise to the development and delivery of NRW's wider environmental reporting programme as agreed through work planning discussions.
• Participate in, and chair as appropriate, groups established to ensure the effective governance of SoNaRR within NRW.
• Provide specialist oversight of SoNaRR project delivery by SoNaRR project staff within the Environmental Reporting Team, ensuring the appropriate use of evidence and consistency of approach.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy , together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post.
• Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

• You will have substantial experience and knowledge of environmental reporting and evidence-based assessment, with the technical knowledge required to act as the specialist lead for SoNaRR and contribute across a broad range of environmental activities.
• You will have substantial experience and demonstrable experience of successfully leading and delivering complex projects through dispersed teams using matrix managements arrangements, including planning, governance, and stakeholder engagement.
• You will be a confident and skilled communicator with good inter-personal skills who is able to present complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and gain the co-operation of others, building effective relationships across Natural Resources Wales, Welsh Government, UK Government departments, and other public sector bodies to deliver shared objectives and organisational priorities.

Welsh Language level requirements

• Essential: Level A1 - Entry level

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Additional Information

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.

Natural Resources Wales is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Although we hold a Skilled Worker visa sponsorship licence, it applies only to specific roles that meet both the eligibility criteria and salary requirements set out by the UK Government under the Skilled Worker visa route.

Benefits

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.

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