SENIOR OFFICER, FOREST PLANNING

Location: Flexible

Grade & Salary: £35,994 - £39,369 (Grade 6)

Type of contract: Permanent

Work pattern: 37 hours, Monday – Friday

Post Numbers: 202534

Job Description

The post holder will lead on the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and well-being by co-producing the Area Statement, integrating planning, and enabling implementation through outward funding for the place across the functions of NRW.

Working closely with the Team Leader, Land and Assets Teams; Environment Teams, and external stakeholders to maximise opportunities for co-delivering Forest Resource Planning, Area Statement and PSB objectives.

You will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of the following:

• Excellent skills in engagement, influencing, developing innovative approaches to complex problems
• Excellent at building effective working relationship with colleagues and partners.
• Significant knowledge of the requirements of environmental legislation relating to the place remit

• You will have specialist knowledge of one or more technical areas of the team’s remit:
o Area Statement development
o Public Service Boards & Wellbeing planning
o Outward funding & Partnership working
o Recreation & Access
o Forest Use or Planning
o Fisheries strategic planning
o Conservation of Protected sites & landscapes,
o National Nature Reserves planning
o Air quality impact assessment
o Water resource management
o WFD & catchment planning
o Flood risk management

• Ability to assess multiple, complex, sources of information and engage others in making good decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer focus
• Experience of negotiating with senior managers
• Experience of influencing at senior level of organisations.
• Excellent at building effective working relationships with colleagues and partners.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Professional membership of the Institute of Chartered Foresters or the ability to achieve this in 3 years.
• Significant knowledge of sustainable forest management, UKWAS and forest certification schemes

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Agile and flexible working
• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• Health and well-being benefits and support
• Weekly well-being hour to use as you choose

For more information or to apply, please visit our website or click here

Tel: Not Specified | E-mail: Not Specified
Web: https://naturalresources.wales | Closing Date: Monday 12 December 2022

(Uploaded 23/11/22)

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