Marine Renewable Energy Officer

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

POST: Marine Renewable Energy Officer- Offshore Wind POST NO: 000907
LOCATION: Bangor
GRADE: Band C

JOB COMPETENCES

To be considered for this post you will need to demonstrate the following competencies:

Essential

1. A good grounding in an environmental or other relevant technical subject.
2. Knowledge of the impacts of human activities on the marine environment, an understanding of the assessment and management of marine environmental impacts (especially in relation to marine mammals, birds and/or landscape), and familiarity with CCW’s role in marine management.
3. Knowledge of the offshore renewable energy or other marine industrial sectors and/or an understanding of the regulation of energy or other industrial activities in the marine environment.
4. Knowledge of UK and international marine legislation and policy relating to natural heritage, the marine environment and energy.
5. The ability to build strong working relationships with individuals from a wide range of working cultures, coupled with good teamworking and facilitation skills.
6. Good communication skills, written and spoken, including the ability to analyse problems and communicate solutions, distil key messages from technical information and give clear advice to colleagues and others in verbal and written form
7. The ability to plan and manage work to time and to a high technical standard, allied to sound decision making and initiative.
8. The ability to use word processing, spreadsheets and e-mail in a Windows environment.
9. An awareness of Welsh culture, and a positive attitude to linguistic and cultural diversity.
   - The ability to use basic Welsh conversational phrases (eg “bore da” – “good morning”) and to pronounce Welsh place names correctly.
   - The ability to currently and legally drive a car in the UK.

Desirable

1. Scientific/policy research and project management skills.
   - Fluency in spoken Welsh

There are 10 sections on our application form for you to tell us how you meet each of the numbered competencies above. Our application form asks about your driving and Welsh language abilities separately, so these competencies are not numbered above and don’t need further explanation on this part of the form.

SALARY

The starting salary will be £23,770.00 a year.

STATUS

This is a fixed-term, pensionable full-time appointment of 37 hours a week to 31 March 2013, with a possibility of an extension until 30 September 2013.

APPLICATIONS AND CLOSING DATE

Application forms can be downloaded from our website or you can e-mail us atenquiries@ccw.gov.uk  or phone our enquiry line on 0845 130 6229 and we will post an application form and job description to your home address.

Please return your completed application form to:

Bethan Kerr
Recruitment Team
Countryside Council for Wales
Maes y Ffynnon
Penrhosgarnedd
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2DW

or e-mail it to recruitment@ccw.gov.uk,  quoting the post number as a reference.

The closing date for receipt of application forms is midday on 18 June 2012.

Interviews will be held on: To be confirmed