Land Management Policy Adviser

Submit Title: Land Administration Coverage
Adviser
Crew: Nature Conservation & Coverage Recommendation
Ref No: 202419
Grade: H (HEO)
Sort of appointment: Mounted-term – 2 years
Location: Peterborough or Aberdeen
Wage: £30,573

This put up could have a base in both Peterborough or Aberdeen.

JNCC has adopted a hybrid working strategy, permitting colleagues to profit from time in
the workplace, with the pliability additionally to do business from home. Workers are anticipated to work from
our workplace base for 1 – 2 days a month at least, it will differ by workforce and the precise
stability will rely upon the character of your position. We will present extra particulars on the interview
and provide levels.

Who’re JNCC?

Established in 1991, we’re the UK’s statutory advisor on points affecting the pure
surroundings throughout the UK and internationally. Our major position is advising all 4
Governments of the UK. We additionally work with non-public sector organisations to help choice
making on the sustainable use of marine waters and pure sources across the UK. JNCC is led
by the Joint Committee, which brings collectively members from the character conservation our bodies for
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Eire and unbiased members appointed by the
Secretary of State for the Atmosphere, Meals and Rural Affairs beneath an unbiased Chair.
Help is supplied to the Committee by approx. 300 individuals who deliver collectively scientific and
technical experience, in depth information of coverage at international, European and nationwide ranges, and
abilities in working with different organisations. Workers are based mostly in two major places of work in Peterborough
and Aberdeen.

Why JNCC?

We’re sufficiently small (c.300 workers) that your voice is heard by everybody together with the
CEO, however large enough that we have now all the talents, sources and other people you’ll must get the
job achieved. All our workers are obsessed with conservation and making a distinction to the world
we stay in. We’ve a really versatile, inclusive and welcoming organisational tradition. Our
Government Administration supplies workers with the liberty and instruments you’ll need, and our
pleasant workforce will help you in your position.

JNCC is dedicated to sustaining worker well being and wellbeing, whether or not it’s
bodily, emotionally, financially or socially, and gives a variety of advantages to help
workers on this. Such advantages embrace the choice to hitch the Civil Service Pension Scheme,
skilled and private improvement alternatives in addition to an thrilling job in a novel
surroundings.

Hours of labor: Full-time

Regular minimal hours of attendance for the put up are 36 hours per week over a 5-day interval,
Monday to Friday.

Flexi time is offered. This put up can also be appropriate for job share.

Annual Go away:

The annual depart allowance is 25 days per 12 months, rising to 30 days per 12 months after 5 years’
service. There are additionally 12 days public and privilege depart. Half-time workers will obtain this
on a professional rata foundation.

Submit background

The Nature Conservation Coverage and Recommendation (NCPA) Crew in JNCC performs a key position in nature
conservation within the UK, working with companions within the nation nature conservation our bodies
(CNCBs), the UK and devolved governments and the broader nature conservation group. We
keep an summary of UK nature conservation coverage and laws; facilitate, convene and,
the place required, co-ordinate joint UK engaged on key matters; and work with UK nations on areas
of precedence the place JNCC contributes complementary capabilities of proof and recommendation. Inside
JNCC, the NCPA Crew works collaboratively throughout the organisation delivering shared options,
for instance on protected areas, and in creating evidence-based approaches to addressing
environmental threats and alternatives.

We’re on the lookout for somebody with information of nature conservation, environmental points and
notably how land administration is crucial to attaining nature restoration throughout the UK. You
could have the flexibility to quickly perceive, analyse and synthesise info from a variety of
sources, and assist to combine present proof and recommendation into common engagement with
stakeholders. These stakeholders are the governments of the 4 nations of the UK the CNCBs
and different authorities businesses, and wider stakeholders on the event of recent initiatives for
nature restoration and the supply of public items (together with the Environmental Land Administration
Scheme in England and supporting the agricultural transition in Northern Eire).

You have to to know the creating coverage surrounding agriculture, land administration and
the broader surroundings together with biodiversity. You can be concerned in initiatives throughout the workforce
and can lead particular areas, relying in your expertise, abilities, and pursuits. Your work
will guarantee JNCC’s proof and recommendation is successfully deployed to ship the very best outcomes for
nature restoration.

Submit Duties

• Present coverage and technical recommendation, and experience on points referring to land use and
  biodiversity within the UK.
• Contribute to and help the workforce’s work in facilitating joint-UK engaged on biodiversity,
  protected areas, land use, and pure capital, sharing your information on land administration with
  the broader workforce the place crucial.
• Construct efficient relationships with key companions and stakeholders from throughout the UK to
  ship finest outcomes for nature restoration.
• Collect and interpret developments in related coverage areas inside UK and devolved
  governments, nation nature conservation our bodies and different stakeholders notably these
  concerned in land administration throughout the UK.
• Talk successfully, for example by way of shows, reviews, and scientific
  papers, managing internet content material, newsletters, and different media.
• Determine new and rising proof and recommendation wants and work with workforce members and different
  companions to develop these concepts in the direction of funding and implementation.
• To contribute to the working of JNCC’s enterprise by way of taking accountability for any of:
• undertaking administration help and final result dissemination, and the place crucial act as undertaking
  supervisor,
• convening and working joint UK teams and different undertaking teams,
• handle contracts, together with the drafting of specs and endeavor of procurement,
  in keeping with abilities and expertise.

Technical

To be a profitable candidate you’ll be/have:

• Good understanding of the connection between biodiversity, ecosystem companies,
  sustainable improvement and advantages to society
• Information of the coverage and legislative framework for surroundings and nature conservation
  within the UK with a concentrate on farmland conservation and/or agri-environment schemes

Expertise (Obligations)

To be a profitable candidate you’ll have:

• Wonderful proof synthesis and writing abilities, together with expertise of analysing advanced
  info, graphic presentation and speaking advanced ideas to technical and
  non-technical audiences.
• Expertise of working in interdisciplinary groups, together with constructing and sustaining
  efficient collaborative relationships
• Expertise working with land managers on the bottom with a high-level understanding of some
  of the challenges land managers face could be Fascinating.
  

Behaviours

• Speaking and Influencing
• Making Efficient Selections
• Delivering at Tempo

Within the occasion that we obtain a big quantity of functions we reserve the precise to conduct the
sift based mostly on the Lead Behaviour of Speaking and Influencing

Please see the CS Behaviours framework for extra particulars at this grade.

Nationality necessities 

This job is broadly open to the next teams: 

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth nations who’ve the precise to work within the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Eire
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled standing or who apply
  for both standing by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• related EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working within the Civil Service
• related EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who’ve constructed up the precise to work within the
  Civil Service
• sure members of the family of the related EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

JNCC don’t present sponsorship.

Time limit and interview date

The cut-off date for this put up is 23:55 on Monday, 27 Could 2024

The anticipated interview date is week commencing Monday, 10 June 2024

Please be aware that candidates invited to interview will probably be requested to undertake a
Take a look at/Presentation evaluation on the identical day as their interview.