About the job

Job summary

Are you passionate about working in the energy sector? Do you have excellent communication skills with experience of working in a team and with a wide range of stakeholders? Can you demonstrate strong planning and organisation skills, while prioritising workloads to meet deadlines? If the answers to the above are yes, then this exciting opportunity could be for you.

 

What does the team do – The Energy Consents Unit (ECU) is a branch of the Energy and Climate Change Directorate, responsible for processing applications for energy infrastructure to be determined by the Scottish Ministers within relevant legislative and policy frameworks.

 

The applications processed by the ECU are highly technical in nature. They often relate to multi-million pound development and infrastructure projects, which make a significant contribution to the Scottish Government’s core purpose of promoting sustainable economic growth and to the delivery of Scottish Government’s energy policies.

 

Structure of the team- Case Managers will report to relevant Team Leader who will allocate workloads and also provide any technical assistance required to determine all relevant applications.

Job description

•Responsibility for managing to completion a portfolio of Electricity Act Applications including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) projects, in line with relevant planning and environmental legislation including drafting decision letters for ministerial approval;
•Using your working knowledge of the planning system and practical skills provide mentoring and coaching support to staff under your line management and where required the wider unit;
•To draft and support quality assurance you will review all aspects of Electricity Application associated casework (such as EIA screenings and scopings, Compulsory Purchase Orders and Necessary wayleave applications) and;
•Undertake all other duties as required by your line manager (such as Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial and official correspondence/Freedom of Information requests and briefing)

Person specification

1. Practical experience of managing planning applications and/or a working knowledge of town and country planning and environmental legislation.
2. Experience of analysing and evaluating complex and (potentially sensitive) information to support in taking evidence based decisions.
3. Strong communication skills including excellent written communication skills and the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
4. Ability to lead and manage people providing coaching and support to individuals within the team.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,449, Scottish Government contributes £12,271 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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