About the job

Job summary

Do you want to play an important role in tackling the climate change emergency by helping to enable the sustainable development of offshore wind in Scotland?

 

OCTOBER START DATE

The Scottish Government is preparing for the implementation of a new HR and Finance platform and, as a result, some job offers will be subject to an October 2024 start date at the earliest. This will be confirmed as your application progresses.

 

If you are the above, then this exciting opportunity to join the Marine Directorate could be for you.

In January 2022, Crown Estate Scotland announced the successful applicants to the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round to commence a new phase of offshore wind farm construction in Scottish waters helping Scotland meet its Net Zero targets, become carbon neutral by 2045 and tackle the climate emergency. The Scottish Government is responsible for identifying where the ScotWind projects will be located, administering the related offshore planning consents, and ensuring that projects are delivered in an environmentally sustainable manner. The Renewables and Ecology Team (R&E) in the Marine Directorate provides specialist scientific advice to regulators and policy makers to support this.

The R&E team currently has around 25 staff who provide advice within government on the potential environmental impacts of marine energy on key receptors including birds, marine mammals, fish and fisheries, benthic habitats, and diadromous fish. Our specialists also provide advice on other Scottish Government policy priorities, such as marine protected area management and regulation of other marine activities.

 

This is a permanent post for a Renewables Science Advice & Projects Co-ordinator to join our team and help us to deliver advice and research projects to improve the evidence base required for the sustainable development of Scotland’s blue economy, with a particular focus on the ScotWind offshore wind energy leasing round. The post will support the management of projects that are developed and undertaken within the R&E team, including support on financial information.

 

Whilst we anticipate the role will be focussed on issues related to offshore wind, we operate a flexible resourcing policy within the Marine Directorate and as such the post-holder may be required to work on other areas of high priority work as required.

Job description

• Support and co-ordinate the development and delivery of research projects
• Budgeting and support for the financial management of projects
• Co-ordinate with R&E scientists and colleagues in the Offshore Wind Directorate as well as external partners to improve the evidence base for sustainable development in Scotland.
• Liaise with the R&E advice co-ordinator and the Marine Directorate Licensing and Operations Team to ensure high quality advice and outputs.

Person specification

• Experience of successfully co-ordinating the development and delivery of projects, including on financial information and reporting progress back to funders.
  
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to explain project management and technical concepts to varied audiences.
  
• An ability to work both independently and as part of a team to successfully deliver defined tasks effectively and on time.
  
• Experience of following Standard Operating Procedures or similar process to ensure they are adhered to, and to identify any issues or improvements that could be made to ensure quality standards are met.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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Selection process details

To be confirmed

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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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