POWYS PSB CLIMATE POLICY OFFICER

Grade 8: £32,020 - £ 34,723

Fixed term contract - 31 December  2024

37 hours per week

Closing date: 22 November 2023

Interview date: 4 December 2023 

J O B D E S C R I P T I O N

Post Designation: Powys Public Services Board Climate Policy Officer Hosted by BBNPA Grade: 8

Accountable to: Powys PSB Climate Working Group Convenor Department: BBNPA Policy Team

Location: BBNPA HQ

Duration: 11 month contract, 37 hrs per week, with potential to extend

Job Purpose:

To play a leading role in the development of a holistic Powys Climate Action Plan. To lead the gathering and interpretation of data and analysis for the Action Plan, working with a range of technical experts, public sector partners, community stakeholders and businesses. To raise further funding to deliver projects in the Action Plan and to support the continuity of the post.

M A I N D U T I E S

Work with technical experts, PSB members, and stakeholders to collect, interpret and present data and provide policy advice in relation to:

Carbon footprint analysis

Setting a Science Based Target.

Developing a decarbonisation action plan.

Developing a risk and vulnerability assessment (people and nature)   Developing a climate adaptation and resilience plan.

Carbon sequestration mapping.

Developing a carbon sequestration opportunity plan.

Contribute to the development, commissioning and implementation of feasibility studies to support the development of Powys Climate Action Plan.

Contribute to stakeholder engagement events including presenting information and analysis to inform evidence gathering.

Present to Public Services Board and Climate Working Group meetings and wider stakeholders as needed including presenting technical information to non-expert audiences.

Attend community and stakeholder meetings, sometimes outside normal office hours.

Raise further funding to deliver projects in the Powys Climate Action Plan and to support the continuity of the post.

Undertake such work as may be determined by the the PSB Climate Convenor from time to time, up to or at a level consistent with the Key Responsibilities of the job.

P E R S O N S P E C I F I C A T I O N

Essential Criteria

Educated to degree level or above in a relevant climate, nature or policy field

At least 2 years’ experience in climate or nature-related policy, and of compliance with relevant legislative requirements

Experience in contributing to drafting climate or other action plans aligned with a set of goals and policies

Ability to assemble, analyse, review and interpret complex information from a range of technical and non-technical sources, and to make substantiated recommendations and solve problems

Ability to work with a range of stakeholders including technical experts, other public sector organisations – officers and members, local communities, businesses and other relevant organisations

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Excellent IT skills in the full range of MS, social media and other business packages Full driving licence

Good understanding of UK and Welsh Government policy, and emerging best practice in relation to decarbonisation, adaptation and carbon sequestration

Well-being of Future Generations Act goals and ways of working

A commitment to the principles, ways of working and goals of the Well-being of Future Generations Act

Excellent communication and negotiation skills and an ability to influence outcomes, with reasoning, persuasion and tact

Self-confident and personable communication style

Highly organised, with the ability to work effectively under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines

Proactive, flexible and adaptable

A team player, who has a can-do attitude and is enthusiastic and passionate about delivering outcomes

Able to attend occasional evening meetings and work outside standard office hours Welsh Language Level 0

Desirable Criteria

Development of successful grant funding applications for environmental projects An awareness and understanding of Public Services Boards

Welsh Language Level 1

Note on Welsh Language Requirement

Please note: If you do not meet the Welsh language Requirements specified, then the Authority offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these requirements during your employment with us

A D D I T I O N A L  I N F O R M A T I O N

Annual leave entitlement

23 days per annum plus 8 public holidays and 2 extra statutory days, pro rata. Leave entitlement rises annually to 26 days per annum after 5 years’ service. If you transfer from the service of an outside Authority to the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, you are able to bring with you your accrued leave entitlement (accrued due to length of service) up to a maximum of 25 days.

Pension

The pension scheme in place is a standard Local Government one; the employee contributes 5.5% (up to £16,500) which rises to 5.8% (£16,501) of their contractual hours worked and the employer currently contributes 20.9 %.

Location

The position will be based in the National Park Headquarters in Brecon.

EEA and Swiss nationals who are NOT eligible to apply for a right to work in the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme must have some other form of immigration permission entitling them to work from 1 January 2021 onwards.

Applications must be received by 11.00 a.m. on the morning of 22nd November 2023. Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered.

Would candidates please note that it is not the practice of the National Park Authority to acknowledge applications, nor to inform candidates of the outcome of their applications. Please assume that if you receive no further communication, your application has been unsuccessful.

Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park Authority is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. We believe that the more inclusive our environment is, the better our work will be. We are a Disability Confident employer and guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the role.

Applications are welcomed and accommodated in either Welsh or English. An application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. We would be grateful if you could state in your application form if you wish to conduct your interview and assessment in Welsh or English. Should you be successful to the interview stage and wish to conduct your interview through the medium of Welsh, we will provide a simultaneous translation service for the benefit of non-Welsh speaking members of the panel.

Please note that all application forms and supporting information will be securely retained for six months and we may contact you should a suitable vacancy arise. After six months all application forms and supporting information will be destroyed. Should you object to your information being retained, please could you let us know and we will destroy your application form after the outcome of the recruitment process.

Where candidates are invited to interview, it is the Policy of the Authority to contact referees at that stage. Please could you identify any problems this may cause on your application form under the relevant section. Please note that when completing your application form you must be able to demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification relevant to this post. You should also demonstrate how you meet the desirable criteria set out in the person specification, but do not be deterred from applying if you do not meet all of the desirable criteria.

SWYDDOG POLISI HINSAWDD BGC POWYS

GRADDFA 8:  £ 32,020 - £ 34,723

CONTRACT  CYFNOD  P ENODOL -  31  RHAGFYR  2024

37 AWRY WYTHNOS DYDDIAD  CAU : 22  TACHWEDD  2 0 2 3

DYDDIAD  CYFWELIADAU :  4  RHAGFR  2023

SWYDD DDISGRIFIAD

Safle: Swyddog Polisi Hinsawdd Bwrdd Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Powys Cyflwynir gan BBNPA

Gradd: 8

Yn atebol i: Cynullydd Gweithgor Hinsawdd BGC Powys Tîm: Polisi APCBB

Lleoliad: Pencadlys APCBB

Hyd: Contract 11 mis i ddechrau, 37 awr yr wythnos, gyda'r potensial i gael ei ymestyn

Pwrpas swydd:

Chwarae rhan flaenllaw yn natblygiad Cynllun Gweithredu Hinsawdd cyfannol Powys. Arwain casglu a dehongli data a dadansoddi ar gyfer y Cynllun Gweithredu, gan weithio gydag amrywiaeth o arbenigwyr technegol, partneriaid yn y sector cyhoeddus, rhanddeiliaid cymunedol a busnesau. Codi cyllid pellach i gyflawni prosiectau yn y Cynllun Gweithredu a chefnogi parhad y swydd.

P R I F D D Y L E T S W Y D D A U

Gweithio gydag arbenigwyr technegol, aelodau BGC, a rhanddeiliaid i gasglu, dehongli a chyflwyno data a darparu cyngor polisi mewn perthynas â:

  Dadansoddiad ôl troed carbon

  Gosod targed sy'n seiliedig ar wyddoniaeth.

  Datblygu cynllun gweithredu datgarboneiddio.

 Datblygu asesiad risg a bregusrwydd (pobl a natur)  Datblygu cynllun addasu hinsawdd a gwytnwch.

 Mapiau storio carbon.

  Datblygu cynllun cyfle dal carbon.

Cyfrannu at ddatblygu, comisiynu a gweithredu astudiaethau dichonoldeb i gefnogi datblygiad Cynllun Gweithredu Hinsawdd Powys.

Cyfrannu at ddigwyddiadau ymgysylltu â rhanddeiliaid gan gynnwys cyflwyno gwybodaeth a dadansoddiad i lywio casglu tystiolaeth.

Cyflwyno cyfarfodydd Bwrdd Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus a Gweithgor Hinsawdd a rhanddeiliaid ehangach yn ôl yr angen gan gynnwys cyflwyno gwybodaeth dechnegol i gynulleidfaoedd nad ydynt yn arbenigwyr

Mynychu cyfarfodydd cymunedol a rhanddeiliaid, weithiau y tu allan i oriau swyddfa arferol.

Codi cyllid pellach i gyflawni prosiectau yng Nghynllun Gweithredu Hinsawdd Powys ac i gefnogi parhad y swydd.ymgymryd â'r gwaith a bennir gan y Cynullydd Hinsawdd BGC o bryd i'w gilydd, hyd at neu ar lefel sy'n gyson â Chyfrifoldebau Allweddol y swydd.

M A N Y L E B P E R S O N

Meini Prawf Hanfodol

Addysgwyd i lefel gradd neu uwch mewn maes hinsawdd, natur neu bolisi perthnasol.

O leiaf 2 flynedd o brofiad mewn polisi sy'n gysylltiedig â'r hinsawdd neu natur, ac o gydymffurfio â gofynion deddfwriaethol perthnasol.

Profiad o gyfrannu at ddrafftio hinsawdd neu gynlluniau gweithredu eraill sy'n cyd-fynd â set o nodau a pholisïau.

Y gallu i ymgynnull, dadansoddi, adolygu a dehongli gwybodaeth gymhleth o ystod o ffynonellau technegol ac annhechnegol, ac i wneud argymhellion cadarn a datrys problemau.

Y gallu i weithio gydag amrywiaeth o randdeiliaid, gan gynnwys arbenigwyr technegol, sefydliadau eraill yn y sector cyhoeddus – swyddogion ac aelodau, cymunedau lleol, busnesau a sefydliadau perthnasol eraill.

Sgiliau cyfathrebu ysgrifenedig a llafar ardderchog.

Sgiliau TG rhagorol yn yr ystod lawn o MS, cyfryngau cymdeithasol a phecynnau busnes eraill. Trwydded yrru lawn.

Dealltwriaeth dda o bolisi Llywodraeth y DU a Llywodraeth Cymru, ac arfer gorau sy'n dod i'r amlwg mewn perthynas â datgarboneiddio, addasu a dal carbon.

Nodau Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol a ffyrdd o weithio.

Ymrwymiad i egwyddorion, ffyrdd o weithio ac amcanion Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol.

Sgiliau cyfathrebu a thrafod rhagorol a'r gallu i ddylanwadu ar ganlyniadau, gyda rhesymu, perswadio a thactau.

Arddull gyfathrebu hunanhyderus a phersonol.

Yn drefnus iawn, gyda'r gallu i weithio'n effeithiol o dan bwysau, blaenoriaethu a chwrdd â therfynau amser.

Rhagweithiol, hyblyg ac addasadwy.

Chwaraewr tîm, sydd ag agwedd gallu gwneud ac sy'n frwdfrydig ac yn angerddol am gyflawni canlyniadau.

Gallu mynychu cyfarfodydd achlysurol gyda'r nos a gweithio y tu allan i oriau swyddfa arferol

Lefel Iaith Gymraeg Dylai ymgeiswyr allu ynganu enwau personol a lleoedd Cymraeg yn gywir, a gallant roi/ymateb i gyfarchion sylfaenol ar y ffôn neu wyneb yn wyneb, neu fod yn barod i ddysgu o fewn cyfnod rhesymol

Meini Prawf Dymunol

Datblygu ceisiadau cyllid grant llwyddiannus ar gyfer projectau amgylcheddol. Ymwybyddiaeth a dealltwriaeth o Fyrddau Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus.

Iaith Gymraeg Lefel 1 Gofyniad Iaith Gymraeg

Nodwch os gwelwch yn dda: Os nad ydych yn bodloni'r gofynion a nodir mewn perthynas â’r iaith Gymraeg, yna mae'r Awdurdod yn cynnig amrywiaeth o ddewisiadau dysgu a chymorth staff i'ch helpu i fodloni'r gofynion hyn yn ystod eich cyflogaeth gyda ni.

G W Y B O D A E T H Y C H W A N E G O L

Hawl gwyliau blynyddol

23 diwrnod y flwyddyn, yn ogystal â 8 gŵyl gyhoeddus a 2 ddiwrnod statudol ychwanegol, pro rata. Mae hawl gwyliau yn codi bob blwyddyn hyd at 26 diwrnod y flwyddyn ar ôl 5 mlynedd o wasanaeth. Os ydych chi’n symud o wasanaeth Awdurdod allanol i Awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog, rydych chi’n gallu trosglwyddo’ch hawl gwyliau a gronnwyd (a gronnwyd yn sgil hyd gwasanaeth) hyd at uchafswm o 25 diwrnod.

Pensiwn

Gweithredir cynllun pensiwn Llywodraeth Leol safonol; mae’r gweithiwr cyflogedig yn cyfrannu 5.5% (hyd at £16,501) sy’n codi i 5.8% (£16,501) o’u horiau cytundebol a weithiwyd ac ar hyn o bryd mae’r cyflogwr yn cyfrannu 20.9%.

Lleoliad

Mae’r swydd ym Pencadlys Awdurod y Parc Cenedlaethol.

Rhaid i wladolion yr AEE a’r Swistir NAD ydynt yn gymwys i wneud cais am hawl i weithio yn y DU o dan y Cynllun Preswylio’n Sefydlog i Ddinasyddion yr UE, fod â math arall o ganiatâd mewnfudo sy’n eu galluogi i weithio o 1 Ionawr 2021 ymlaen.

Mae’n rhaid derbyn ceisiadau erbyn 11.00 yb ar fore’r 22 Tachwedd 2023. Yn anffodus, ni fyddwn yn ystyried ceisiadau hwyr.

Dylai ymgeiswyr fod yn ymwybodol nad yw’n arfer gan Awdurdod y Parc Cenedlaethol gydnabod ceisiadau, na hysbysu ymgeiswyr o ganlyniad eu ceisiadau. Os nad ydym yn cysylltu â chi, ni fydd eich cais wedi bod yn llwyddiannus.

Nodwch a oes gennych anabledd mewn llythyr eglurhaol. Os ydych chi’n bodloni’r meini prawf hanfodol, ac yn cael eich gwahodd am gyfweliad, rhowch wybod i ni am unrhyw ofynion arbennig.

Derbynnir a chroesewir ceisiadau yn Gymraeg neu Saesneg. Ni fydd ceisiadau Cymraeg yn cael eu trin yn llai ffafriol na rhai Saesneg. Byddem yn ddiolchgar pe gallech nodi ar eich ffurflen gais a ydych am gynnal eich cyfweliad a'ch asesiad yn Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg. Os byddwch yn llwyddiannus, ac yn cyrraedd y cam cyfweld ac yn dymuno cynnal eich cyfweliad drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, byddwn yn darparu gwasanaeth cyfieithu ar y pryd er budd aelodau di-Gymraeg o'r panel.

Noder y bydd yr holl ffurflenni cais a gwybodaeth ategol yn cael eu cadw’n ddiogel am chwe mis ac efallai y byddwn yn cysylltu â chi pe bai swydd addas yn codi. Ar ôl chwe mis, byddwn yn dinistrio pob ffurflen gais a gwybodaeth ategol. Os nad ydych chi am i ni gadw’ch gwybodaeth, rhowch wybod i ni a byddwn yn dinistrio’ch ffurflen gais ar ôl i’r broses recriwtio ddirwyn i ben.

Mae’n Bolisi gan yr Awdurdod i gysylltu â chanolwyr ar ôl gwahodd ymgeiswyr i gyfweliad. A fyddech cystal â nodi unrhyw broblemau y gallai hyn ei achosi ar eich ffurflen gais o dan yr adran berthnasol.Noder bod yn rhaid i chi allu dangos sut rydych chi’n bodloni’r meini prawf hanfodol a nodir yn y fanyleb person sy’n berthnasol i’r swydd hon wrth lenwi’ch ffurflen gais. Dylech hefyd ddangos sut rydych chi’n bodloni’r meini prawf dymunol a nodir yn y fanyleb person, ond os nad ydych chi’n bodloni’r holl feini prawf dymunol, peidiwch â gadael i hyn eich rhwystro rhag ymgeisio.