Senior Waste Policy Advisor

Team / Directorate: Waste Policy Team / Evidence, Policy and Permitting

Starting salary:  £41,132 rising to £44,988 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)

Contract type: Fixed Term until 31/03/2026

Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

Post number: 203928, 203929

The role

Are you passionate about the environment and interested in influencing policy around waste and resource management in Wales? Are you an excellent communicator with knowledge of waste legislation and experience in applying regulatory activities?  If so, then this might be the right role for you.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Louise Peel at louise.peel@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk. 

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. 

Successful external applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. We aim to make offers of appointment within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.

What you will do

• Support the team in building effective working relationships and new ways of working with groups from across the organisation to achieve best delivery of corporate objectives;
• Support the technical development of Innovative “regulatory methods”; to deliver the “regulatory outcomes” NRW seeks.
• Interpret data and observations to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry guidelines and advise accordingly.
• Evaluate current and proposed codes, standards, regulations, and guidelines to determine the impact on current and future programs and activities.
• Lead on or support national projects to achieve well planned and managed integrated solutions that progress effective change and improvement in NRW and for business across Wales.
• Apply continuous improvement methods to the work areas you undertake.
• Develop, review and improve technical documentation, to enable consistent and appropriate understanding and application by staff in the business that enables effective service provision.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development *and that of your staff through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
  Required to take part in incident response activities (For roles with exact or strong link only)

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

1. Knowledge of Welsh, UK and EU legislation related to your specific sector(s); Welsh, UK government
2. Experience in informing and influencing government departments/regulators, preferably on environmental issues.
3. Experience in forming and maintaining close links with internal and external partners/stakeholders to deliver the outcomes of both a specific function/project/team and the wider organisation.
4. You’ll have good communication skills so that you can convey complex technical and regulatory issues to a wide range of audiences, using strong communication and networking skills to influence, or help deliver outcomes through, partner/stakeholder organisations.
5. Experience of understanding and applying regulatory activities.
6. Be able to work at pace and have a track record of delivery.
7. Being innovative and demonstrating drive to achieve targets.
8. You will be expected to keep up to date with changing regulatory policy and proposed changes to legislation via membership of a relevant professional body or other equivalent means.

 

Welsh language level requirements

• Essential: A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Benefits 

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

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We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.  

We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.  

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards.  Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. 

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