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(Please mention Stopdodo/Environment Jobs in your application) |
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Including Mitigation, Science & Management
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Scotland (East) - UK
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Peterborough |
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£73,000 - £117,800 |
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Fixed Term and Permanent Roles |
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Full Time |
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Senior Level |
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31/10/2022 |
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Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
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| Description |
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Location : Aberdeen, Scotland, AB11 9QA : Peterborough, East of England, PE1 1JY
About the job
Summary
The Chief Scientist post is critical to the effective, efficient and resilient delivery of our mission.
The Chief Scientist will provide exceptional scientific leadership and quality assurance for JNCC, proactively connecting us with the external research community maintaining our Public Sector Research Establishment status and supporting the professional development and empowerment of our scientists.
Job description
The Chief Scientist will be an authentic, visible and strategic leader, ensuring the scientific rigour of our work, able to articulate clearly JNCC’s vision our mission, strategic priorities and values through your work and actions, and be inspiring about our work and its future.
As a member of JNCC’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT), the Chief Scientist will lead the organisation, collectively and efficiently, through the change needed to deliver JNCC’s vision, being confident in their engagement with staff and stakeholders.
The Chief Scientist will be a high profile and influential advocate for JNCC externally and promote JNCC’s reputation for robust scientific advice. The Chief Scientist will advise the JNCC Chair and Joint Committee and deputise for the Chief Executive as required.
The Chief Scientist will foster an environment where everyone feels valued and respected by creating a more inclusive workplace, where every individual has equality of opportunity to progress and thrive. The Chief Scientist will support JNCC’s ambition to continue to develop as a learning organisation.
The Chief Scientist will build a new directorate, drawing in teams from across the organisation. The Chief Scientist will be responsible and accountable for the people and budget allocated by the CEO. The Chief Scientist will manage Grant in Aid funding and forecasts for income to deliver the relevant outcomes in the Business Plan.
Responsibilities
As a science-based organisation, JNCC can only function effectively if it has scientific credibility.
The Chief Scientist will:
- Lead JNCC’s science, evidence and advice functions, ensuring that JNCC’s work is underpinned by high quality science and evidence.
- Create a new directorate and manage cross cutting evidence, data, analysis and advice teams.
- Be the Head of Profession for JNCC in the Government Science and Engineering profession (GSE) or related Government evidence professions.
- Maintain and build productive partnerships with universities and research institutes, in the UK and internationally.
- Maintain JNCC’s Public Sector Research Establishment (PSRE) status, using it to support UK
- Research Institute (UKRI) funding applications as lead and partner.
- Support the CEO on making best use of the experience and capabilities within the organisation and work with our partners to support the delivery of JNCC’s nature commitments and ambitions.
- Lead JNCC’s participation in the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies’ Chief Scientists’ Group.
- Lead on specific science issues, as they arise.
- Develop and lead science Continuing Professional Development programme across JNCC.
Person specification
To be a successful candidate you will have:
- Extensive experience of science leadership in any natural or social scientific discipline, and a good understanding of the UK’s domestic and international priorities as they affect the twin global crises of ecological collapse and climate breakdown.
- An excellent track record in scientific publication and wider communication, and demonstrable application of evidence and analysis to decision making.
- Extensive experience in leading interdisciplinary teams from across the natural and social sciences, including economics, and an ability to apply our evidence and advice to the range of environmental, economic and social values at stake from ecological collapse and climate breakdown.
- Extensive experience of working with delivery partners and working effectively across system boundaries to achieve outcomes.
- Confidence and credibility in engaging at a senior level with Ministers, scientists, policy makers and advisers to secure mutually beneficial outcomes and deliver our mission for nature.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
Pension
You are eligible to join the Civil Service pension arrangements from the start of your employment. We can offer you a choice of two types of pension scheme:
- Alpha - This is an occupational pension scheme based on your career average earnings.
- Partnership - This is a stakeholder pension with a contribution from us. How much we pay is based on your age and the amount you chose to contribute.
Annual leave
- The annual leave allowance is 25 days per year, rising to 30 days per year after five years’ service. There are also 12 days public and privilege leave.
Flexible working
- We offer a working environment that aims to give people greater flexibility to work in a way that suits them (with an appropriate blend of office and home based working) while also meeting JNCC’s business needs.
- Our policies are family friendly and include flexi time, flexible working patterns, compressed hours and dispersed working.
Employee benefits and discounts
- Childcare vouchers we support the Tax Free Childcare (TFC) scheme to help parents paying for registered childcare.
- Employee Discount Scheme our Staff Benefits provider offers a wide range of employee retail discounts.
Learning and development
- JNCC is committed to becoming a learning organisation and investing in our staff. We offers a range of work based training and continuous professional development opportunities with a guaranteed five days of specified learning a year.
Staff wellbeing
- JNCC offers paid maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave, over and above the minimum statutory entitlements.
- Employee Assistance Programme a free and confidential 24/7 telephone advice service.
- Healthcare we provide access to online advice to support physical, mental and emotional wellbeing along with the opportunity to contribute to a healthcare plan to make savings on everyday healthcare costs.
Things you need to know
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Ability and Experience.
Your application will be assessed using the Civil Service Success Profiles recruitment framework. This framework allows us to use a combination of criteria to describe the requirements of the post. It then allows for candidates to provide evidence against those criteria during the selection process.
For more information see Civil Service Success Profiles . Pages 15-16 cover the examples of behaviours required at this level (Level 5 Deputy Director or equivalent). An accessible version can be found here.
For this post you will be assessed on the areas set out below:
- Leadership, including scientific leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
Shortlisting for interview is on the basis of merit. The selection panel will assess the evidence presented by all applicants against the advertised criteria and the highest rated applicants will be invited to interview. In the event that we receive a large volume of applications we will conduct the sift based on the lead behaviour of Leadership.
Key Dates
- Psychological assessment w/c 14th and 21st November
- Staff engagement exercise w/c 14th and 21st November
- Interviews will be on 1st and 2nd December by Teams
The panel for this appointment will be:
Prof Colin Galbraith (Chair, JNCC)
Dr Gemma Harper (CEO, JNCC)
Dr Tim Hill (Chief Scientist, Natural England)
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Contact point for applicants
Further information
Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact recruitment@jncc.gov.uk in the first instance.
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