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Overview
Team: Marine Evidence, Marine Monitoring
Ref No: 2022 – 117 & 118
Grade: G7
Type of appointment: Permanent
Location: Peterborough or Aberdeen
Salary: £47189
This post will have a base in either Peterborough or Aberdeen.
JNCC has adopted a hybrid working approach, allowing colleagues to benefit from time in the office, with the flexibility also to work from home. Employees are expected to work from our office base for 1 – 2 days a month as a minimum, this will vary by team and the exact balance will depend on the nature of your role. We can provide more details at the interview and offer stages.
Who are JNCC?
Established in 1991, we’re the UK’s statutory advisor on issues affecting the natural environment across the UK and internationally. Our primary role is advising all four Governments of the UK. We also work with private sector organisations to support decision making on the sustainable use of marine waters and natural resources around the UK. JNCC is led by the Joint Committee, which brings together members from the nature conservation bodies for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and independent members appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under an independent Chair. Support is provided to the Committee by approx. 270 people who bring together scientific and technical expertise, extensive knowledge of policy at global, European and national levels, and skills in working with other organisations. Staff are based in two main offices in Peterborough and Aberdeen.
Why JNCC?
We’re small enough (c.270 staff) that your voice is heard by everyone including the CEO, but big enough that we have all the skills, resources and people you’ll need to get the job done. All our staff are passionate about conservation and making a difference to the world we live in. We have a very flexible, inclusive and welcoming organisational culture. Our Executive Management provides employees with the freedom and tools you will need, and our friendly team will assist you in your role.
JNCC is committed to maintaining employee health and wellbeing, whether it is physically, emotionally, financially or socially, and offers a range of benefits to support employees in this. Such benefits include the option to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme, professional and personal development opportunities as well as an exciting job in a unique environment.
Hours of work: Full-time, Part-time
Normal hours of attendance for the post are 36 hours per week over a 5-day period, Monday to Friday. However, we are open to applications from part-time workers and the role(s) would be adjusted accordingly.
Flexi time is available. This post is also suitable for job shares.
Annual Leave:
The annual leave allowance is 25 days per year, rising to 30 days per year after 5 years service. There are also 12 days public and privilege leave. Part-time staff will receive this on a pro rata basis.The annual leave allowance is 25 days per year, rising to 30 days per year after 5 years’ service. There are also 12 days public and privilege leave. Part-time staff will receive this on a pro rata basis.
Short Summary:
We are looking for someone who can:
- provide inspiring leadership to a team of specialists, and confident direction for an integrated programme of work that has multiple customers and its own priorities.
- lead people in a challenging environment (competing demands, complex research and development, challenges to resources, rapidly developing stakeholder landscape), using a range of skills to engage, develop and motivate them.
- solve problems in circumstances where there is no precedent and make decisions by pragmatically weighing up complex issues and risks.
- communicate in a clear and effective manner with specialists and non-specialists.
The Marine Team Leaders advertised for here will lead either the Marine Monitoring Team or the Marine Evidence Team at JNCC. These teams work very closely together to develop marine evidence products to produce high quality advice to the UK Government, the Devolved Administrations, the Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies, international organisations and others.
The work of the Marine Monitoring Team includes:
- Organising offshore seabed surveys to gather additional information to support designation, monitoring and assessment of offshore MPAs.
- Development of standards, guidelines and methods at a UK and international level for matters such as data management and marine survey.
- Coordination of the UK Marine Monitoring Programme working under the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy with other partners through the Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group.
- Provision of expert advice to national fora, including the Marine Science Co-ordination Committee, the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network.
The work of the Marine Evidence Team includes:
- Enhancing our understanding of the marine environment through fine-scale and broad-scale mapping of marine habitats and their relationships to physical and oceanographic parameters.
- Understanding human impacts on the marine environment through spatial mapping of human activity footprints and their pressures, the assessment of habitat and species sensitivity and using this information together to assess vulnerability.
- Maintenance of the national benthic marine database (Marine Recorder) and the national marine habitat classification.
- Collating, analysing and disseminating data for the UK’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) including delivery of JNCC’s public-facing MPA data products and services (such as the MPA mapper).
- Provision of expert advice to national and international fora, including the OSPAR Commission, and via ICES.
Job Description:
Post Duties
There are 2 posts being advertised as part of this recruitment. The nature and specific duties of each post are further described below. However, both posts will be expected to undertake the following duties:
- Lead the planning and delivery of a coherent programme of work to assess demand and provide solutions to marine evidence and monitoring challenges, as JNCC’s strategy evolves.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with key policy and delivery customers to promote JNCC’s work and identify priority areas for further engagement.
- Maintain a broad overview and understanding of JNCC’s strategy and contribute to the evolution of this in response to customer needs and priorities.
- Work collaboratively with co-team lead to maintain vision for the team within the organisation’s strategy, ensuring a good fit with other teams within JNCC.
- Work collaboratively with co-team lead to manage and direct the team’s capacity and skills to meet customer needs, ensuring staff have manageable and fulfilling outcome-focused workloads and development of individuals.
- Ensure that the team operates within JNCC’s corporate policies and procedures including planning, progress reporting, risk management and quality assurance of outputs.
- Be an effective member of senior management teams and programme boards.
Marine Evidence Team Lead, Marine Evidence Team
- Lead an international consortium to deliver EMODnet Seabed Habitats, a €1.4 million contract with the European Commission’s DG-MARE.
- Lead work to enhance the UK’s evidence base for Marine Protected Areas, benthic habitats and marine pressures and impacts.
Marine Monitoring Team Lead, Marine Monitoring Team
- Lead work to enhance the UK’s evidence base through the monitoring of Marine Protected Areas, benthic habitats and wider environment.
- Facilitate the coordination of marine biodiversity monitoring activities in the UK.
Post Responsibilities:
Line Manager: Yes
Project Manager: No
Information Management: Information Asset Owner
Technical
To be a successful candidate you will be:
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of the marine biodiversity in the UK.
- Experience of managing science and developing science for policy and operational advice in one or more of the following areas:
- Seabed habitat mapping, modelling and development of seabed habitat classifications
- Sensitivity assessments of seabed habitats and species to pressures caused by human activities
- Planning and undertaking seabed monitoring surveys using a variety of techniques, and the associated data interpretation techniques
- Data access and management
- Experience of project management, including identifying and allocating work and resources, target setting, risk assessment, evaluation, monitoring and reporting, and quality control.
Experience (Responsibilities)
To be a successful candidate you will be:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject and/or relevant recent practical work experience that provides the required technical skills and behaviours
Behaviours
- Leadership
- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
In the event that we receive a large volume of applications we reserve the right to conduct the sift based on the Lead Behaviour of Leadership.
Please see the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade:
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
Closing date and interview date
The closing date for this post is 23:55 on Sunday, 06 November 2022
The anticipated interview date is w/c Tuesday, 15 November 2022 or 21 November 2022
How to apply: https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi
