Woodland Carbon Code Gis Officer

7 months ago

Scotland, United Kingdom Forestry and Land Scotland Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 312742**Salary**:

- £31,178 - £33,262- 27.1% pension contribution and benefits**Job grade**:

- Other- Scottish Forestry - Pay Band 5 / CS EO**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- One Year Fixed Term with the possibility of extension.**Business area**:

- Forestry Policy**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

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Location
- ScotlandAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**About the team**

The Woodland Carbon Code (WCC) team in Scottish Forestry is responsible for the management and development of the WCC, an innovative carbon standard whose use is rapidly expanding and at the forefront of forest policy. We work with project developers, buyers and intermediaries on the development of new projects, as well as with validators and verifiers who independently check all projects.

The Woodland Carbon Code team is a small team where all members are encouraged to contribute to the future development of the programme. It is part of the Policy and Practice team at Scottish Forestry. Scottish Forestry is an agency of Scottish Government. Our purpose is the sustainable management and expansion of forest and woodlands to deliver more for Scotland.

**Job description**:
**What you will do**

This is an exciting time in the development of the WCC, one of the world’s leading domestic carbon standards.

The Woodland Carbon Code GIS Officer will be responsible for leading the creation, development and integration of geospatial data to ensure that the WCC continues to operate effectively. You will have opportunities to help shape the future of the WCC as it enters the next phase in the development of the woodland carbon market.

This is an opportunity to help shape a rapidly evolving work area to scale up our response to the climate emergency.

**Person specification**:
**Success Profile**

**Experience**

Essential:
- Experience in the development and delivery of geospatial services and products
- Experience in information management demonstrating attention to detail in managing, organising and analysing data
- Ability to form effective working relationships across different teams or communities of interest across the UK
- Desirable:
- Awareness and understanding of Earth Observation
- Understanding of forestry, the environment and/or land management
- Knowledge and experience of project management processes

**Technical**

Essential:
- Knowledge and Experience of ESRI’s desktop products including ArcMap 10 and ArcGIS Pro
- Knowledge, and experience of using, geospatial web services
- IT proficiency (especially strong Excel skills as well as the rest of the MS Office suite) and ability to work with new software and platforms

Desirable:
- Formal qualification in GIS
- Knowledge and experience using other GIS platforms
- Project management qualification or equivalent experience

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- Please see our recruitment portal for further details.
- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**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)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).-
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Pat Snowdon
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