Economist (Scottish Forestry)

4 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Scottish Forestry Full time

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

- 353350**Salary**:

- £49,493 - £53,884- including 27.9% pension contribution and benefits**Job grade**:

- Other- Pay Band 3 / CS SEO**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- SF - Policy**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- EdinburghAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Scottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, regulation, grants incentives, technical forestry advice and new cross-border arrangements. We aim to protect and expand forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment.

The Economics and Woodland Carbon Code team provides a service across Britain in support of the forestry authorities (Scottish Forestry, the Forestry Commission, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Forest Service). The team ensures that the many outputs of woodlands are appropriately valued and accounted for in policy and decision making.

**Job description**:
**Person specification**:
**Experience**

Essential:

- A qualified and experienced economist with knowledge of, or interest in, natural resource economics, you will have:

- experience of economic appraisal, development of evidence-based business cases, and evaluation;
- a history of collaborative working and developing strong working relationships;
- a proven track record in data analysis and communicating findings to non-economists; and,
- proficiency in using excel and other relevant software packages.

Desirable:

- experience in natural resource economics
- understanding of land management activities

**Technical**

Essential:

- An economics degree (or a degree with at least 50% of the modules economics-related), or a masters degree in economics

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- Please see our recruitment portal for further information.
- 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).-
**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (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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