Coastal Erosion Policy Adviser

4 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Scottish Government Full time £30,000 - £60,000 per year
Description
Job description

Do you want an exciting opportunity to join the small, friendly, Water Scarcity and Coastal Erosion team in Environmental Quality and Resilience Division?

The Division works across a number of climate change adaptation and environmental issues to protect and improve Scotland's environment for the resilience and well-being of Scotland's people and places.

The unit consists of two teams working together: Flood Risk Management Team and the Water Scarcity and Coastal Erosion Team (this post). This post provides the opportunity to take forward work with major policy implications for Scotland in the face of the impacts of climate change.

The majority of this post is a policy role working closely with the Coastal Adaptation Senior Policy Manager and the wider team, national bodies, academics and Local Authorities to progress work on coastal erosion and coastal change adaptation that has the potential to make a real difference for coastal communities in Scotland. 

This position will also act as Business Continuity Liasion Officer (BCLO) forEnvironmental Quality & Resilience Division. Each unit in the division will have their own purchaser and approver but as BCLO you will support them and division wide work. This will include working directly with the deputy director and supporting  division finance.

  Responsibilities
  • Work on Coastal Erosion and Coastal Change Adaptation policy, working collaboratively, constructively and proactively with colleagues across Scottish Government, Dynamic Coast, Local Authorities, NatureScot, SEPA and wider stakeholders to deliver policy objectives. 
  • Act as BCLO for the division – including supporting the deputy director with monthly monitoring, expenditure analysis journal requests and keeping Bud1 up-to-date. 
  • Support distribution of coastal change adaptation funds to local authorities, securing best use of available resources, through the Coastal Change Adaptation Advisory Group through being secretariat. 
  • Respond to correspondence on Coastal Erosion - while using awareness to escalate sensitive correspondence to colleagues as appropriate. 
  • Work with the team to ensure Ministers and senior officials are provided with high quality, evidence based, written and oral briefing – including leading on initial drafting of FMQs and PQs. 
  • Support development and maintenance of constructive relationships with external stakeholders, including supporting webinar planning with Verture. 
  • Manage core brief documentation and support team performance monitoring via a team task tracker. 
  • Support work to progress coastal LIDAR remote sensing surveys. 


Responsibilities
Success profile Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on.   Technical / Professional Skills
  • Basic Finance Skills – Working Level
  • Budgeting Forecasting and Costing – Working Level
     
You can find out more about the skills required here: Technical skills - Success profiles: candidate guide -   Experience
  • Experience of some financial management with the ability to consider financial data to support decision making.
     
Behaviours
  • Working Together – Level 3
  • Making Effective Decisions – Level 3
  • Communicating and Influencing – Level 3
  • Delivering at Pace – Level 3
You can find out more about Success Profiles here: Success profiles: candidate guide -
  How to apply Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1000 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above.   Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.     Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.   If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and written exercise.    Assessments are scheduled for early February however this may be subject to change.

Qualifications
About us
The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education, health, the economy, justice, housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles. Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.   We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer. As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.   Working pattern Our standard hours are 35 hours per week and we offer a range of flexible working options depending on the needs of the role. From October 2025, the Scottish Government will require staff in hybrid-compatible roles to work in-person 40% of the time, either in an office or other agreed work location. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.   Security checks Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).   You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website, or read about the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide.    Equality statement We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation.    Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.   Further information Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.   Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes.  

Apply before 23:59 on 28th December. This post is open to internal candidates and Common Citizenship Organisations only.


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