Member - Natural Resources Wales
- Body
- Natural Resources Wales
- Appointing Department
- Welsh Government
- Sector
- Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Location
- The role can be located anywhere in Wales
- Number of Vacancies
- 6
- Remuneration
- Remuneration is based on £350 per day plus reasonable expenses
- Time Requirements
- Minimum of 36 days per year
Campaign Timeline
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Competition Launched
11/05/2022
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Closed for Applications
27/06/2022 at 12:00
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Panel Sift
15/08/2022
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Final Interview Date
23/09/2022
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Announcement
23/12/2021
Announcement
An announcement has been made on the outcome of this appointment.
Date: 23/08/2022
Vacancy Description
We are looking for three new Board members to commence from September 2022:
- Board member suitable for appointment as Chair of Board Finance Sub Committee;
- Board member suitable for appointment as Chair of Board Flood Risk Management Sub Committee;
- Board member with knowledge of the timber and renewable energy markets.
One Board member to commence on 01 November 2022:
- Board member suitable for appointment as Chair of the Board Audit & Risk Committee.
And two Board members to commence on 09 November 2022:
- Board member with experience of social/community engagement and the third sector and/or social enterprise;
- Board member suitable for appointment as member of the Wales Land Management Forum.
We welcome applications for from individuals wanting to be considered for one or more of the roles being advertised. Please be careful to specify in your personal statement which role(s) you wish to be considered for.
Person Specification
All candidates need to demonstrate the following essential skills and behaviours:
Essential criteria: across all roles:
- Respect for and understanding of the principles of accountability and good governance
- Judgement in complex decision-making
- Ability to interpret and challenge financial reports and wider performance issues
- A focus on our future generations: thinking about the long-term impact of decisions and actions
- A demonstrable commitment to understanding and championing issues of equality, diversity, and inclusiveness in the workplace, in a leadership role, and/or in service delivery
Candidates’ applications will be strengthened by demonstrating some or all of the following desirable skills and behaviours
Desirable criteria: across all roles:
- A commitment to and passion for, tackling the challenges of the climate and nature emergencies, and pursuing and promoting the sustainable management of natural resources
- Either a public profile or communications and/or digital experience
- Experience of accounting or finance roles and/or responsibilities (including at board or committee level)
- The ability to communicate in the Welsh Language (except Role 6 (essential as specified))
- Understanding: can understand parts of a basic conversation;
- Speaking: can hold a basic conversation in Welsh;
- Reading: can read some basic words and phrases with understanding;
- Writing: can write basic messages on everyday topics.
In addition, we are looking for people who meet the following skills and all candidates should demonstrate the following skills and behaviours relevant to the role (or roles) for which they wish to apply. Please clearly specify which role(s) you wish to be considered for:
Role 1 – Board member suitable to act as Chair of the Finance Committee
- Experience chairing a senior committee
- Comfortable interpreting and challenging financial reports and forecasts and wider performance issues
- A good understanding of public sector finances in Wales would be desirable
Role 2 – Board member suitable to act as Chair of the Flood Risk Management Committee
- Experience chairing a senior committee
- Comfortable interpreting and challenging financial reports and forecasts and wider performance issues related to flood management
- A good understanding of the risks and issues associated with flood management would be desirable
Role 3 – Board member: timber and renewable energy
- Knowledge of the timber and renewable energy markets.
- Private sector experience would be desirable, including commercial activity and social value
Role 4 – Board member suitable to act as Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee
- Experience chairing a senior committee
- Comfortable interpreting and challenging financial reports and forecasts and wider performance issues
- A good understanding of audit and risk in the public sector in Wales would be desirable
Role 5 – Board member: social/community engagement
- Experience of social and/or community engagement, preferably from an environmental perspective
- Knowledge of the third sector and/or social enterprise
Role 6 – Board member suitable to act as member of the Wales Land Management Forum
- Experience chairing a senior committee or group that includes a wide range of external stakeholders
- Experience in land, landscape, forestry or environmental management
- The ability to communicate in the Welsh Language
- Understanding: can understand most work-related conversations;
- Speaking: can converse in most work-related conversations;
- Reading: can read some routine work-related material with support e.g. dictionary;
- Writing: can prepare routine work-related material with checking
Please note: appointment of Board members to Committee and Forum membership positions is a matter for the Board of NRW. If successful in your application to be appointed to the Board of NRW, further appointment into these positions will be a matter for the Board of NRW. In addition, Chairs of Sub Committees currently attract a greater number of days’ remuneration.
Additional Information
Contacts
To make an application please visit the Welsh Government’s public appointment website. For queries about the role please email the Welsh Government’s Public Appointments Unit.
For details of information events available to prospective candidates please follow this link to take you to pages of the third-party executive search agency which is supporting this process, Green Park Interim & Executive Ltd.
How to Apply
To apply for this role, click on the ‘Apply’ button on the Welsh Government online recruitment centre. The first time you apply for a post, you will need to complete a registration form for the Welsh Government’s online application system. You will only need to register once, and you will be able to keep yourself updated on the progress of your application, and any other applications you make, via your registered account.
Once you’ve registered, you’ll be able to access the application form. To apply you will need to submit two supporting documents. The first, a document outlining how your knowledge, skills and experiences meet the criteria for the role as outlined in the information for candidates. This document should be no more than 2 sides of A4. Your application may be rejected if you exceed this limit. The second document is a full, up to date CV. The two documents should be uploaded to the ‘Reasons for applying’ section of the online application form.
In your application, you will also be asked to provide details of any activities which have helped you to develop skills that would be useful in a public appointment role, and list the organisations for which you undertook these activities. We also need to know about any political activity that you’ve undertaken over the last 5 years.
It is recommended that you register for an account and access the application form as soon as possible so that you see how the application form is structured, before starting to prepare your evidence. You don’t have to complete the application form all in one go. You can save your responses, and log in and out as required, until you’re ready to submit – just follow the guidance in the application form.
If you’d like to apply for this opportunity in Welsh, please use the ‘Newid Iaith / Change Language’ link at the top of this page, to take you to the Welsh version of this advert, from which you can apply in Welsh.
If you need any further assistance in applying for this role, please contact the Welsh Government’s Public Appointments Team on: PublicAppointments@gov.wales.