Main characteristics
- Company
- Natural Resources Wales
- Employment type
- Permanent
Job summary
Specialist Advisor Fisheries INNS ManagementLocation: Flexible (Llandarcy preferred)
Grade & Salary: 6 , £34,427 rising to £37,656 over four years
Post number: 202219
Type of contract: Permanent/ Fixed Term appointment until 31st March 2021
Work pattern: full time
Closing date: 29 November 2020
Benefits: Civil Service pension, 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days over 5 years, flexible working options, occupational health including counselling and advisory services and eye care, childcare vouchers and salary sacrifice schemes.
Role Purpose
The post will develop appropriate site management plans and interventions to address invasive non-native fish (topmouth gudgeon) issues in Wales.
It will assess current monitoring data for infected sites and improve top mouth gudgeon monitoring mechanisms to provide more informed distribution and risk management data to support appropriate management interventions in Wales.
It will assess control and eradication options for infected sites and develop a control and eradication management plan for Wales.
It will review current biosecurity provision, identify and implement improvements to manage the risk posed at affected sites and to prevent the spread of topmouth gudgeon to other fisheries locations.
Qualifications and Skills
Excellent skills in engagement, influencing, developing innovative approaches to complex problems
Excellent at building effective working relationship with colleagues and partners
Significant knowledge of the requirements of environmental legislation relating to the place remit
You will have specialist knowledge of fisheries management. Ability to assess multiple, complex, sources of information and engage others in making good decisions
Excellent communication and inter-personal skills with a customer focus
Experience of negotiating with senior managers
Experience of influencing at senior level of organisations
Excellent at building effective working relationship with colleagues and partners
Excellent organisational skills
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