Senior Specialist Advisor Geospatial Strategy - Aberystwyth, United Kingdom - Natural Resources Wales

Natural Resources Wales

Verified Company

Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Closing date: 20 June 2023

Location:
Flexible

Grade & Salary:
£47,408 - £52,359 (Grade 8)

Post number:203528

Type of contract:
Permanent

Work pattern:
Full Time, 37 hours per week (Part Time, Annualised Hours, Compressed Hours or Term Time Working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

NRW is an evidence led and place-based organisation.

Geospatial data and services drive everything we do and NRW's broad remit means we are responsible for a complex and diverse range of geospatial data & information.

This post is NRW's expert strategic and professional lead for geospatial services. The post reports directly to our Manager for Knowledge and Information Management.

The post plays a critical role in steering our ambition to be a place based and data driven organisation, providing geospatial services and responding to the growing volume and complexity of information, spatial data, delivery services and user needs.

It operates at the exciting interface between technology, digital and the business, enabling our data to benefit both stakeholder needs and corporate/environmental outcomes.

The post works with colleagues across NRW functions to ensure that we offer geospatial services in a way that enables NRW to achieve the place-based data requirements and opportunities set out in the Environment (Wales) Act, the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act and the challenges of the nature, climate and pollution crises.

It is also the NRW professional lead for engagement with geospatial and geography professions and external partners.

We are looking for someone who is visionary and outward looking, identifying developments that may be a benefit or threats to continued successful geospatial delivery in NRW.

Qualifications and Skills

Knowledge and experience of the following:

Proven ability to develop and deliver geospatial strategies or improvements. Strong analytic, visualisation and communication skills with the ability to translate business requirements using analysis methods and requirements gathering.
Experience of project management with a proven track record of delivering complex, organisation wide, data improvement programmes; preferably in a distributed organisation and using matrix management.
Demonstrable experience of working in partnership and co-delivery, using influencing skills and effective communication to work with internal and external partners.
Technical specialist skills and knowledge in enterprise data management e.g. (geospatial data management, spatial modelling, geo-analytics spatial data science, data transformation, spatial visualisation, integrity management and metadata).

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

agile and flexible working (role dependent)
Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 26.6% to 30.3%
28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days

- generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
- health and wellbeing benefits and support
- weekly well-being hour to use at your choice

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£47,408.00-£52,359.00 per year

Benefits: