Senior Policy Officer - Low Carbon Team
2 Year FTC
£49,282 - £53,460
Your role:
The low carbon team plays a key role in setting GM's overall direction through the formulation of Greater Manchester's strategies. We are outward facing with networks across business, universities, international city governments and arts and cultural organisations.
The purpose of the role in the low carbon team is to provide high-quality development and implementation support covering strategy, policy, and partnerships across the scope of the GMCA's carbon neutral ambition. The team works on a range of high-profile policy areas that are central to Greater Manchester's 2038 carbon neutral target, which underpins the wider economic, social and recovery agendas.
Partnerships are critical to the realization of our objectives and the team is responsible for advising the Mayor, the GMCA, Green City Region Partnership Board, the GM Local Enterprise Partnership as well as other local and national partners to develop and deliver strategies and interventions that deliver a fair and just transition to net zero.
About you:
Skills, Values & Behaviours
* Communication: Ability to influence or persuade internal or external stakeholders. Speaks fluently, expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly, makes presentations and undertakes public speaking with skill and confidence. Writes convincingly and clearly, succinctly and correctly, avoids the unnecessary use of jargon or complicated language; writes in a well-structured and logical way and structures information to meet the needs and understanding of the intended audience.
* Analytical Skills: Application of strong analytical reasoning skills and intellectual focus, taking in the wider external and internal environments and proactively thinks through problems rather than reactively following a procedure-driven approach
* Planning and Organising: Ability to organise own time effectively, creating own work schedules, prioritising, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales for own self and others. Has the ability to visualise a sequence of actions needed to achieve a specific goal and how to estimate the resources required.
* Problem Solving and Decision Making: Strong decision-making skills and the ability to resolve issues in a pressurised environment. Continually performs at a high-level demonstrating commitment to achieve desired results. Prepared to challenge the status quo to bring about improvements.
* Creative Skills: Ability to find creative solutions where there are no existing parameters or procedural framework.
* Strategic Thinking: Ability to contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategy to shape future plans.
* Commercial Awareness: Demonstrates business intelligence and ability to understand and evaluate all options for optimum service delivery, identify risks and plans to mitigate, to promote entrepreneurial approaches and ensure value for money in all transactions.
* Political Awareness: Ability to understand the sensitivities and pressures of working with political figures, as well as the need to be politically neutral as an officer of the Authority
About us:
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) brings together the city region's ten councils and key partners including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) - to deliver the Greater Manchester Strategy. Our shared vision is to create a thriving city region where everyone can live a good life. We work to grow an inclusive economy and ensure people have what they need to live happy, healthy lives, tackling inequalities. Our policy department include Digital, Economy, Education, Work & Skills, Environment, Place Making, Public Service Reform, and Safer & Stronger Communities - who are supported by our essential corporate functions like Finance, Legal & Governance, People Services, Procurement and Communications.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Our offer:
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:
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Hybrid working
This role is part of GMCA's hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to 'Build Back Fairer' in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our Manchester city centre office, allocated GM Local Authority office(s), or on site in the community, with remote working, typically from home (within a reasonable commutable distance from Greater Manchester); the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: 'Do what is right for you and the business on that day'. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.
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