1636 - Head of Climate Economics

at  Welsh Government

JOB SUMMARY

The Grade 7 role of Head of Climate Economics is within the Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Division in the Climate Change Group. The Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Division is responsible for developing the strategic direction of climate policy within Welsh Government. A new team is being created to supplement existing resource to further develop our economic understanding of various decarbonisation and climate adaptation pathways for Wales.
This role will be to lead the new analytical team which will assess and communicate the likely economic impacts, both positive and negative of strategic carbon reduction and climate adaptation policy. This will include assessing how UK Policy will affect Wales, Welsh Government policy and the interplay between the three.
The team will also integrate findings with work of analysts developing potential strategic climate change pathways for Wales, assessing the costs and economic benefits for Wales. The team will also engage widely across Welsh Government, with UK Government and the Climate Change Committee drawing conclusions related to economic benefit and dis-benefit of policy choices and ensuring the analysis of the team is relevant and useful to each sector.
A key role for the team will be to promote good practice, and boost the rigour of analysis of WG policy, and ensuring high standards of analysis are promoted across Welsh Government and by its contractors.
The aim is for the economic analysis to inform strategic climate change policy choices for senior officials and Ministers.
The post holder will have management responsibilities, with an SEO level economist and Assistant Economist also within the team.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Grade 7 role of Head of Climate Economics is within the Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Division in the Climate Change Group. The Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Division is responsible for developing the strategic direction of climate policy within Welsh Government. A new team is being created to supplement existing resource to further develop our economic understanding of various decarbonisation and climate adaptation pathways for Wales.
This role will be to lead the new analytical team which will assess and communicate the likely economic impacts, both positive and negative of strategic carbon reduction and climate adaptation policy. This will include assessing how UK Policy will affect Wales, Welsh Government policy and the interplay between the three.
The team will also integrate findings with work of analysts developing potential strategic climate change pathways for Wales, assessing the costs and economic benefits for Wales. The team will also engage widely across Welsh Government, with UK Government and the Climate Change Committee drawing conclusions related to economic benefit and dis-benefit of policy choices and ensuring the analysis of the team is relevant and useful to each sector.
A key role for the team will be to promote good practice, and boost the rigour of analysis of WG policy, and ensuring high standards of analysis are promoted across Welsh Government and by its contractors.
The aim is for the economic analysis to inform strategic climate change policy choices for senior officials and Ministers.
The post holder will have management responsibilities, with an SEO level economist and Assistant Economist also within the team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Application of knowledge - Leads development of analysis and synthesises evidence from a range of data and complex information sources, combining and developing these as appropriate.
• Analysis of Data - Is proactive and innovative in considering how the data / analysis will be used by non-economists, stakeholders, and Ministers.
• Effective communication - Is able to tailor the details when communicating economic concepts and evidence, ensuring that it is appropriate to the needs of specialists and non-specialist audiences.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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