The role
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of transforming how we manage regulatory processes at Natural Resources Wales. As a key part of our specialist
Regulatory Business Management team you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of landfill Financial Provision.
Working collaboratively with colleagues across policy, permitting, operations, finance and legal, you'll lead efforts to review and strengthen NRW's Financial Provision policies and processes. Your work will ensure that landfill sites and sites using High Activity Sealed Sources (HASS) have robust, legally enforceable financial coverage in place to support long-term aftercare and environmental protection.
Beyond NRW, your expertise will help shape Welsh Government policy, contributing to the development of a revised Financial Provision system for landfill sites, with potential to expand to other permitted facilities.
If you're ready to lead meaningful change and influence environmental policy at a national level, we want to hear from you.
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact
Mike P Jones [email protected]Interviews will take place through
Microsoft Teams the week commencing 29th September.
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
About Us
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is the principal environmental body for Wales, entrusted with the vital task of protecting, maintaining and enhancing our country's natural resources. We regulate over 40 regimes from major industrial operations to traditional cockle fisheries ensuring that our environment is safeguarded for future generations.
Our work underpins the health and wellbeing of Wales' people, communities and wildlife. Through effective regulation, we reduce the risk of environmental harm, promote responsible behaviour, and support the sustainable management of our natural assets. Whether it's air quality, water safety, biodiversity or land use, our decisions shape a greener, fairer and more resilient Wales.
As part of the Regulation and Permitting department within the Evidence, Policy and Permitting Directorate, you'll join a passionate and knowledgeable team, united by a shared commitment to making a real difference. We value collaboration, integrity, and innovation-and we're proud to play a leading role in shaping a sustainable future for Wales.
What You Will Do - Update and develop NRW policy, procedure, process and Operational Guidance notes that covers subject matter. This will also include financial provision coverage for a small number of sites using High Activity Sealed Sources (HASS), as well as Waste Landfills.
- Confirm what Financial Provision mechanisms would be suitable going forward.
- Ensure appropriate financial provisions are in place for those permits that have FP condition requirements (satisfy secure, sufficient and available criteria).
- Review (and revise if appropriate) all landfill expenditure plans across the Landfill portfolio to ensure maximum exposure is covered. In particular, and working in tandem with the site officer, ensuring sufficient aftercare provision is provided for the following key categories:
- environmental monitoring
- capping
- cap maintenance
- leachate management and monitoring
- landfill gas management and monitoring
- surface water management
- site security
- producing site reports - performance report, surrender report and topographical surveys
- specified events
- Ensure there is no lapse of financial provision, with the aim of ensuring no liability exposure to NRW.
- Ensure Local Authorities have sufficient reserves to cover the expenditure plan total.
- Ensure legal enforceability of Financial Provision draw-down if appropriate to do so and inform any legislative amendments needed.
- Assessment of permit holders financial position as a going concern.
- Provide expert financial advice and guidance on technically complex areas, recording and communicating risks and issues to appropriate governance forums. Providing regular updates on the assessment of operator's finances to give regard to risk of site abandonment so that proactive mitigatory steps can be put into place.
- Advocate compliance with our Financial Scheme of Delegation (Managing our Money), identifying and then either resolving or referring issues to the specialists for resolution.
- Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
- Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy , together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
- Be committed to your own development *and that of your staff through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
- Required to take part in incident response activities (For roles with exact or strong link only)
Your Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge And Skills
In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method .
- Relevant degree, relevant professional qualification or qualified by experience.
- Experience working within a finance and/or regulatory environment at a professional level.
- Knowledge of 'Managing Welsh Public Money' Principles & HMT's 'Classification of Receipts'.
- Understand a wide range of our business and environmental activities.
- Understand, interpret and provide advice and solutions on technical and complex financial and/or regulatory matters and communicate the results to non-technical staff in an understandable and engaging way.
- Knowledge and understanding of our Finance / Non-Finance Scheme of Delegation with an ability to advise others.
Welsh Language Level Requirements
- Essential: A1 - Entry level
Welsh language levels
Please note if you do not meet the level A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Benefits
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
- Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
- 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
- generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
- commitment to professional development
- health and wellbeing benefits and support
- weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose
See full details for all the
employee benefits you will receive.
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We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards . Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.
You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English and any application submitted will be treated equally. Applications are welcome from individuals who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time.
