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    HR09/153 - Climate Change Policy & Projects Officer

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    Starting Salary £35,062 and benefits.
    37 hours per week

    Here, you’ll contribute to the development of our Climate Change Programme and take on specific areas of policy development.

    You’ll be experienced in interpreting information and working effectively with stakeholders.
    Educated to degree level, you’ll have excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
    and proficiency in IT including Microsoft Office. A broad understanding of the natural
    environment, preferably including relationships between climate change and forestry,
    is required. Ideally, you’ll have worked on policy issues in government departments
    or agencies and have project management skills. Frequent travel in the UK is required,
    so a driving licence would be an advantage.

    Benefits include a Civil Service Pension or stakeholder pension scheme, 25 days’ annual leave.
     community, irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, religion, sexuality and transgender.

    Please click on the job specification to view further details regarding this post.

    To download the relevant forms please click on application pack.

    To request a hard copy of the application pack, please write to Patrick Brown, HR Services, 231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 7AT.

    No recruitment agencies please.

    Closing date: 24 February 2010.

    The Forestry Commission is committed to providing equal opportunities for all sectors of the community, irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, religion, sexuality and transgender