Vacancy -- Member - Snowdonia National Park Authority (Welsh Highly Desirable)
Vacancy details
Function of body
Role description
Members of NPAs are required to understand and demonstrate a commitment to National Park purposes and be prepared to commit the time necessary for regular attendance at full Authority and committee meetings, as well as member development events, working groups, events, and representing the Authority on outside bodies.
Key tasks include:
- Leading the NPA, in particular in defining and developing its strategic direction and in setting challenging objectives;
- Ensuring that the NPA’s activities are conducted and promoted in as efficient and effective a manner as possible;
- Ensuring that strategies, including the Management Plan and Local Development Plan , are developed to meet the NPA’s purposes and statutory duties, in accordance with policies and priorities set out by Welsh Government;
- Monitoring the Authority’s performance to ensure that it fully meets its aims, objectives and performance targets;
- Ensuring that the Authority’s control, regulation and monitoring of its activities, as well as those of any other bodies which it may sponsor or support, ensure value for money within a framework of best practice, regularity and propriety and to participate in the corporate planning process;
- Promoting the Welsh Government’s environmental, sustainable development, equality and social inclusion objectives.
Welsh language skills
Person specification
To be considered, you must be able to demonstrate that you have the qualities, skills and experience to meet all the essential criteria for appointment. We welcome applications from individuals who have no previous experience of working on public sector boards. Individuals are selected on merit, against the essential criteria and not as representatives of particular organisations or groups. To succeed in this role it is important you are able to apply your skills and experience in ways which help deliver the statutory purposes for which the National Parks were designated (see the second paragraph in Annex B).
The Authority will benefit from being able to draw on a wide range of skills and knowledge in its membership. You will need to be able to bring a national perspective to its work, acknowledging its role and contribution to Welsh aspirations (particularly for the well-being of future generations) whilst recognising the Park’s contribution to everyday environmental, economic, social and cultural life.
Essential Criteria
- The ability to make a strong contribution to the Park Authority through participating effectively and constructively on its committees and working groups, working in a collegiate manner at all times;
- The ability to operate effectively in a strategic or national role, providing a direction of travel for the Authority’s executive team, and communicating clearly with a range of audiences;
- The ability to effectively operate in and contribute to a Welsh/bilingual Authority Board and its wider organisational environment;
- An appreciation of the current policy and practice of National Park Authorities;
- A clear understanding and commitment to the ten principles in The Conduct of Members (Principles) (Wales) Order 2001 (see Annex D);
- Bring lived experiences reflecting the diversity that is Wales.
Knowledge or experience of promoting inclusion and diversity in a relevant context is considered essential for one post and desirable for the other. Examples could include lived experience of disadvantage or exclusion, holding one or more of the protected characteristics (1) and/or individuals with professional experience in this field. Such professional experience could include tackling financial and health inequalities, or dismantling barriers to inclusion.
Essential Skills: Skills and experience in one or more of the following areas are also essential:
- The Climate emergency – implementing practical solutions
- Changes following exit from the EU – rural economy
- Post-Covid recovery – town centre regeneration and/or sustainable tourism
- Audit and governance, with an emphasis on public sector requirements
- Town and country planning
Desirable Skills
Experience of working for a charity, being a trustee, running a business or public administration at a senior level may be advantageous but is by no means essential
[1] Age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.
Interview dates
Closing date
Additional information
Contacts:
For further information regarding the selection process, please contact publicappointments@gov.wales.
For further information regarding the role of the Snowdonia National Park Authority and the role of Members please contact:
Geraint Evans, Land, Nature and Forestry Division, Welsh Government
Tel: 0300 062 2097
E-mail: geraint.evans@gov.wales
Or
Anwen Gaffey (Members Services Officer)
Snowdonia National Park Authority
National Park Office,
Penrhyndeudraeth,
Gwynedd LL48 6LF
Tel: 01766 772226 / E-mail: anwen.gaffey@eryri.llyw.cymru
If you need any further assistance in applying for this role, please contact publicappointments@gov.wales.
For further information about Public Appointments in Wales, please visit www.gov.wales/publicappointments.
Outreach events
Snowdonia National Park Authority will be conducting outreach events during which prospective applicants will be able to meet virtually with an existing Member of the Authority to discuss what the role entails. For further details please visit their website: Eryri - Snowdonia (gov.wales). At the same link you will also find videos of existing Members discussing their roles.
How to apply
To apply for this role, click on the ‘Apply’ button below. The first time you apply for a post, you will need to complete a registration form for the Welsh Government’s online application system. You will only need to register once, and you will be able to keep yourself updated on the progress of your application, and any other applications you make, via your registered account.
Once you’ve registered, you’ll be able to access the application form. To apply you will need to submit two supporting documents. The first, a document outlining how your knowledge, skills and experiences meet the criteria for the role as outlined in the information for candidates. This document should be no more than 2 sides of A4. Your application may be rejected if you exceed this limit. The second document is a full, up to date CV. The two documents should be uploaded to the ‘Reasons for applying’ section of the online application form.
In your application, you will also be asked to provide details of any activities which have helped you to develop skills that would be useful in a public appointment role, and list the organisations for which you undertook these activities. We also need to know about any political activity that you’ve undertaken over the last 5 years.
It is recommended that you register for an account and access the application form as soon as possible so that you see how the application form is structured, before starting to prepare your evidence. You don’t have to complete the application form all in one go. You can save your responses, and log in and out as required, until you’re ready to submit – just follow the guidance in the application form.
If you’d like to apply for this opportunity in Welsh, please use the ‘Newid Iaith / Change Language’ link at the top of this page, to take you to the Welsh version of this advert, from which you can apply in Welsh.
If you need any further assistance in applying for this role, please contact the Welsh Government’s Public Appointments Team on PublicAppointments@gov.wales.
This vacancy is closed to applications.