Job: Lead Analyst - Infrastructure
Salary:£32076 - £45441
Hours:Full-time (36.25 hours over a five-day period, flexible arrangements available)
Job type: Fixed-term (24 months)(secondments from partner organisations would be considered), with extension dependent on funding.
Location:Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Tootal Building, 54 Oxford Road, Manchester (with a hybrid approach to working location).
Advert closing date: 23/10/2024 at 23:59
Interviews:w/c 4th November (in person)
Role profile attached at the bottom
Your role:
Would you like to be part of a nationally recognised and leading team. The GMCA in partnership with the Environment Agency and United Utilities, is spearheading theIntegrated Water Management Plan (IWMP).
This initiative is dedicated to:
- Developing and implementing a new way of working, that will enable collaboration and integration across multiple partners.
- Delivering committed investment programmes whilst leveraging added value.
- Accelerating the implementation of natural flood management interventions in key locations - to lower carbon emissions, increase our resilience to climate change and enhance nature, people's well-being and the quality of towns and cities.
- Managing water wherever it falls to prevent rainwater from entering the combined sewage system, reducing surface water flood risk and improving water quality.
- Ensuring new developments are delivered in partnership and in accordance with committed standards and best practice.
We are looking for a lead analyst with experience of GIS visualisation and analysis, appraisal business case development to join the team. A background in planning, infrastructure or water sectors would be a bonus but is not necessary. If you can show an interest in water management and analysis to support this exciting initiative we’d be pleased to hear from you.
Secondments from the Environment Agency, water sector, local authorities and TfGM are welcome.
About you:
We want Greater Manchester to be a place where everyone can live a good life, growing up, getting on and growing old in a greener, fairer more prosperous city region.
The successful candidate will be comfortable with geospatial data and analysis. They should also be able to interpret asks from policy teams and show ability to work with people from multiple organisations.
We are looking for someone who can show us they:
- have experience of undertaking research and analysis, including delivering research projects, appraisals or business cases.
- are confident and comfortable in sourcing, analysing and presenting complex geospatial information to specialist and non-specialist audiences to inform policy development and delivery of services.
- have strong analytical capabilities (quantitative or qualitative), with evidence of working with complex geospatial data sets, including data visualisation skills.
- skills in map-making and designing clear, informative maps and visual representations that can communicate insights effectively to stakeholders.
- possess excellent writing and presentation abilities (to present technical material to non-technical audiences).
- have strong interpersonal skills to work with various stakeholders, internally and externally.
- have, or are interested in developing, an awareness of the infrastructure policy local and nationally.
- have, or are interested in developing, an awareness of the political landscape of Greater Manchester both locally and nationally.
- are eager to learn new techniques and approaches you are self-motivated and able to use your own initiative to take work forward.
- are committed to equality and diversity, both within your work, and the wider workplace.
This experience may come from previous work experience, lived experience, or academic study. Candidates are likely to have prior experience working in a related field, such as (but not limited to) infrastructure, environment, water, transport, or sustainable lifestyles.
If you think you meet some, but not all the above criteria, please do still consider applying. Please set out in your supporting statement how you meet the above criteria and the requirements in the job description, please note the job description covers grade 6-8 this role is a grade 7-8 role.
You will be expected to:
- Always hold yourself and others to a high standard of professionalism, demonstrating your commitment to our values ((a) Purpose driven and delivery focussed (b) Collaborative and (c) Empowering) and behaviours as well as ensuring service confidentiality is maintained throughout all we do.
- Work with other teams internally and externally to build trust.
- Ensure the services delivered internally and externally are inclusive and accessible, integrated with the service.
- To align work area to the GMCA corporate plan and ensure work practices are inclusive of this value & strategic intent.
If this role is of interest to you, but other factors are making you hesitant to apply, we would still love to hear from you and would work with you to overcome any challenges. Secondments are also welcome.