Senior Policy Officer in Manchester

The low carbon team plays a key role in setting Greater Manchester's overall direction through the formulation of strategies. We are outward facing with networks across business, universities, international city governments and arts and cultural organisations.

The purpose of the role in the low carbon team is to provide high-quality development and implementation support covering strategy, policy, and partnerships across the scope of the GMCA's carbon neutral ambition. The team works on a range of high-profile policy areas that are central to Greater Manchester's 2038 carbon neutral target, which underpins the wider economic, social and recovery agendas.

Partnerships are critical to the realization of our objectives and the team is responsible for advising the Mayor, the GMCA, Green City Region Partnership Board, the GM Local Enterprise Partnership as well as other local and national partners to develop and deliver strategies and interventions that deliver a fair and just transition to net zero.

About you:

• Communication: Ability to influence or persuade internal or external stakeholders. Speaks fluently, expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly, makes presentations and undertakes public speaking with skill and confidence. Writes convincingly and clearly, succinctly and correctly, avoids the unnecessary use of jargon or complicated language; writes in a well-structured and logical way and structures information to meet the needs and understanding of the intended audience.
• Analytical Skills: Application of strong analytical reasoning skills and intellectual focus, taking in the wider external and internal environments and proactively thinks through problems rather than reactively following a procedure-driven approach.
• Planning and Organising: Ability to organise own time effectively, creating own work schedules, prioritising, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales for self and others. Has the ability to visualise a sequence of actions needed to achieve a specific goal and how to estimate the resources required.
• Problem Solving and Decision Making: Strong decision-making skills and the ability to resolve issues in a pressurised environment. Continually performs at a high level demonstrating commitment to achieve desired results. Prepared to challenge the status quo to bring about improvements.
• Creative Skills: Ability to find creative solutions where there are no existing parameters or procedural framework.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategy to shape future plans.
• Commercial Awareness: Demonstrates business intelligence and ability to understand and evaluate all options for optimum service delivery, identify risks and plans to mitigate, to promote entrepreneurial approaches and ensure value for money in all transactions.
• Political Awareness: Ability to understand the sensitivities and pressures of working with political figures, as well as the need to be politically neutral as an officer of the Authority.

About us:

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) brings together the city-region's ten councils and key partners including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) - to deliver the Greater Manchester Strategy. Our shared vision is to create a thriving city region where everyone can live a good life. We work to grow an inclusive economy and ensure people have what they need to live happy, healthy lives, tackling inequalities.

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.