Mine Heat Licensing Manager

Job Description

Working with our client:Our client encourage applicants from anywhere in the UK - as long as youre able to be in the Mansfield office for a minimum of 2 days a week and attend their regular team meetings in person, they embrace a hybrid working model as much as possible.They offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to youat your interview.Who they are:Here at our client, they really are a great team to work with. Theyre united in their passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.They carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping people and the environment safe from mine water pollution.They are excited about what their future holds. Their work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, they hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zeroemissions by 2050.They truly are a supportive organisation where they all live and breathe their values. They are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that they do.With a genuine commitment to flexible working, they believe that work life balance is incredibly important. There are a number of wonderful benefits that youll access being a part of their inclusive team including 27.5 days holiday (with an additional 6days flexi time), an option to work in a hybrid way, a great civil service pension scheme, generous gym membership contribution, and support for your professional membership.About the role:This is an exciting opportunity to join the licensing team as we seek to support sustainable use of their legacy coal workings by developing the area of mine heat licensing. This will require a pragmatic and consultative individual, skilled in stakeholdermanagement and with the vision to support development of new and emerging technologies utilising mine workings.The successful candidate will manage a portfolio of applications for Mine Heat licence agreements and also administer other extant licence agreements that utilise their legacy mine workings. Supporting the wider team in assessing Permit applications to developersand consultants to investigate and treat the Authoritys coal estate will also be part of the role, specifically where this relates to mine heat and other emerging technologies.This role is crucial to supporting the Authority in delivering their commitment to sustainability and as such will involve liaising with their commercial services team and providing specialist internal and external advice to customers and other stakeholderson mine heat licensing matters.For more information about the role please refer to the attached job description.About you:You will need some experience in project management, preferably in a regulatory landscape. Furthermore, you will be skilled in negotiation and stakeholder management with a can-do attitude.You will ideally have experience of dealing with other public bodies, commercial consultants and the general public.Knowledge of mining legacy issues, and forms of geological / mapping data would be preferable, as well as knowledge of the principles of legal agreements and sustainable development relating to infrastructure.Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:Our client is committed to developing a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. They encourage applications from people with the required skills and experience, from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities and beliefs. Diversity is vitalto their success and innovation and is fundamental to their values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive. They offer a guaranteed interview for candidates with disabilities who meet the basic selection criteria.If you require any reasonable adjustments or alternative format application forms you can get in touch with them by contacting the HR team by email or by phone.Other essential informationSchedule:Application closing date: Monday 9th May 2022Application outcome:They would love to respond to all candidates, however due to the high volumes they receive, only candidates invited to interview will be contacted. Therefore if you have not heard anything within 2 weeks of the closing date, please consider your applicationunsuccessful. They do encourage you to keep an eye on their website and see if there are any other roles that may be suitable for you.Security:Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.Changes to the UKs Immigration following the UKs departure from the EUPlease note there is now a new immigration system which will apply to people arriving in the UK from 1 January 2021, and EU citizens moving to the UK to work after this date will need to get a visa in advance.EU citizens applying for a skilled worker visa must now show they have a job offer from an approved employer sponsor to be able to apply. Currently, our client is not an approved employer sponsor, so they will be unable to employ any new EU citizens wishingto work in the UK after 1 January 2021.

Keyskills :
LicensingRenewable EnergySustainabilitySustainable DevelopmentEmerging Technologies