Climate Adaptation and Resilience Lead

The Role

The Climate Adaptation and Resilience Lead provides expert technical leadership to identify, assess, and manage climate risks, coordinating organisation-wide adaptation activities and advising at both strategic and operational levels to ensure Transport for Wales (TfW) effectively responds to the impacts of a changing climate.

Role Responsibilities

• Undertake Climate Change Risk Assessments on the transport network, working collaboratively with internal teams to reduce the impact of climate change on our network and operations.
• Advise project teams and external consultants to assess climate risk, using TfW's Climate Change Risk Assessment Framework to ensure climate resilience is factored into project designs and plans.
• Advise the Infrastructure Manager and Engineering teams on developing innovative climate change adaptation solutions, providing technical expertise and disseminating current climate adaptation advice and best practice.
• Update the Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan at agreed intervals and provide an annual progress update on delivery of actions set out within the plan.

Who We're Looking For

• Degree in a relevant subject such as environmental science, engineering or geography, and/or significant working experience in a technical area such as climate science or geotechnical engineering.
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking climate change risk assessments and utilising climate projections data and site-based information to assess climate risk.
• Experience of developing and delivering climate change adaptation projects.
• Demonstrable knowledge of climate change adaptation, resilience, and associated policy and regulatory frameworks, with ability to apply this in a practical, operational context.
• Experience preparing technical reports on climate risk and adaptation.

Welsh Language Skills

While not essential, Welsh language skills would make a great addition to your application. TfW supports anyone who wants to learn Welsh or improve their skills through online learning, classroom courses, and local community courses funding.

Equal Opportunities

Transport for Wales is an equal opportunities employer. The diversity of backgrounds, cultures and abilities in our workforce improves our services and drives innovation.