Term: 3 year term (renewable)
Location: Wales (with home working)
Salary: Unremunerated
Closing date: noon 31 July 2023
The Welsh Government is establishing a publicly owned renewable energy developer. Its purpose is to put net zero and the communities of Wales at the heart of the transition required to address the huge challenge of climate change. The new state-owned energy developer will scale up the rollout of renewable energy projects across the Welsh public estate, principally through onshore wind and solar PV technologies. We aim to have more than one gigawatt of locally owned, locally generated clean energy by 2040. We have a genuine opportunity here to produce an income that will be reinvested in improving people’s lives in Wales as well as creating good quality, clean energy jobs.
This new company should drive a new approach to delivering benefits from renewables that really make a difference to communities. The current cost of living crisis underlines the importance of energy in our society and involving people in developing different models of benefit sharing will be crucial to the company’s success.
To help us achieve our ambitions, we are looking for an independent Chair who will play an important role in contributing to leading and setting the strategic direction of the company. As Chair, you will be responsible for establishing and leading the Board of Directors. Working closely with the CEO, you will support the company in achieving its aims to develop and implement a portfolio of onshore renewable wind and solar PV energy projects across Wales.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following:
Exceptional interpersonal skills to communicate with a diverse stakeholder group, including but not limited to central and devolved government ministers and politicians, local authority leaders, private sector and wider business representatives, environmental groups and members of the public.
Experience of operating at a senior strategic level within an organisation with significant experience of chairing meetings and events.
The ability to commit time to conduct the role well, including travel and attending events out of hours.
