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Policy Adviser – Wales (Maternity Cover), COUNTRY LAND & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
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Policy Adviser – Wales (Maternity Cover)
About the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) in Wales
The CLA Cymru team, based in Builth Wells at the Royal Welsh Showground, exists to serve our members. Our members consist primarily of landowners, large and small, with a host of business interests, for which we provide advice, networking opportunities, educational events and importantly, political lobbying.
We engage formally with our members via branch and policy committees, with other face to face meetings being held in person at informative, educational and social events, agricultural shows and conferences and seminars. We also run webinars and utilise other forms of technological methods to connect and communicate with our members.
Beyond member communications and events, our team in Wales focusses on political lobbying and policy work, with the aim of enhancing the rural economy and the needs of our members. The policy areas that often affect our members include: farming and land use, tourism, housing, planning, infrastructure and connectivity, all within a rural setting.
What you’ll be doing
We now have an exciting opening for a Policy Adviser to join our team on maternity cover. This role will work particularly closely with the Director Wales and the Policy Team.
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Policy Support
The primary policy areas requiring support will be:
- Tourism
- Housing
- Rural crime
With it being a pivotal Senedd election year, this role is required to support the policy and external affairs teams in delivering the key messages, set out in our manifesto, to a new Welsh Government. In particular, we will be striving for changes to policing budgets for rural crime focus, a holistic evaluation of all tourism policies, especially focussing on a reduction in the 182 day holiday letting rule, and a reversal of the tourism levy and a reconsideration of the proposed licensing system, each of which can be harmful to rural businesses.
This role will require you to be on top of the regulatory requirements of the above named sectors, and have the ability to articulate in writing our requirements for the sector, develop consultation responses and also papers for committees.
Advising Members
You will provide high-quality advice to members, both verbally and in writing, on a range of rural policy and land-based issues. This will include responding to enquiries in a timely and accurate manner and ensuring all advice is appropriately recorded on the CRM system, in line with CLA service standards.
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Beyond the minimum role requirements as mentioned in the Job Description, you will have the ability to work with our comms and external affairs teams to create lobbying campaigns on the topics which you lead.
What you’ll bring to the role
The person we are looking for must be:
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- An excellent communicator who can work well within a small team
- Have excellent written and grammatical skills
There will be a requirement to work out of our office in Builth Wells (for a minimum of three days a week), and availability to work flexibly and attend meetings and events across Wales when required.
Working arrangements
This role is suitable for a full-time junior level, or a part-time mid-high level experienced individual. If you require more information about the hours and pay, please contact us.
Interview process
There will be two stages to the interview process:
- First stage interviews will take place online on Friday 17th July.
- Second stage interviews will take place in our office in Builth Wells on Monday 27th May.
Application Process
Please apply in writing, by email, explaining how you meet the criteria for the position together with a CV via the button below.
Application deadline: Sunday 12th July.
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