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Head of New Scrutiny Duties Development
About the job
ESS’ role is expanding to take on two new roles:
- scrutinising the Scottish Government’s delivery against the new statutory biodiversity and nature restoration targets which will be set under the Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026
- scrutinising local authorities’ reporting against climate change duties as set out in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009
To deliver these duties and to manage this significant organisational change, ESS will be recruiting new posts over the next twelve months to establish a new team within the organisation to lead the development of work to deliver these two new roles.
Job description
This postholder will be part of ESS’ executive team (ET) and will report directly to the chief executive. The postholder will be responsible for leading and overseeing the establishment of a new team to develop and deliver ESS’ approach to the two new scrutiny roles listed above.
The role will be for two years.
Application
Further information on the job role and interview process can be found here.
Applications should be submitted through Civil Service Jobs: Head of New Scrutiny Duties Development – Civil Service Jobs – GOV.UK
Applications should be submitted before 11:55pm on Sunday 12th April 2026