What you’ll be responsible for
1. Identify stakeholders within Dŵr Cymru’s drinking water catchments. Stakeholders include land managers and owners, our regulators, communities, customers, and colleagues
2. Represent Welsh Water on partnership working groups where required
3. Represent Dŵr Cymru at regional and national events to promote our messages and identify potential opportunities for future collaborative working
4. Identify external opportunities for collaborative projects and work with Catchment Project Specialists to progress ideas
5. Manage specific WaterSource projects within your area; promoting best practice by organising education and awareness sessions and signposting to key literature, and promoting innovation
6. Ensure projects are deliver on time and within allocated budget
7. Facilitate post project reviews and ensure lessons learnt from projects are shared and processes refined accordingly
8. Provide intelligence to the Catchment Spatial Risk Analysts to facilitate the maintenance and keep live Dŵr Cymru’s DWSPs
9. Provide local knowledge in event of incidents to support the Catchment Risk Coordinators in the management of incidents
10. Work with the team to identify locations for sampling/ monitoring as part of the NEP investigations data collection and support the collection of data as appropriate
11. Undertake routine catchment inspections or sampling as required
12. Ensure all activities undertaken comply with Dŵr Cymru’s Health, Safety & Wellbeing policies and local team procedures to ensure a safe working environment is maintained.
Who you’ll work with
Internal
• Water Services
• Estates
• Water Resources
• Environment Team
• Central Asset Strategy
External
• Land owners/ users
• Farming Organisations/ Unions
• NRW
• Local communities
• Third sector
• Local authorities
• National Parks
• Academic Research Institutions
• Other leading companies within the water sector
About you
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
* Qualified to a minimum of degree level in a relevant subject or 3years experience working in relevant field
* A history of working in the environmental sector with a proven track record of successfully working with environmental or community interest groups, the agricultural sector and environmental regulators
* A good level of knowledge and understanding of diffuse pollution sources and pathways, agri-environment schemes, water resource protection and the water industry
* Able to demonstrate good communication skills
* Have the ability to develop positive working relationships and to be seen as a highly credible representative of the business.
* Able to manage projects with a strong focus on problem resolution, multi-tasking and has the tenacity and determination to see through a job to its full conclusion.
* Hold a full UK driving licence with access to own vehicle and ability to travel across Dŵr Cymru’s operating area as job requires.
Good to know
* This role includes hybrid working.
* The successful candidate will participate in the catchment standby rota after probation.
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