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We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please clearly include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
Job Description
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please clearly include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We are seeking to appoint an Asset Management Inspector to support the delivery of our Water, Land and Biodiversity (WLB) asset work across the Kent, South London and East Sussex area (KSLES) to ensuring assets are safe, effective, resilient and that our future investment requirements are fully understood.
You will be expected to manage your own workload and work flexibly according to the demands of the role, with support from colleagues.
Knowing the condition of our assets underpins our risk based approached to asset management.
The information is used to help us plan our work and target our resources.
You will be collecting information on WLB assets out on site and carrying out a programme of visual inspections to determine asset condition, identify issues and liaise with colleagues to correct defects. You will also be desk-based processing the asset information in our asset management information system.
This role will include:
* Inspecting WLB assets across the KSLES area, this would be around 3 days a week
* With guidance, processing and cleansing asset data
* Assisting WLB area and national asset management staff where required.
* Assisting Area WLB Asset Management Technical lead
The team
Reporting to the WLB Asset Team Leader, who will guide your workload alongside the area Asset Management Technical Lead. The team sits within the Environment Management portfolio.
We are a dynamic, adaptable and inclusive team. You will be required to be flexible and adapt your ways of working according to changing guidance and new evidence.
You will be required to work with other teams and be expected to attend sites across the KSLES area.
Experience/skills Required
Experience in asset management, direct involvement in projects or in the delivery of asset maintenance work is an advantage but not essential. The ability to manage a varied workload is essential.
The following experiences are beneficial:
* An Interest in improving the environment for future generations
* Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with internal and external customers
* Deliver work by planning, tracking, gathering and maintaining data/information
* Working under own initiative and as part of a team to achieve planned outcomes
* Organisational skills and an ability to use MS Office (strong Excel skills are desirable)
* Proficiency in IT and confidence in managing data are also key requirements.
* Full UK Driving licence
Contact and additional information
You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training, and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.
For this role it is important that you are based within the KSLES area as it is essential you can work on sites within the KSLES area. You are however free to choose whether your base location is in Addington, Canterbury, or Tonbridge.
A full UK driving license is required for this role.
For further details please contact William Purnell william.purnell@environment-agency.gov.uk for more information.
Interviews will be held in the first week of September.
Competence 1
Manages Self
Description
Has full awareness of own strengths, weaknesses, impact and approach.
Effectively organises self and takes personal responsibility for own role in the Environment Agency.
Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answers given to the questions below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to the candidate pack for a link to our "EA capability dictionary" You may find it helpful to research the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) approach when formulating your response.
Please provide an example of a time you have demonstrated the competency in the question set out below (the answer you provide will be assessed as part of your application):
Please can you give example(s) of how you have managed workloads to achieve a desired objective, which demonstrates your ability to plan, assess and deliver the outcome?
Competence 2
Data and Information Management
Description
Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data, material or information appropriately for a variety of purposes.
Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answers given to the questions below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to the candidate pack for a link to our "EA capability dictionary" You may find it helpful to research the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) approach when formulating your response.
Please provide an example of a time you have demonstrated the competency in the question set out below (the answer you provide will be assessed as part of your application):
An Asset Management Inspector will typically spend 3 days in the field collecting data and 2 days in the office preparing and cleansing the data following guidance. Please give an example of when you have had to analyse and interpret a large data set.
What was the situation?
How did you ensure data quality was maintained?
Competence 3
Manage your health and safety
Description
Making sure your own behaviour reduces risks to the health and safety of yourself and others.
Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answers given to the questions below that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to the candidate pack for a link to our "EA capability dictionary" You may find it helpful to research the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) approach when formulating your response.
Please provide an example of a time you have demonstrated the competency in the question set out below (the answer you provide will be assessed as part of your application):
Tell us about a time when you made sure your own behaviour reduced the Health and Safety risk to you or others.
Role specific license requirements
Full UK Driving Licence
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls. Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
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