Do you want to work for an organisation that values difference and includes everyone? Then the Environment Agency is the organisation for you! We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share. We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, effective, proactive leader to join our Fisheries, Biodiversity, and Geomorphology team in the North East. Your work will contribute to helping the Environment Agency create a better place for people and wildlife. This is a fantastic opportunity to use your leadership skills to bring out the best in your team by setting direction, prioritising delivery, identifying risks, solving problems, and optimising team performance to meet our goals. You will be flexible in your approach and open to regular change. Most importantly you will be able to connect with people, supporting them to be their best, ensuring their health, safety and wellbeing and developing them in their role. Key responsibilities include: •Managing health, safety & wellbeing, demonstrating best practice and ensuring your team work in line with our guidance. •Promoting inclusion by respecting differences in our workforce, building a supportive & engaged team. •Motivating and inspiring your team to deliver a consistently high standard of work. •Managing the performance of your team and supporting team members through change. •Supporting your team to provide technical advice into relevant programmes, plans, projects to ensure compliance with legislation as well as habitat creation. •Working with colleagues to identify, influence opportunities to deliver multiple benefits for the environment and to work with natural processes. •Building effective relationships, working closely with area and national teams. •Influencing internal/external stakeholders and managing conflicts that may arise. •Responding to environmental incidents.