Incident Training and Exercising Officer
Incident Training and Exercising Officer
Number of jobs available
1
Region
London, South East
City/Town
Welwyn Garden City
Building/Site
DEFRA GRP EA ALCHEMY, AL7 1HE
Grade
Staff Grade 4
Post Type
Fixed Term
Role Type
Education and Training, Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery, Risk Management
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time
Salary Minimum
£34,320 Pro-rata
Closing Date:
13/10/2025, 23:55 hours
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Job description
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community wishing to join a workforce which embraces difference and welcomes everyone.
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and enthusiastic professional to join us in developing the Environment Agency's incident management service in Hertfordshire and North London. Within a team of emergency planners, you will support our incident training and exercising portfolio. You will work with colleagues and professional partners to ensure our staff working at strategic, tactical and operational levels are prepared to respond to all types of environmental and flooding incidents. You will:
* Contribute to the development and maintenance of an incident training and exercising plan, prioritising needs around the risk and resource available.
* Participate in the creation and delivery of staff training and exercising, ensuring it is delivered competently and effectively by using assured standards.
* Collaborate with colleagues locally and nationally, contributing to the development our incident training and exercising across the wider organisation.
* Support our multi-agency work, including in the delivery of training and exercising with external partners as part of our Local and Borough Resilience Forum engagement.
* Support the team to the team to carry out its wider emergency planning functions including reviewing existing and emerging risks; updating incident management plans and procedures, and implementing improvements to our incident management systems and ways of working.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. 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. Full training and workplace adjustments will be available to support you with your incident role.
The team
The Area Incident Team coordinates and assures our incident management activities. We ensure the best delivery of incident response to protect communities and the environment, whilst fulfilling our responsibilities as a Category 1 responder. We work with internal teams and external partners through Local Resilience Forums to assess risks, plan, train, exercise, respond effectively, recover, and learn & improve.
Experience/skills required
You will have:
* Effective written and verbal communication skills, and use a range of styles to address different audiences.
* Experience of producing and delivering high quality training and exercising.
* Practical experience of responding to incidents; awareness of emergency management and JESIP principles, and an understanding of the Environment Agency's role as a Category 1 responder.
* Confidence working on your own and collaboratively as part of team.
* Strong organisational skills, able to prioritise a varied workload whilst maintaining attention to detail, ensuring your work is delivered to a high standard.
* Competent IT skills, including confidence when learning new systems.
* Resilience and adaptability under pressure and in changing circumstances.
* Commitment to a culture that promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion; health safety and wellbeing, and to tackling the impacts of the climate and ecological emergency through your work.
Contact and additional information
Please note this is a 12 month fixed term opportunity. This is a full time vacancy, however we support flexible working and welcome applications for alternative working patterns, including part time.
You will be based from our Welwyn Garden City office. There will be an expectation of regular travel to the office as well as the flexibility to work from home.
Interviews will be in person at our Alchemy office in Welwyn Garden City.
For further information on the role, please download the candidate pack. If you have any further questions, please contact: -
Length of contract
Up to 12-months
Competence 1
Achieves Results
Description
Give an example where you have set and delivered high work standards. How have you prioritised and organised tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results?
Competence 2
Communicates Effectively
Description
Using an example, provide evidence of your ability to communicate effectively. This should highlight your ability to convey information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through both speech and writing.
Competence 3
Works in Teams
Description
Tell us how you have worked co-operatively as part of a team or across multiple teams to achieve a common goal? What was your role and how did you ensure you worked effectively alongside others?
Please note that your answers to the capability questions will be used for shortlisting purposes. Your examples do not necessarily have to be work related, please use the best example from any area of your life. You may find researching the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result) useful when answering the questions. It is highly recommended that you read this and the EA capability framework before answering.
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 for more information.
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Although the Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, we subscribe to and align with the candidate guidance on the use of artificial intelligence found on the Civil Service Careers website. Please review for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.