Senior Environment Officer
Closing Date: 14 May 2025
Salary: Grade 6: £41,132 - £44,988 per annum
Location: Welshpool Workshop
Team / Directorate: Environment Team / Operations
Starting salary: £41,123 rising to £44,988 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)
Interview date: To be confirmed
Post number: 200575
The role
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR) - our Organisations' purpose - lies at the heart of everything we do. Everyone in NRW has a role to play in achieving SMNR and within that NRW's role in ensuring ecosystems resilience underpins wider wellbeing in Wales.
These Senior Officer roles are both within the North Powys Environment Team area, one of the three Environment Teams in Mid Wales. The North Powys Environment Team's area covers from the north of Welshpool which includes part of the Berwyn mountains, across to Machynlleth and down to the A44 and includes the Elan Valley. The area includes the source of the River Severn and River Wye on Plynlimon above Hafren Forest. Mid Wales is a beautiful area to work in.
The post holder will play a leading role at place to improve wellbeing through the sustainable management of natural resources through the team remit.
They will focus on the more complex issues/case work and provide specialist advice in the context of mainly Environment Management and Protected Sites.
Will work closely with Team Leader to ensure an effective delivery of Environment Team remit at place that maximises NRW, SMNR and Wellbeing objectives.
They will support the Team Leader in relevant partnership working and stakeholder engagement.
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Liz Park
Interviews will be conducted in person. The location will be confirmed at a later date.
Successful external applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. We aim to make offers of appointment within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.