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Job Description
Hertfordshire and North London faces many environmental challenges. The amount of growth planned in the area is one such challenge. The successful candidate will influence development to protect and enhance the environment. Our aim is to secure the best environmental outcomes through this growth. Our work is varied and diverse. We seek to protect chalk stream rivers and groundwater, remediate contamination and steer development from flood risk areas.
Job Description
Hertfordshire and North London faces many environmental challenges. The amount of growth planned in the area is one such challenge. The successful candidate will influence development to protect and enhance the environment. Our aim is to secure the best environmental outcomes through this growth. Our work is varied and diverse. We seek to protect chalk stream rivers and groundwater, remediate contamination and steer development from flood risk areas.
As a member of our Sustainable Places team your work will involve:
* Providing a positive planning service to local planning authorities, developers and consultants
* Commenting on planning applications
* Negotiating environmental outcomes
* Providing admin support to the team
* Screening and logging on planning applications to our internal system
* Contributing to internal business improvement working groups
There is no requirement for your background to be in the planning sector.
We encourage you to apply and share your skills in helping us deliver our goals. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer. We strive to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups.
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 and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.
For more info on working with us see https://environmentagencycareers.co.uk/
The team
The Sustainable Places team is part of our Environment, Planning and Engagement department. We work in partnership with stakeholders to deliver EA2030 goals.
We are a positive, friendly and hardworking team who take pride in delivering outcomes for the environment. We are dual located across our offices in London and Welwyn Garden City.
Experience/skills Required
We're looking for a talented and dynamic team member. You will demonstrate professionalism, integrity and compassion. You will be adaptable and resilient under pressure and enjoy working as part of a supportive team. The skills we are interested in are:
* Qualified to at least degree standard (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
* Good time management skills
* Problem-solving skills
* An ability to prioritise workload
* Influencing and negotiation skills
* Excellent customer services skills
* An ability to communicate to a wide range of audiences
Most importantly, a passion to develop a career which will create a better place for people and wildlife.
Contact and additional information
Please note that travel to both Welwyn Garden City and Central London is required. Our office has a hybrid model allowing individuals to work either at home or at our office (a minimum number of days in the office per week will be agreed with your line manager).
Interviews are likely to take place in August and will be held face to face at our office in Hertfordshire.
Contact Chris Padley-Knight at Chris.Padley-Knight@environment-agency.gov.uk or wfpg_hnl@environment-agency.gov.uk for more information.
Please see the candidate pack for more information.
Competence 1
Communicates Effectively
Description
Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.
Question: A key part of this role will be communicating with customers. Please give an example of a time when you have had to tailor your communication style to a specific individual/situation.
Competence 2
Achieves Results
Description
Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results.
Question: In Sustainable Places we set out to achieve environmental gains through the planning system. Please describe a situation when you have demonstrated your ability to prioritise and organise tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results.
Competence 3
Influences and Persuades Others
Description
Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.
Question: In the planning advisor role, it is important you are able to influence others. Can you tell us about a time when you have needed to persuade someone round to your point of view? How did you do this?
Please note that your answers to the capability questions will be used for interview selection - please draw out your skills and experience in your response. 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 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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