Overview
At the Environment Agency we aspire for inclusivity to thrive in our workforce. We embrace equal opportunities and flexible work arrangements, ensuring everyone can contribute and succeed.
Role summary
We are looking for a strategic thinker who sees the bigger picture and is passionate about tackling crime in the waste sector. This Environment Agency priority attracts a great deal of attention and scrutiny from the government, media and waste industry.
Responsibilities
* Secure sustainable funding.
* Shape strategy to guide the organisation.
* Provide support and expertise to effectively embed strategy.
* Develop metrics and use data-driven insights to assess the scale of waste crime and the effectiveness of interventions.
* Advise and influence Defra to ensure effective powers and legislation to stop offending.
* Provide leadership on strategic communications and external engagement to deter waste crime.
* Deliver accurate and accessible information to inform, engage, and foster understanding across diverse audiences.
In this role you will initially:
* Take a lead role in reviewing the Strategy to Reduce Offending in the Waste Sector.
* Engage extensively internally and externally and collaborate with key stakeholders including Defra, industry and operational teams to shape strategy.
* Utilise data to ensure that the strategy is grounded in evidence.
* Develop control plans to translate strategy into meaningful action across the organisation.
Experience/skills Required
* Ability to build and maintain relationships with colleagues and partners in dispersed and external networks.
* Skilled at persuading others and influencing outcomes from a senior audience.
* Confidence to challenge how we work and be creative in building solutions that support efficiency and effectiveness.
* Enthusiastic, well-organised, and tenacious to keep work moving at pace.
* Clear communicator who works to get the best out of people.
* Track record of achieving results and experience of planning, managing, and delivering to tight deadlines.
* Ability to re-evaluate how we work to enable effective and efficient delivery.
* Previous experience in a regulation and/or enforcement.
* Broad understanding of the waste industry.
* An awareness of the strategic landscape challenges we face tackling crime in the waste sector.
Additional information
You’ll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.
Location: EA Office base with flexible/hybrid working. Some travel and overnights may be required. You’ll be supported with an inclusive incident management objective in your development plan and will be matched to a role that suits your needs. Training will be provided.
Please read the Candidate / Additional Information Pack for information. Any queries, please contact samantha.clayton@environment-agency.gov.uk or bob.mead@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Applications will be “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions. If you consent to being held on a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for 6 months and may offer you an alternative post.
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