Integrated Environment Planning Team Leader (Water Quality) - 31173
Integrated Environment Planning Team Leader (Water Quality) - 31173
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Job Description
Do you want to work for an organisation that values difference and includes everyone? Then the Environment Agency is the organisation for you!
Job Description
Do you want to work for an organisation that values difference and includes everyone? Then the Environment Agency is the organisation for you!
This is an exciting opportunity in which you will use your drive and vision to provide leadership and direction to the Integrated Environment Planning (IEP) team in Herts and North London Area.
The team you lead will be specialists who work to deliver environmental improvements for water quality, water resources and river catchments. A key focus in the next five years will be working closely with water companies on their investment programmes. Your teams will work with others in our National Directorate to hold water companies to account in their commitments to protect the environment. Your role will include maintaining the health, safety and wellbeing of your team, supporting them to develop themselves, identifying training needs and managing ways of working to ensure we can meet the needs of the future. You will need to balance the work within your team to ensure that they are focussed on the areas that will deliver the greatest environmental benefit.
You will oversee budgets, work planning, and recruitment whilst needing to be flexible and adaptable to changing work priorities.
You will be a role model and promote inclusion by respecting differences in our workforce and build a supportive and engaging workplace.
You will also take an active role in the area for the Environment Agency’s Incident response. 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.
The team
We’re a team of trusted advisors at the heart of environmental decision making, bringing together internal and external partners to facilitate integrated actions and collective delivery. This team is one of 2 IEP Teams in the Area, and leads on integrated environmental planning, with a focus on the water quality (with the other team focussing on Water Resources)
Experience/skills Required
The successful candidate should enjoy the challenge of working in a busy team, with tight deadlines, and will be
* passionate about managing, developing and supporting a team with multiple priorities and competing demands
* Enthusiastic to achieve results and in your ability to lead others to do the same.
* a positive role model who embodies Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and can inspire, motivate and enthuse a diverse range of people
* able to balance and manage demands on the team from internal and external sources to help prioritise and manage workloads.
* an excellent communicator, who can influence teams and partners to think strategically when delivering environmental outcomes.
* Able to influence the delivery of outcomes through others, often across multiple teams, and to influence our partners.
* Apply your experience of managing the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself and others
Contact and additional information
The Environment Agency is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and will take appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to access equal employment opportunities by providing reasonable adjustments at assessment stage and workplace adjustments should you be offered a role.
This permanent role will be based in our Herts and North London Area’s Alchemy Office which is fully accessible.
Some occasional travel may be required to other offices and locations.
We support flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share. Our hybrid working model combines home and office working, however you will be expected to attend the office for certain meetings.
To discuss any aspects of the roles please contact WFPG_HNL@environment-agency.gov.uk or julienunn@environment-agency.gov.uk, 07771504815
Competence 1
Delivers Results Through Others
Description
Describe a time when you have needed to draw on the input and skills of other teams to deliver work or a project.
Competence 2
Leads People
Description
Give an example of when you have led a team to accomplish significant achievements in difficult circumstances.
Competence 3
Influences and Persuades Others
Description
Being the IEP TL requires ability to influence the delivery of environmental outcomes through others, often involving and across multiple teams with differing drivers.
Please describe how your experiences and skills would enable and facilitate this.
Competence 4
Manages the Business
Description
Describe a challenging situation you have faced in terms of making the best use of the resources available to you.
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.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Quality Assurance
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