Overview
The Environment Agency has a broad, varied remit to protect and enhance the environment, with a goal to create a cleaner, safer and healthier environment for people and wildlife. Water is at the heart of all we do, drinking, washing, recreation, industry and health. Our environment and economy depend on this precious resource, and clean and available water is essential. As water becomes increasingly scarce, we need to do more to protect it.
Water companies must invest billions of pounds over the next five years to protect the environment from pollution. We need your knowledge and experience to help advise water companies on their plans and hold them to account for protecting the water environment. Join the teams that ensure our environment is protected now and for future generations.
What you will do
You will work alongside Water Quality Officers to establish and embed Bathing Waters work in our teams and support the Operational community of practice to fulfil its responsibilities. This includes assessing Water Company proposals to meet bathing water standards and developing innovative methods to achieve this. You will work closely with teams from the Environment Agency, such as Local Area Integrated Environmental Planning and National Water Quality Guidance Teams. You will also engage with water companies and other external stakeholders to achieve outcomes for Bathing Waters.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role, making yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. Training is available to support you with your incident role. This may attract an additional payment.
Team
Operations Catchment Services works to secure outcomes across key stakeholders, influencing significant investment in the water environment. This post will be part of the OCS Water Quality team. We take a one business approach, working closely with colleagues across the organisation. We are a dispersed team, meeting face to face when the need arises. Training and mentoring support will be provided.
Essential
Experience/skills required
* Knowledge of water quality planning, bathing water regulations, an understanding of the water industry and price review processes. Excellent communication and networking skills, as you will work with a range of Environment Agency colleagues and external stakeholders.
* Ability to analyse technical information
* Experience of presenting technical information to a wide audience.
* Organisational skills and the ability to plan, track, deliver and evaluate work, meeting relevant standards and timescales.
* Work experience in an environmental discipline – for example but not limited to - Water companies, Environmental consultancies, regulatory roles, research and education and Environmental charities.
Desirable
* Degree or postgraduate qualification in an environmental discipline – for example, but not limited to – Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Ecology, Environmental science, Sustainability, Data science and analytics.
* Experience in water quality modelling.
Contact and additional information
You will be working as part of a dispersed team and expected to travel for national meetings with occasional overnight stays.
We aim to create and maintain a diverse workforce that reflects the UK’s economically active population. Therefore, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), disabled, female and LGBT+ candidates who are under-represented across our workforce. We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working patterns, including part time and job share.
If you have any questions regarding the vacancy or application process, please contact the Recruiting Manager at dave.sanderson@environment-agency.gov.uk
Interviews will be held using MS Teams and will involve competency-based questions. For information on these competencies please see the Environment Agency capability dictionary: https://en.calameo.com/books/004433680aab41adf893b
Competences assessed in interviews
Competence 1 - Data and Information Management: Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data, material or information appropriately for a variety of purposes. Provide an example of when you have managed technical data to make an informed decision or produce a report. Include: technical nature of the data, how you sorted relevant from irrelevant data, how you organised your report, how data was stored, and how you would approach a similar situation now. Use the STAR approach.
Competence 2 - Communicates Effectively: Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information clearly through speech and writing. Describe when you have used your communication skills to convey technical information clearly. Include subject matter, method of communication, understanding checks, results, and what you would change next time. Use the STAR approach.
Competence 3 - Works in Teams: Demonstrates cooperative teamwork, especially within a dispersed team. Provide an example of working within or across teams to achieve a common goal, your role, and what contributed to success. Use STAR. The Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service and has a Guaranteed Interview Policy for applicants with a disability who meet minimum criteria.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome flexible working patterns, including job share. If applying from Civil Service or local government, note considerations about continuous service and redundancy calculations as applicable.
Artificial intelligence may be used to support applications, but all examples must be truthful and from your own experience. Do not plagiarise. For more information on appropriate and inappropriate AI use, review Civil Service Careers guidance.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Other, Information Technology, and Management
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