Overview
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve, so welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds. We also welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share.
The work of the Environment Agency is vitally important to everyone in England. From air and water quality to conservation and ecology, we’re responsible for protecting wildlife and creating better places in which to live.
Using the right models, tools, and technologies is fundamental to every decision we make in protecting and enhancing the environment. At the heart of this is our Modelling and Tools team, which not only delivers expert technical services, advice, and guidance but also champions a culture of continuous improvement. By ensuring our data and applications are managed effectively, the team drives innovation and excellence across the organisation.
As a centre of excellence, the team leads the way on IT strategy, and support for modelling, constantly evolving our capabilities to meet emerging challenges. We are committed to refining our approaches, embracing new technologies, and embedding best practices to ensure our modelling landscape remains robust, scalable, and future-ready.
Join us, and you’ll play a pivotal role in integrating modelling activity across diverse business areas, while helping to shape strategies that anticipate and respond to future modelling needs. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone eager to gain hands-on experience in managing and governing our modelling estate, while actively contributing to a culture of learning, adaptation, and continuous enhancement.
Team and Role
You’ll be part of the Modelling and Tools team, collaborating with stakeholders across Digital, Data and Technology Services, IT suppliers, and users throughout the Environment Agency. You’ll contribute to forward-looking IT projects, including the continuing development of our Central Modelling Platform, a cloud-based environment designed to scale with future demands. We are constantly exploring new technologies and methodologies to ensure our modelling capabilities evolve in step with the needs of the organisation and the environment.
Experience/skills Required
We’re looking for: a proactive communicator who is passionate about driving continuous improvement and delivering value to users. You’ll be organized, self-motivated, and collaborative as well as skilled at gathering requirements, listening to diverse perspectives, and translating them into effective solutions.
* Advocate for consistency/strategic alignment in modelling practices, while supporting the adoption of new technologies/approaches.
* Resolve business challenges, promote adherence to model management principles, and help embed a culture of innovation and improvement.
* Opportunity to deepen expertise in service development and management, while exploring data science and cloud technologies.
* Help shape the roadmap to meet evolving user needs today and in the future.
* Experience with service management and cloud hosting is beneficial; awareness of open source tools is useful. A growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning are essential.
Other information
Your capability answers will be used to determine interview selection. Please draw out your skills and experience relative to this role in your response.
As this is a national role the working location is flexible, but you’ll have an EA office base location. Some travel and overnight stays will be required.
You’ll have an incident management objective in your development plan. We’ll support you to find a role to suit your needs and circumstances. Appropriate training will be given.
This is a permanent role and we are supportive of creating a diverse workforce.
Interviews will be held by MS Teams in the latter part of September.
Contact: Nik Rudge – nik.rudge@environment-agency.gov.uk / 02030252819 if you would like to discuss the role further.
Competences
* Focuses on Customers and Partners
Description - Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses.
Question: Describe a situation where a customer’s requirements were unclear or conflicting. How did you clarify and agree their needs and deliver a workable solution?
* 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: Tell us of a time when you have influenced someone to change their position in relation to a task or point of view. This could be something that you were seeking to achieve or prevent. Explain the techniques you used and why.
* Data and Information Management
Description - Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data, material or information appropriately for a variety of purposes.
Question: Give an example of when you have had to analyse and interpret data and present it in a usable format.
* Delivers Results Through Others
Description - Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards and in line with organisational processes and procedures.
Question: Describe a significant piece of work you have led, describing the challenges and the tools/techniques used to work with others and keep it on track.
EEO and policy - If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. We are fully committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome flexible working patterns for all vacancies, including job share. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, complies with central government frameworks for recruitment. For information on becoming a supplier through the Crown Commercial Service, please visit the government guidance.
Locations and job postings
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Other locations in the UK may be considered.
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