The Environment Agency is committed to a culture of inclusion. We welcome applications from all members of our community. We support flexible working, so please clearly include your preferred working arrangements on your application.
You will be given all the training and support needed to succeed as well as funded access to further academic/professional qualifications.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual, who will contribute to the effective management, regulation and development of navigation activities on and around the Anglian Waterways, covering Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, and parts of West Norfolk.
As a River Inspector, you will provide a frontline presence undertaking enforcement activities to ensure those using our waterways adhere to our legislation and regulations. You will lead on ‘field’ based targeted enforcement patrols, conducting boat registration compliance checks, serving enforcement notices and supporting the wider enforcement team to increase compliance and registration income.
You must be able to build good working relationships with colleagues and professional partners, including emergency services, and other key stakeholders.
You will work both in the field and in the office and will require good IT skills.
Our work can involve challenging conversations, requiring you to adapt your communication style.
We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment. As an organisation we strive to reflect the communities we serve and continue to develop diversity throughout our workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, sexual orientation, or religion.
The Team:
The Waterways Partnerships & Development team manage partnership working, vessel registration, enforcement activities, income and funding strategies and waterways estates.
The wider team cover 568km’s of navigable waterways, with over 6,000 boats, across Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, West Norfolk, Essex and Suffolk, known as the Anglian Waterways.
The Environment Agency is working towards achieving a 'sustainable navigation business', ensuring ‘more people and wildlife benefit from improved waterways' as described in our corporate plan.