Number of jobs available: 1
Region: South West, West Midlands
City/Town: Birmingham , Kidderminster , Shrewsbury , Tewkesbury , Fradley
Building/Site: Riversmeet House, Hafren House, Mance House, Sentinel House, AQUA HOUSE BIRMINGHAM B3 1AQ
Grade: Staff Grade 5
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share
Role Type: Environment & Sustainability, Information Technology, Project Delivery
Salary Minimum: £39,635
Job description
The Environment Agency protects and improves the environment and makes it a better place for people and wildlife and supports sustainable development.
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. 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.
Catchment Planning Specialists within the West Midlands are crucial to us meeting Statutory and local priorities to improve the environment.
In this role you will:
• Work closely with diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, improving our understanding of the catchments, and building our strategy and evidenced based priorities.
• Maintain our Catchment Planning System (CPS); and helping us understand the data, including aspects of the Water Environment Regulations (WFD).
• Use CPS to access information on status, objectives, reasons for failure and actions for a specific water body.
• Provide data to internal or external stake holders tailored to their needs.
• Use our Monitoring Commission to prioritise local water quality and quantity monitoring needs.
• Provide evidence to inform the development of water company business plans.
• Support area implementation and refresh of the River Basin Management Plans, and Local Outcome Plan; working with the relevant business boards and Area Leadership Team members to guide future direction.
• Support key strategies such as Diffuse Water Pollution Plans (DWPP) and the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS).
• Be an integral core member of the Catchment Based Groups (CBGs) to understand and support planned projects, ensuring the best outcome for the environment; whilst driving the narrative on priorities.
• Ensure we consider the Water Environment Regulations illustrated through performance indicators.
The team
The Integrated Environment Planning team are specialists in water resources, water quality, and data management. We work with other Area and National teams, and external stakeholders, shaping plans that drive West Midland’s Area priorities.
You will have an incident support role, and make yourself available to respond or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you.
Experience/skills required
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
o Interest in using environmental data and evidence to help plan and deliver multifunctional environmental benefits.
o An understanding of current environmental issues affecting the Area.
o Research/analysis skills and the ability to make proportionate, evidence-based decisions.
o Proven communication, influencing and networking skills, inspiring collaboration, and information sharing.
o Ability to coach/mentor others, improving resilience within the team.
o Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
o Experience in catchment/river basin planning, mapping software and the Water Framework Directive will be advantageous.
o Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of customers in different situations.
o Innovative and interesting ways to highlight and visualise our data. It’s advantageous to have working knowledge of ArcGIS.
A degree level or higher in a relevant environmental discipline is desirable but not essential.
Contact and additional information
We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
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. Please refer to the candidate pack for further information.
This is a hybrid role, working at least 40% of the time in the office. You will be required to hold a full UK driving licence and be willing to travel across the West Midlands Area.
Interviews will be held in January using MS Teams.
If you have any questions about this role, please contact David Preston by email: David.preston1@environment-agency.gov.uk.
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Closing Date: 21/01/2024, 23:55 hours
Level of security checks required: Basic Check
Competence 1: Strategic Environment Planning
Description
Please explain where you’ve provided evidence to support improved environmental outcomes in a project, policy or development setting.
- Explain the situation
- Describe the skills that you used to analyse the situation
- What problems did you have to overcome
- What technical or legislative knowledge did you use in this situation
- What was the outcome.
Competence 2: Influences and Persuades Others
Description
Describe a time when you have successfully influenced key players to deliver to agreed deadlines, in the face of considerable challenge.
· What was the situation?
· How did you influence/gain buy-in to deliver?
· What was the final outcome?
· What did you learn from this experience?
Competence 3: Communicates Effectively
Description
Provide an example of when you have used data and information to support your communications.
- What were you communicating and who was your audience?
- How did you decide what to include or omit?
- What feedback did you receive from the audience/recipients?
- What did you learn from this?
Competence 4: Data and Information Management
Description
Give an example of when you have been responsible for producing data and information for reporting purposes.
• How did you collect/compile the data/information?
• What was your role?
• What was it used for?
• How did you ensure the accuracy of the data?
• How did you share the information?
Competence 5: Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Description
Tell us about a time when you have had to co-ordinate information from a variety of sources in order to solve a difficult technical problem.
• What was your approach to collating this information?
• How did you analyse/sort it?
• How did it assist you in solving the problem?
• How did you deliver your response?
Role specific license requirements: A full UK driving licence is desirable
