Number of jobs available: 5
Region: National
City/Town: Various
Building/Site: Various
Grade: Staff Grade 6
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time, Compressed Hours,
Role Type: Environment & Sustainability
Salary Minimum: £50,409
Job description
We are the Environment Agency. Working with Government, councils, businesses, and communities, we create a better place for people and wildlife. You’ll sit at the heart of our work to transform our planning and regulation of the water industry to improve the water environment.
We’re looking for innovative people to support the Environment Agency’s work on water company Drainage & Wastewater Management Plans (DWMPs). This work will achieve strategically important benefits for the environment across flood risk and water quality.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Developing relationships with water companies, and provide consistent, technical advice, guidance and input into the development of their DWMPs.
- Reviewing and responding to the draft and final DWMPs and annual reviews.
- Influencing how water companies plan to extend, improve and maintain a robust and resilient drainage and wastewater system in the face of pressures from climate change, urban development and a growing population.
- Building strong relationships with local water & sewerage companies, stakeholders and operational teams to support the development of robust water company DWMPs.
- Escalating risks and issues, and working with the DWMP leadership team, Integrated Environmental Planning (IEP) and Partnership & Strategic Overview (PSO) teams in Operations , Water Company Account Managers to ensure mitigations are in place.
You may have line management responsibility in the future so we’re looking for exceptional people who can foster an inclusive atmosphere that encourages the sharing of best practice, focusses on health, safety and wellbeing and ensures all parties are working cohesively towards the same goal.
You will be able to work on your own initiative, maintaining effective communication with the team and customers.
We promote a positive, inclusive, supportive culture where everyone feels valued, using evidence, expertise, and innovation to enhance and support delivery, influence policy, legislation and secure resources.
The team
We are a small, dispersed team, in Environment & Business. Co-location with Area Operations and Account Management teams and easy travelling distance for water company meetings is imperative, so only the following base locations will be considered for each role:
South West: Exeter, Bridgewater, Blandford Forum, Bodmin
Midlands: Birmingham, Lichfield, Tewkesbury, Shrewsbury, Nottingham, Peterborough, Lincoln.
South East: Reading, Worthing, London, Welwyn, Chichester, Romsey
North West: Warrington, Penrith, Preston, Carlisle
North East: Leeds, Darlington, Newcastle, York
Experience/skills required
- Technical competency of drainage, surface water, wastewater engineering, wastewater treatment and / or sewerage systems is essential.
- Experience of partnering and building relationships, acting as a key interface with customers.
- Eye for detail and ability to examine and analyse data, presenting facts/findings in a logical/well-structured manner.
- Confidence in providing direction, challenging, and questioning to develop a better outcome, prioritising delivery of reputational, political and / or technically complex partnering/customer-facing activities.
- Ability to articulate business needs effectively, understanding of business concepts and application in the Water Industry sector.
- Self-starter, motivated to achieve outcomes with appetite to work collaboratively across teams and with our stakeholders and partners towards a common goal.
- Passion for innovation and continuous improvement.
- Ability to problem solve and raise emerging threats/issues.
- Passion for developing and supporting people and bring others with you.
- Line management experience would be desirable.
Contact and additional information
We’re fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We’re keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from under-represented groups, including Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, people with a disability, people with gender diverse identities and from varying socio-economic backgrounds.
Everyone that joins us is required participate in incident response duties when the need to respond arises. Having an incident role is an essential part of working for the Environment Agency and essential to support communities and prevent harm to the environment. Further information on incident response can be found within your candidate pack.
For information about this role, please contact Andrea Burton at andrea.burton@environment-agency.gov.uk
Interviews will be held during July 2024.
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Competence
Technical Skills
Competence 1: Technical Skills
Description
Please provide a summary of your technical knowledge and experience related to drainage, surface water, wastewater engineering, wastewater treatment and / or sewerage systems
Competence 2: Builds and Sustains Relationships
Description
Description of capability: Develops and maintains effective working relationships.
Give an example of when you have had to deal with a variety of stakeholders, ensuring all their expectations were met.
Competence 3: Influences and Persuades Others
Description
Description of capability: Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where deduction and reason alone would fail.
Provide an example where you successfully influenced a customer to invest in something significant, despite their original objection/hesitance.
Competence 4:Delivers Results Through Others
Description
Description of capability: Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards and in line with organisational processes and procedures.
How have you harnessed a team’s (or parts of it) skills and expertise to deliver results?
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.
