Number of jobs available: 1
Region: National
City/Town: All
Grade: Staff Grade 5
Post Type: Fixed Term
Role Type: Environment & Sustainability
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time/Job Share, Compressed Hours
Salary Minimum: £39,635 pro-rata
Closing Date: 27/08/2024, 23:55 hours
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Job description
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.
You’ll play an important role in understanding the presence and impacts of chemicals in the estuarine and coastal environment. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the future chemical evidence requirements and ensure a ‘source to sea’ chemicals strategy that drives environmental decisions in English saline waters.
Working within the estuarine and coastal team, but with strong links to the wider chemical teams in the Environment Agency, we are looking for a technical specialist with strong data skills to interrogate data sources and analyse chemical evidence to support decision making and policy development. Our objective is to ensure that we have an effective chemical monitoring programme in English estuarine and coastal waters, which links the evidence from inland surface waters with the wider marine environment. Analysis of this wide range of information will ensure that we develop effective future regulatory decisions for emerging challenges around chemicals in our nearshore waters.
Depending on your estuarine and coastal technical expertise, you’ll also support other priority work areas such as habitat restoration, blue carbon, marine policy and regulation. You will also help us identify and procure the information and evidence we need to support ours and others’ environmental decision making.
You will need to effectively collaborate with your team, and other parts of the Environment Agency, such as our freshwater systems leads and operational teams. Also, with our external partners including Defra and other government bodies, industry sectors, and academia.
The team
You’ll join our Estuaries and Coasts Team in our Environment and Business (E&B) Directorate. We provide leadership on the protection and sustainable restoration of our estuaries and coasts, which includes shaping catchment to coast management, marine licensing, and coastal habitat restoration.
In E&B we promote a positive, inclusive, and supportive culture where everyone feels valued. We use evidence, expertise, and innovation to enhance and support delivery, influence policy, legislation and secure resources.
Experience/skills required
Essential:
– Proven track record of assessing marine environmental data.
– Strong data skills and be capable of understanding complex information and using it to solve problems.
– Experience of using Excel and R, as well as mapping ability.
– Being comfortable interrogating large datasets from a range of sources; combining a pragmatic approach, adjusting where necessary and with attention to detail.
– Excellent communication skills and be able to discuss evidence with clarity and conviction with a range of partners.
Desirable:
– Knowledge around chemicals in the water environment, particularly in saline waters.
– Project support experience.
– Knowledge of chemical monitoring, and regulations applied to the water environment.
– Knowledge of our role and that of other delivery partners around chemicals.Contact and additional information
You’ll have an incident management objective in your development plan. We’ll support you to find an incident role to suit your needs and circumstances. Appropriate training will be given.
You’ll have an EA Office base location, as a national role the working location is flexible.
We use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel, some travel and overnights may be required.
Please see Candidate / Additional Information Pack for more information. Any queries, contact alison.miles@environment-agency.gov.uk
Applications are “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions.
Interviews will be held via MS Teams within two weeks of the closing date.
If you consent to being held on a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for 6 months and may offer you an alternative post.
Length of contract: Up to 31 March 2025
Competence 1: Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Description
It is your answers given to these questions that will be used for interview selection. More information on how to answer competency questions can be found on page 10 of the candidate pack. It is highly recommended that you read this before answering. Please refer to the EA Capability Dictionary here https://en.calameo.com/read/004433680aab41adf893b for guidance on how to support your answers.
Please consider the situation, task, action, and result (STAR) when structuring your answers.
Please use an estuarine and coastal example for at least one of the competency responses.
Competence description: Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.
Question: Please tell us about a time when you have had to co-ordinate information from a variety of sources to solve a difficult technical problem.
Competence 2: Communicates Effectively
Description
It is your answers given to these questions that will be used for interview selection. More information on how to answer competency questions can be found on page 10 of the candidate pack. It is highly recommended that you read this before answering. Please refer to the EA Capability Dictionary here https://en.calameo.com/read/004433680aab41adf893b for guidance on how to support your answers.
Please consider the situation, task, action, and result (STAR) when structuring your answers.
Please use an estuarine and coastal example for at least one of the competency responses.
Competence description: Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.
Question: Please give an example of when you have used data and information to support your communications.
Competence 3: Achieves Results
Description
It is your answers given to these questions that will be used for interview selection. More information on how to answer competency questions can be found on page 10 of the candidate pack. It is highly recommended that you read this before answering. Please refer to the EA Capability Dictionary here https://en.calameo.com/read/004433680aab41adf893b for guidance on how to support your answers.
Please consider the situation, task, action, and result (STAR) when structuring your answers.
Please use an estuarine and coastal example for at least one of the competency responses.
Competence description: Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results.
Question: Please give an example of how you have delivered a successful piece of work in the face of considerable challenges or obstacles.
Competence 4: Data and Information Management
Description
It is your answers given to these questions that will be used for interview selection. More information on how to answer competency questions can be found on page 10 of the candidate pack. It is highly recommended that you read this before answering. Please refer to the EA Capability Dictionary here https://en.calameo.com/read/004433680aab41adf893b for guidance on how to support your answers.
Please consider the situation, task, action, and result (STAR) when structuring your answers.
Please use an estuarine and coastal example for at least one of the competency responses.
Competence 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 been responsible for producing data and information for reporting purposes
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.
