Number of jobs available: 1
Region: East of England
City/Town: Brampton , Ipswich
Grade: Staff Grade 5
Post Type: Permanent
Role Type: Environment & Sustainability
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time
Salary Minimum: £41,617
Closing Date: 06/01/2025, 23:55 hours
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Job description
This is a great opportunity to help address the nutrient challenges in some of our most highly protected environments in East Anglia, namely The Broads and The Ouse Washes.
In East Anglia we want to create a diverse workplace where people are respected, valued and listened to. We’re all different, and by embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) we can become an equal opportunity employer where jointly we all grow and learn together.
It is our ambition to champion diversity through building a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve
You’ll work across the Environment Agency and with our colleagues at Natural England to develop and implement diffuse water pollution plans (DWPP) and in doing so you will:
- Bring together monitoring data, modelling, and other evidence on nutrient challenges in The Broads and Ouse Washes
- Work with internal teams and external partners to refine the evidence base and identify measures that will result in positive environmental change
- Secure multi agency agreement and drive identified measures through to implementation
- Engage with other relevant catchment strategies, plans, and projects to integrate and address nutrient challenges, and in doing so develop a sustainable future for our environment
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate. Please see the candidate pack for more on how you will support with this.
We offer a fantastic benefits package including an attractive salary, flexible working, 27 days annual leave, and an award-winning Pension Fund. See the candidate pack for more details.
Everyone starting in a new role will be welcomed into the team and given all the training and support needed. As part of your comprehensive induction, you’ll be provided with all the equipment required for your role.
The team
The Integrated Environment Planning (IEP) team, within Local Operations, contains specialists in water resources, water quality and catchment planning, working across the East Anglia Area.
We are a friendly and supportive team of experienced advisors central to environmental decision making. We work with internal and external partners to collate, analyse and share data, providing the environmental evidence to inform our Area’s priorities, and to deliver actions that maximise benefits for people and the natural environment.
Experience/skills required
Essential:
- Water quality knowledge and experience
It would be helpful, but not essential, if you had:
- Experience of applying your analytical skills to evidence to explore problems and make proportionate, evidence-based proposals.
- Good organisational skills/discipline and the ability to plan, track, deliver and evaluate work, meeting relevant standards and timescales
- Self-motivated and work under your own initiative and as part of larger, multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communicator, experienced at making sense of technical information and presenting it in a clear and logical way for audiences ranging from external partners to senior colleagues.
- Effective influencing skills and be able to persuade internal teams and external partners to work collaboratively when developing and delivering environmental outcomes.
- Diplomatic, sensitive and able to demonstrate political awareness when dealing with customers, stakeholders, and communities.
Please also read the generic role profile to understand the key accountabilities and skills needed.
Contact and additional information
The role will ideally be based either in our Brampton or Ipswich Office. We will accommodate working from home in line with our new activity based model but you’ll be required to attend your base location on a regular weekly basis.
This is a full-time post although requests for other work patterns will be considered.
Please note, this role does NOT qualify for sponsorship, so you should contact UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) or visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration, where you can seek professional expert advice based on your personal circumstances in regards to options for obtaining right to work in the UK.
Interviews are planned to be held early February 2025 via MS Teams.
If you have any questions, please do contact Sarah Brown via: sarah.brown@environment-agency.gov.uk
Competence 1: Manages Self
Description
Please note we do not assess CVs. Answers to these competency questions will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your responses. You have up to 250 words so please do use them to tell us what we need to know about you. See Candidate pack for more details and a link to our capability dictionary.
How have your qualifications and work experience to date made you feel suitable for this role? Explain to me why you would be effective in this post.
Competence 2: Networks
Description
Please give me an example of a time when you have used your networks to accomplish a piece of work. What was the piece of work and what was the outcome?
Competence 3: Data and Information Management
Description
What was your most successful/most challenging data analysis project/piece of work? How did you overcome challenges and how did you measure the success of the project/piece of work?
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.
