Number of jobs available: 1
Region: London, South East
City/Town: Welwyn Garden City
Building/Site: DEFRA GRP EA ALCHEMY, AL7 1HE
Grade: Staff Grade 5
Post Type: Permanent
Role Type: Operational Delivery
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share
Salary Minimum: £41,617
Closing Date: 22/04/2025, 23:55 hours
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Job description
We are looking for a highly motivated team leader to lead and inspire the Groundwater and Hydrology team in our Herts and North London Area. The team is comprised of 10 highly qualified and experienced hydrologists and hydrogeologists who provide support on water resources planning and regulation across Hertfordshire and North London.
In this role, you will have responsibility for a variety of work strands that support our water resources management and regulation. Building and maintaining productive relationships with internal customers will be at the heart of your role. You will oversee budgets, work planning, and recruitment whilst needing to be flexible and adaptable to changing work priorities.
You will be responsible for the health, safety & wellbeing of your team by actively promoting awareness and ensuring the provision of safe working practices in line with Environment Agency policy. You will be a role model and promote inclusion by respecting differences in our workforce and build a supportive and engaging workplace.
You will also take an active role in the area for the Environment Agency’s Incident response. Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. 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. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role. If successful, your line manager will discuss arrangements with you depending on your role and circumstances.
Everyone starting in a new role with the Environment Agency will be welcomed into the team and you will be given all of the training and support you need to succeed.
The team
The Team provides technical expertise and advice on water resource management and regulation. Our Area Hydrologists and Hydrogeologists monitor, analyse, assess, forecast and report on the water environment covering a diverse range of Chalk and urban rivers, canals and wetlands. We work on today’s hydrological and groundwater challenges, whilst making sure we are preparing and adapting to the future challenges of Climate Change.
Experience/skills required
To deliver this role successfully, you’ll be:
A leader who is passionate about getting the best out of people, budgets and resources.
Enthusiastic, knowledgeable and self-motivated.
Enjoy working with and leading a team and unafraid to give direction and feedback.
It would be helpful if you have experience of:
Taking responsibility for the safety of yourself and for a team
Leading and developing people
Delivering results through others by overseeing staff, develop, implement and coordinate technical support from the team’s hydrologists and hydrogeologists across the organisation.
Create an environment that encourages creativity, innovation and improving efficiency, as well as supporting people through change.
Working collaboratively across teams and departments.
Managing budgets and contracts
Follow processes and working with policy and legislation.
Translating organisational outcomes into plans and programmes for frontline delivery, in an operational environment.
A full UK driving license is required for this role as occasional travel is likely.
Contact and additional information
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working for all our vacancies, please include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
This role will be based at our Alchemy office in Welwyn Garden City. Our office has a hybrid model allowing individuals to work either at home or at our office (a minimum number of days in the office per week will be agreed with your line manager).
Interviews will take place in person at our Alchemy office in May.
For further information about the role please contact manfai.tang@environment-agency.gov.uk
Competence 1: Health Safety & Wellbeing
Description
Description – Making sure that risks to your team are controlled safely and effectively.
Question: An important part of your role as a Groundwater and Hydrology Team Leader will involve ensuring your team follows and demonstrates the Environment Agency’s health and safety procedures and policies, taking a personal responsibility because they see the value in them to make it everyone’s priority. Please describe how you would go about this, using an example from a previous role/s?
Competence 2: Leads People
Description
Description – Provides leadership that inspires and motivates others to achieve their personal goals and the goals of the Environment Agency.
Question: As the new Groundwater and Hydrology Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading a team that will require great leadership to develop staff, prioritise work and set direction. Please describe, using an example, your approach to leading and motivating people?
Competence 3: Delivers Results Through Others
Description
Description – Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards and in line with organisational processes and procedures.
Question: Harnessing others to deliver is key to the success of this role. Please describe an important project or piece of work that you had to manage and lead your team to deliver for the organisation through challenging circumstances?
Competence 4: Diversity
Description
Description – Works successfully, with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and ensuring that work is managed so that everyone is able to deliver their best. Actively encourages others to consider diversity issues in their work.
Question: Tell us what you have done personally to create an inclusive team culture and how you have promoted and embedded the Environment Agency Equality, Diversity and Inclusion culture?
Please note that your answers to the capability questions will be used for shortlisting purposes. Your examples do not necessarily have to be work related, please use the best example from any area of your life. You may find researching the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result) useful when answering the questions. It is highly recommended that you read this and the EA capability framework before answering.
Role specific license requirements: Full UK Driving Licence
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.
