Number of jobs available: 1
Region: National
City/Town: Various
Grade: Staff Grade 4
Post Type: Permanent
Role Type: Other
Working Pattern: Full Time
Salary Minimum: £33,000
Closing Date: 12/10/2025, 23:55 hours
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Job description
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to help deliver our regulatory responsibilities, placed on us as the Enforcement Authority for the Reservoirs Act 1975 in England. The Reservoirs Act helps to ensure the safe operation and management of dams.
As an officer in the Compliance and Monitoring team, part of the Reservoir Regulation team, you will be responsible for helping to deliver our operational role and regulatory duties for the 2140 reservoirs in England. This will include making risk designations and monitoring for compliance with the on-site flood plan requirements. Taking a risk-based approach, you will encourage compliance with the Reservoirs Act by clear and consistent communications with reservoir owners and panel engineers.
In addition, you will support the team’s advisor with responding to requests for information and providing licenses to share our data. You will also be responsible for managing the Compliance and Monitoring team’s SharePoint pages.
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies
The team
You will join the Environmental Assessment and Reservoir Regulation department, which is part of the Flood & Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) Directorate. The Reservoir Regulation team is a nationally dispersed team comprising of 25+ highly motivated, experienced, skilled, and passionate people who are responsible for the regulation of the more than 2140 large raised reservoirs in England. The team is dispersed across the country. Some travel and overnight stays will be required.
Experience/skills required
- Good verbal and written communications skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise a varied workload
- Experience of responding to information requests and being a SharePoint Site Owner is desirable
Contact and additional information
For further information or an informal chat about the role contact Liana King: liana.king@environment-agency.gov.uk
This a national role so you can be based at any Environment Agency office. Hybrid working is an option.
Interviews will take place remotely on Microsoft Teams week commencing 20 October 2025.
Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and 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 an active way to support communities and prevent harm to the environment. Further information on incident response can be found within your candidate pack.
Competence 1: Data and Information Management
Description
Please give us an example of where you have collected, managed and shared data. What did you do to ensure this was done appropriately according to relevant data laws, policies, processes and standards?
PLEASE NOTE: Your answer will be used for interview selection – please draw out your skills and experience in your response. You may consider using the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result) when formulating your answer to the question.
Competence 2: Communicates Effectively
Description
Please give us an example of when you have had to explain complex technical information to a non-technical person? What was your approach? How did you check understanding?
PLEASE NOTE: Your answer will be used for interview selection – please draw out your skills and experience in your response. You may consider using the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result) when formulating your answer to the question.
Competence 3: Focuses on Customers and Partners
Description
Please give us an example of when you have had to tell a customer or client something they did not want to hear? How did you do it and how did you manage the relationship going forward?
PLEASE NOTE: Your answer will be used for interview selection – please draw out your skills and experience in your response. You may consider using the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result) when formulating your answer to the question.
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.
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Although the Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, we subscribe to and align with the candidate guidance on the use of artificial intelligence found on the Civil Service Careers website. Please review for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
