Environment Planning Specialist

2

South East

West Malling

Orchard House

Staff Grade 5

Permanent

Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time, Compressed Hours

Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery

£37,462

Would you like to help protect and enhance our water environment?

Do you enjoy working with environmental information and data, and have experience in water quality, water resources or catchment planning?

As an Environment Planning Specialist, you’ll be part of a team that uses data and evidence to help inform and influence integrated working and investment in environmental improvement projects. You’ll work with others to ensure that our data is accurate and reliable. You’ll contribute your knowledge to plans and reports, providing advice to other teams, working groups and senior managers.

Our team focuses on water quality, catchment planning, water resources and the commissioning of our area’s water monitoring programme, so there’s a variety of work to get involved with and specialise in. We work with numerous teams within the Environment Agency, plus external organisations such as. Natural England and water companies, so you’ll build productive and influential relationships with a variety of customers and partners.

We support membership of an appropriate professional institute such as CIWEM and encourage ongoing learning and development.

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.

The Integrated Environment Planning Team works to strengthen our evidence base, drive integrated delivery to achieve the best for Kent and South London’s environment.

The team includes specialists focusing on:

• River Basin Planning
• Commissioning our Area’s monitoring activities
• Water Quality
• Water Company investment programmes
• Drought management.

We work with other teams locally, nationally to shape ways of working, and contribute to our Area’s Local Outcome Plan and Defra’s 25-Year-Plan aims.

We value a diverse workforce and are fully committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

The role will be based at Orchard House, Addington, Kent. We currently have a hybrid working arrangement with a mix of home and office working.

Interviews will be held in April 2023

For further details please contact Priya Sharma priya.sharma@environment-agency.gov.uk or Holly Francis holly.francis@environment-agency.gov.uk or call our customer contact number 03708 506 506 to have an informal chat about the role.