Area Environment Manager West Malling, England
Job description
Job description
We are looking for an inspirational leader to join our team in Kent, South London and East Sussex Area as Area Environment Manager leading several of our Water, Land & Biodiversity teams.
You will work in a high-freedom, outcome focused environment where your skills will support and enable your teams to work with clear purpose and in a way that enables them to be fulfilled; with a focus on health, safety and wellbeing, valuing unique contributions as well as teamwork, you will embody inspirational leadership and embrace your teams’ and your own personal development.
You will be skilled in making our EA2025 ambition and local priorities resonate with others, developing plans and converting them into delivery and working with partners and customers as well as other EA teams to increase our positive impact. You will enjoy being highly visible and be able to organise, inspire and motivate people to achieve sustainable outcomes as well as have highly developed skills to manage risk and create opportunities.
As an integral part of our Area Leadership Team, you will bring collaborative, visible, strategic and cohesive leadership to over 500 people. Your part in this team will be absolutely critical to our success. You will bring a passion to the role and in return be supported by the great people in our area.
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 team
As one of three Environment Managers in our area, you will lead a number of teams responsible for Environment Management. The exact portfolio will be reviewed upon appointment to best utilise your skills and experience alongside your two colleagues
As part of our Area Leadership Team, you will provide forward thinking and strategic direction and work with others across the wider business to influence and shape wider organisation design, systems and ways of working.
Experience/skills required
- Excellent and inclusive leadership and management ability is key: we're looking for applicants who inspire and motivate everyone around them as well as someone who puts health, safety and wellbeing at the heart of their management and delivery focus.
- Our people are our biggest and most valuable asset: we want you to demonstrate a passion for and success in developing people to be their best, creating an open, inclusive, and trusting culture where everyone plays a part in delivering great outcomes
- We don’t deliver alone: you’ll have excellent internal and external stakeholder management skills with exceptional customer focus and well-honed influencing and persuasion skills.
- Environment Management experience would be very valuable
A full UK Driving Licence will be required as travel between offices and venues will be part of this role and not all areas are accessible via public transport.
Contact and additional information
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce.
We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, please include any information about your preferred working arrangements on your application.
This role will be based at any one of our offices in the Kent, South London and East Sussex Area.
Interviews will be held in April
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 37 per week
Salary: £59,682.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Flexitime
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in West Malling
Reference ID: 25879
