Environment Planning Specialist

Environment Planning Specialist Beverley, England

Environment Agency
Full Time Beverley, England 30001 - 40000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Number of jobs available
1
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
City/Town
Beverley , Leeds , Rotherham , Sheffield , York
Building/Site
Templeborough, Quadrant Two, Crosskill House, Lateral, Foss House
Grade
Staff Grade 5
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time, Compressed Hours
Role Type
Environment & Sustainability
Salary Minimum
£37,462
Job description
Are you passionate about Yorkshire’s rivers, lakes and coastal waters? Do you have an interest in water improvements?
This role is critical to developing and maintaining our evidence base and plans to improve our water environment in Yorkshire.
In this role you’ll have the opportunity to use your environmental knowledge and data management skills to work across disciplines to facilitate environmental improvements.
You will work with internal and external partners developing and interpreting evidence across Yorkshire’s river catchments. You’ll provide guidance for how we will deliver and develop opportunities to improve the water environment through:
  • our catchment management system which helps us collect and report on Water Framework Directive (The Water Environment 2017),
  • an integrated approach to planning and delivery by working with Area catchment teams.
  • You’ll coordinate our Local Water Quality Monitoring. You will work with other teams in the area to influence and agree the Area annual monitoring programme. This supports our ambition to able to measure, monitor and report on the state of the environment through our local environmental monitoring and evidence commissions
You will work with data and mapping to develop project scopes and steer our strategic work to help deliver more for the environment.
The team
Integrated Environment Planning strengthens our environmental evidence base, driving integrated delivery to achieve the best for Yorkshire’s environment.
Integrated planning is our ability to look at a defined geographical area and understand the pressures, risks and priorities. We join up our planning work to focus our resources, maximise the opportunities and talk to partners and communities about environmental concerns. This is fundamental to achieving our 25 Year Environment Plan ambitions.
Experience/skills required
You’ll have a passion for the environment and want to work in a team who helps others improve our river quality. Training and support will be available.
Essential:
Be an excellent communicator, experienced at making sense of technical information and presenting it in a clear and logical way
Have influencing skills and be able to persuade internal teams and external partners to think strategically when delivering environmental outcomes.
Have a good understanding of the Water Framework Directive and how it helps address the environmental challenges in Yorkshire. You will be aware of how it links with other legislation.
Desirable:
Demonstrate political awareness when dealing with customers, stakeholders and communities.
Have experience of working with data in a visual mapping context is desirable to help others access and use our evidence base.
Have experience of delivering work within a programme and project management framework to time, cost and quality is desirable.
Contact and additional information
Flexible working applications, part time working, compressed hours and job-share are all welcome.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community who wish to join an organisation which values everyone. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), disabled, female and LGBT+ candidates, so that our team really does represent and understand the communities we work with.
The post is based in a Yorkshire office (Leeds, York, Beverley, Rotherham) with days working from home acceptable. You will be expected to travel to attend meetings, site visits and meet with partners throughout Yorkshire.
For further details about the role please contact Tania Iglesias [email protected] / 07788575739
Interviews are anticipated to be held via MS Teams week commencing 01/05/202.

Environment Planning Specialist
Environment Agency

www.gov.uk/environment-agency
Bristol, United Kingdom
James Bevan
$100 to $500 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
Regional Agencies
1996
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