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Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds , York

Lateral, Foss House

Staff Grade 3

Permanent

Full Time

Operational Delivery

£25,042

We are the Environment Agency. We protect and improve the environment. We’re investing £5.2billion between now and 2027 that will reduce flood risk to hundreds of thousands of properties across the UK. Yorkshire Area are delivering one of the largest shares of this work, and it is critical that we manage our programme to the highest standard.

As an Officer in the Yorkshire FCRM (Flood and Coastal Risk Management) Programme Team you will be at the heart of our work. We bring together information on projects across the county, monitoring progress, forecasting trends, preparing reports and presenting information to senior managers and to the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee.

Attention to detail and confidence working with data and documents is essential, and you will be ready to build and maintain relationships with people in teams across the Environment Agency and at other Authorities.

As 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 Programme team manage the programme of FCRM works across all of Yorkshire and provide secretariat support to the Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee. We use a wide range of skills, including the analysis and presentation of data and engagement with professional partners. We support our colleagues in the Environment Agency and other flood risk management authorities to develop the best possible projects and to forecast and report project costs and outcomes.

Through your experience you will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Enthusiasm to work as part of a small team, managing your own workload whilst sharing and supporting tasks as required to ensure resilience across the group

• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical work approach

• A proven ability to develop and maintain good relationships with a variety of customers

• The ability to collate and check large documents and datasets in Microsoft Office

• The ability to manage multiple priorities and competing demands, with an appreciation of how to manage risk and when to escalate and share problems

In this entry level position, the key things we’re looking for are transferrable skills and capabilities. If you have an enthusiasm for the work of the Environment Agency, please do not be put off applying if you don’t have a degree or you don’t have sector related experience.

Please note that that your answers to the capability questions will be used to determine interview selection.

Everyone starting in a new role with the Environment Agency will be welcomed into the team and given all of the training and support you need to succeed.

There are also fully funded opportunities to develop further academic/professional qualifications.

The Environment Agency offer an extensive range of employee benefits

For further information on this role, the employee benefits and the work of the Environment Agency, please download the candidate pack.

For any questions relating to this role, please contact: [email protected]

This vacancy is based in Leeds or York, although location and work patterns can be discussed.