
Flood Risk Officer - G3 Lincoln, England
Job description
We will also provide you with the on-the-job opportunities to develop your skills across a wide variety of flood related technical skills, with possible access to higher education and apprenticeships. Working closely with other teams and organisations, you can expect to be involved in any of the following:
- Collection, analysis and interpretation of data
- Flood risk mapping
- Working closely with customers and partners
- Taking part in incident management when flooding occurs
- Providing technical support to help the team deliver a variety of flood defence schemes.
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.
Along with the salary and benefits package (see below) we offer you the opportunity for continued professional development and career progression within an organisation that is 10,000+ dedicated people strong.
Transferable skills
- Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with customers.
- Delivery of work by planning, tracking, gathering, and maintaining data/information.
- Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team to achieve planned outcomes.
- Excellent communication skills to deal with a diverse range of people.
- A desire to learn and develop.
- Flexible to the needs of the organisation and open to new ways of working.
- A positive and adaptable attitude, who responds well to constructive feedback
Desirable technical skills
- A working knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Knowledge / understanding of one or more of the following – flood and coastal risk management hydrology, river geomorphology / hydraulics, modelling.
For further information on this role, the employee benefits, and the work of the Environment Agency, please download the candidate pack.
We encourage you to contact Alastair Windler on 07766134047 or Ian Cappitt on 07900763843 to find out more.
