Permitting Team Leader Birmingham, England
Environment Agency
Full Time
Birmingham, England
30001 - 40000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Number of jobs available
1
Region
East Midlands, East of England, North East, North West, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, National
City/Town
Birmingham , Bristol , Exeter , Ipswich , Newcastle , Nottingham , Preston , Sheffield , Warrington
Grade
Staff Grade 5
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time/Job Share
Role Type
Environment & Sustainability
Salary Minimum
£37,462
Job description
The role of Team Leader is one of the most varied and important roles in our organisation. The National Permitting Service (NPS) are seeking Team Leaders to join us at an exciting time, playing a leading role by supporting our people to help create a cleaner, safer and healthier environment.
As a leader, you will work with your team members to be the best they can be through managing their performance, support them through change, looking after their health, safety and wellbeing and supporting their development.
NPS regulate activities that impact the environment and your role will be crucial to this work.
Your teams will have direct contact with applicants for environmental permits and licenses.
You will be part of a diverse organisation that takes pride in welcoming applicants from all sections of the community, in line with our aim to be the top employer for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
You will be required to have an incident management 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.
Please see what permitting is all about in this video link:
https://design102.wistia.com/medias/r9nquoaf56
We currently have one vacancy in our Water Resources work area leading a team based at Nottingham. Future permanent or temporary Permitting Team Leader roles may also arise at other locations and in other work areas so if you are interested in the role, please submit an application to show your interest.
We will hold applications on file for six months on a reserve list to fill any future Permitting Team Leader vacancies which may occur.
As a leader, you will work with your team members to be the best they can be through managing their performance, support them through change, looking after their health, safety and wellbeing and supporting their development.
NPS regulate activities that impact the environment and your role will be crucial to this work.
Your teams will have direct contact with applicants for environmental permits and licenses.
You will be part of a diverse organisation that takes pride in welcoming applicants from all sections of the community, in line with our aim to be the top employer for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
You will be required to have an incident management 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.
Please see what permitting is all about in this video link:
https://design102.wistia.com/medias/r9nquoaf56
We currently have one vacancy in our Water Resources work area leading a team based at Nottingham. Future permanent or temporary Permitting Team Leader roles may also arise at other locations and in other work areas so if you are interested in the role, please submit an application to show your interest.
We will hold applications on file for six months on a reserve list to fill any future Permitting Team Leader vacancies which may occur.
The team
The National Permitting Service delivers the Environment Agency’s permitting and regulatory responsibilities, enabling businesses to operate whilst protecting and improving the environment.
NPS consists of 600 staff delivering a broad range of permits and licenses. You will be one of multiple supportive Team Leader colleagues working under the same manager. Your team will include at least one senior officer who supports technical development. Teams work flexibly at home or the office and meet up regularly.
NPS consists of 600 staff delivering a broad range of permits and licenses. You will be one of multiple supportive Team Leader colleagues working under the same manager. Your team will include at least one senior officer who supports technical development. Teams work flexibly at home or the office and meet up regularly.
Experience/skills required
Previous experience of leading a team, knowledge of the environmental permitting process and the work of NPS is desirable, but not essential. You will develop your knowledge and skills as you are inducted to the roles. Your learning will be done through a mixture of mentoring, attending courses and self-learning.
- The ability to direct, motivate and lead a team to deliver results
- Well organised with the ability to adapt to changing demands, handling multiple priorities and delivering within tight timescales
- Strong customer focus with influencing skills that will ensure good outcomes for the permitting service.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to lead change well within your team
- Good judgement, problem solving and decision making skills
- A broad knowledge of Environment Agency duties and responsibilities
- The ability to work collaboratively with people throughout the organisation
- Passionate about the environment
- Champion Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) through your positive and flexible leadership style
Previous experience of leading a team, knowledge of the environmental permitting process and the work of NPS is desirable, but not essential. You will develop your knowledge and skills as you are inducted to the roles. Your learning will be done through a mixture of mentoring, attending courses and self-learning.
Contact and additional information
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. To achieve this, we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, sexual orientation and religion. We also welcome applications for flexible working patterns.
We are holding an information session about the role where you can ask questions and find out more. This will be at13:00 on 19 April 2023 over MS Teams. Email [email protected] for an invite
To have a chat about the role, please contact either:
Mark Maleham – [email protected]
Laura Armitage – [email protected]
Dirk Comerford – [email protected]
Lauren Pigg – [email protected]
We expect to hold interviews via MS Teams starting week commencing 22 May 2023.
We are holding an information session about the role where you can ask questions and find out more. This will be at13:00 on 19 April 2023 over MS Teams. Email [email protected] for an invite
To have a chat about the role, please contact either:
Mark Maleham – [email protected]
Laura Armitage – [email protected]
Dirk Comerford – [email protected]
Lauren Pigg – [email protected]
We expect to hold interviews via MS Teams starting week commencing 22 May 2023.
Environment Agency
www.gov.uk/environment-agency
Bristol, United Kingdom
James Bevan
$100 to $500 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
Regional Agencies
1996
