Team Leader - River Thames Oxford, England
Environment Agency
Full Time
Oxford, England
30001 - 40000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Number of jobs available
2
Region
South East
City/Town
Oxford , Reading , Shepperton
Building/Site
Various
Grade
Staff Grade 5
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time
Role Type
Operational Delivery
Salary Minimum
£37,462
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to lead a team contributing to the management of the River Thames. Our teams provide:
Key responsibilities:
- A service to recreational and sport activities on the river
- Management of water levels through weir operation
- Boat patrolling to regulate licences and uphold River Thames Byelaws
- Management of assets within our ownership such as lock and weir structures
- Maintenance and repair of our sites and the water course in general
- Front line incident response
Key responsibilities:
- developing a team of specialist, technical and operational staff
- Line manager responsibilities
- Management of Health, Safety and Wellbeing for your team
- Providing well researched responses based on sound technical knowledge and legal advice.
- Building a network of customer representatives and professional partners
- Managing performance
- Contributing to local projects and programmes of work
- Imbedding systems of work within teams
- Participating in an incident role
The team
The Environment Agency manages some of the busiest recreational waterways in the country. Our River Thames operations include 45 lock and weir complexes, and our responsibilities extend to the wider river corridor. Your team will consist of anything up to 12 members including:
- Lock and Weir Keepers
- Technical staff
- Field operations staff
- Asset advisors
- Administrative and project managers
Experience/skills required
- Managing and developing people
- Ensuring operational and business objectives are met through your team
- Experience of taking responsibility for the safety of yourself and a team
- A high level of interpersonal skills, working with colleagues and customers
- Good communication skills including correspondence, administration and records keeping
- Experience of working in a customer-focused environment
- An understanding of working with Governance, Policy and legislation
- Programme and project management
Contact and additional information
We have positions covering different areas of the Thames including, Oxford, Reading, and Surrey areas. Locations can be discussed separately depending on home location. Regular travel will be needed so it is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence. As some work can take place beside the river or out on boats, you should be able to swim. Full Training will be provided as well as potential for a number of development programmes and apprenticeships.
Please contact Andrew Croxford for more information:
[email protected]
07920767289
- Base salary [37,462]
- London Weighting (if applicable) [£approx. 1,900]
- Incident payment [when rostered}
- Weekend enhance payments [when rostered]
- Lease car provision. Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (electric plug in or hybrid)
Please contact Andrew Croxford for more information:
[email protected]
07920767289
Environment Agency
www.gov.uk/environment-agency
Bristol, United Kingdom
James Bevan
$100 to $500 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
Regional Agencies
1996
