Environment Officer - Waste Regulation Ely Team - 22251

Do you want to help make East Anglia a better place to live and work?

As an Environment Officer you'll be an environmental advocate. You’ll spend time out on the frontline helping us to create a cleaner, safer and healthier environment. Your work will be vital to the protection of the environment and will be varied, challenging and rewarding.

You'll:
- Perform inspections of permitted waste sites such as scrap yards, compost facilities or skip companies.
- Ensure hazardous waste, especially harmful to the environment, is being correctly stored and moved to minimise the risk of contamination.
- Respond to large environmental pollution incidents like chemical spills or fires.
- Where issues are found, use your regulatory powers and influencing skills to address them.
- Update our suite of software systems to capture your findings.

Full training and mentoring will be provided. This is a career grade position – starting salary £23,446 increasing to £28,785 after demonstrating capabilities at an Assessment Panel and in a submitted portfolio of work. This typically takes 18-24 months.

To join an informal 30 minute virtual overview of the role please contact the recruiting manager.

For more info on working with us see https://environmentagencycareers.co.uk/

We regulate waste management activities across a range of urban and rural sites in Cambridgeshire.

The current Environment Officers you’ll join in East Anglia are wide-ranging, from graduates to working parents to former emergency services personnel.

We currently have adverts for various offices in East Anglia. If you would consider working from locations other than Ely, please indicate when asked in your application. NOTE - You do not need to submit multiple applications.

We are flexible about your experience. You may be good at dealing with difficult situations, a new graduate or experienced in regulation. Whatever your background, you’ll be interested in the environment and making a difference. You'll use environmental regulation and sometimes need to deal with confrontation.

Demonstration of the right behaviours is most important to us. We're looking for people who enjoy working both outdoors and in an office environment and can show us they are:

•Organised and able to prioritise.
•Self-assured.
•IT/computer literate.
•Willing to learn about environmental regulation and enforcement.

And can:
•Handle confrontational people.
•Adapt their communication style to suit others.
•Integrate into a team.
•Record information correctly.

Do not be put off applying if you don’t have a degree or other qualifications, we'll provide all the training you’ll need.

A full UK driving licence is essential and transport for work visits will be provided.

In East Anglia we want to create a diverse workplace where people’s views are respected, valued and listened to. We’re all different, and by embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) we can become an equal opportunity employer where we grow and learn together.

It is our ambition to champion diversity through building a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve.

The role will be based at the Ely office on Prickwillow Road. However we are adopting new ways of working which allows flexibility to include some working from home.

If you have any questions please contact the recruiting manager John Harrison via j.harrison@environment-agency.gov.uk or on 0203 025 5230.

Recruitment Agencies know all applications must to made via the system.

The answer you give to the question below will be used for interview selection so it is important to demonstrate your skills and experience in your response.

Using an example, describe how you have used a range of communication methods to present your views to an audience in a convincing way.
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• Tell us about the audience.
• What were the messages?
• How did you communicate the messages?
• What considerations did you make to ensure each message landed well, and
• How did you alter your communication style to suit the audience?

Your examples do not have to be work-related, so please use the best examples from any area of your life.

The answer you give to the question below will be used for interview selection so it is important to demonstrate your skills and experience in your response.

Describe a time when you persuaded someone to do something that they didn’t initially want to do. Explain the process you went through and how you sought to understand the other person’s point of view.

• What was the situation?
• What were the challenges you faced?
• How did you influence / change their mind?
• What happened?
• What did you learn and is there anything you would do differently in a similar situation in the future?

The answer you give to the question below will be used for interview selection so it is important to demonstrate your skills and experience in your response.

Please provide an example where you have found potential problems and identified effective solutions by analysing all relevant information, seeking to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.

• What were the problems?
• How did you identify the best solution?
• What was the result?
• Could you have done anything differently?

Driving licence is essential