FCRM Officer - 9538

1
South East, National
Reading
Staff Grade 4
Permanent
Full Time
Analytical
£27,138
We’re looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, resilient self-starter to join a new team in Modelling and Forecasting to embed and develop further our approaches on quality assurance of flood modelling. Enabling others to understand the quality of and have confidence in our modelling in their decision making. Quality assurance of our modelling is key to demonstrating confidence in our flood modelling and translating that into the confidence we have in our flood risk management activities.

You will lead on the reporting and monitoring for modelling assurance, ensuring our modelling quality assurance framework is fully embedded in our work. And you will help to manage standards to support all aspects of flood modelling.
There will be over laps with data and systems activities related to how we improve our modelling standards and assurance roles and how we manage our modelling data.
You will also undertake assurance activities for flood modelling to both support Modelling and Forecasting in its Business as usual delivery and help support our role in Modelling and Forecasting as part of the Large Project Review Group.
The National Modelling and Forecasting service is part of our Incident Management and Resilience function. It delivers local, community scale modelling and forecasting services to Areas ongoing maintenance of our most valued national datasets and are the authoritative voice on Flood modelling for the Environment Agency.
This role sits in Modelling and Forecasting Inland but covers all areas of our work.
You will bring some experience of building and/or reviewing non real time flood models and an understanding of quality assurance. It would be desirable if you have some experience of supporting FCRM schemes with modelling
Knowledge of and experience using and manipulating model data is required.
Knowledge of Environment Agency systems to support management of modelling data would be desirable.
Closing Date: 2nd January 2019 at 23:55 hours

Some travel to other Environment Agency and offices and attendance at national meetings is expected.
Please contact Simon Lewis simon.lewis@environment-agency.gov.uk or 020 302 58877 for a discussion on this role

02/01/2019, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Achieves Results
Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets.
Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results
Data and Information Management
Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data, material or information appropriately for a variety of purposes.
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

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This Vacancy is closed to applications.