Waste Crime Engagement Specialist - 9078
1
North West
Warrington
Richard Fairclough House
Staff Grade 5
Permanent
Full Time
Operational Delivery
£34,330
You’ll play an important role in an ambitious programme to transform how we prevent, disrupt and tackle waste crime, planning and delivering engagement with partners and communities across England. You’ll empower others to prevent and disrupt waste crime by helping them understand what waste crime is, how to stop it, report it, and avoid becoming a victim or unknowingly allowing waste to be handled illegally.
You will influence internal and external stakeholders and work in partnership to achieve joint outcomes for waste crime. Internally, you will build an engagement strategy; co-ordinating engagement activities across the area and national enforcement service to ensure our work is targeted, effective, innovative and efficient. You will be responsible for providing leadership on national waste crime engagement plans.
You will be engaging stakeholders to deliver waste crime prevention and disruption messages. Specific responsibilities will include:
• Contribute to the planning and development of a national engagement plan
• Plan and deliver a local engagement plan
• Keep stakeholder analysis and engagement plans up-to-date
• Monitor and record engagement activity across the programme
• Identify new opportunities for engagement
• Support DEFRA Communications using key waste crime messages
• Compile written case studies of completed engagement
You will influence internal and external stakeholders and work in partnership to achieve joint outcomes for waste crime. Internally, you will build an engagement strategy; co-ordinating engagement activities across the area and national enforcement service to ensure our work is targeted, effective, innovative and efficient. You will be responsible for providing leadership on national waste crime engagement plans.
You will be engaging stakeholders to deliver waste crime prevention and disruption messages. Specific responsibilities will include:
• Contribute to the planning and development of a national engagement plan
• Plan and deliver a local engagement plan
• Keep stakeholder analysis and engagement plans up-to-date
• Monitor and record engagement activity across the programme
• Identify new opportunities for engagement
• Support DEFRA Communications using key waste crime messages
• Compile written case studies of completed engagement
This is an exciting opportunity to the area Customers & Engagement Team. You’ll develop this new role to help partners, businesses and communities prevent and disrupt waste crime, protecting the environment and legitimate businesses.
The prevention and disruption of waste crime activity is part our strategy to ensure that we, our partners, and our communities share intelligence, and are able to respond effectively to existing and emerging waste streams being targeted by criminals.
The prevention and disruption of waste crime activity is part our strategy to ensure that we, our partners, and our communities share intelligence, and are able to respond effectively to existing and emerging waste streams being targeted by criminals.
You’ll be an excellent communicator and confident engaging with people and organisations. This will have been gained through experience planning and delivering high quality engagement across multiple work areas in a community and/or partner engagement role, ideally with enforcement agencies and partners such as HMRC, Police Forces, Local Authorities etc.
Knowledge of waste regulation, waste crime, or environmental issues caused by poor waste management is desirable. You'll be a quick-learner, with a strong customer-focus, and have a desire to make a difference.
Leading projects and coaching others will come natural to you. You'll be organised and have excellent attention to detail, ensuring our work is delivered to a high standard.
You'll be able to work as part of a team and individually and prioritise an interesting and varied workload. You will be good at working under pressure, working flexibly and at pace, and delivering outcomes.
Knowledge of waste regulation, waste crime, or environmental issues caused by poor waste management is desirable. You'll be a quick-learner, with a strong customer-focus, and have a desire to make a difference.
Leading projects and coaching others will come natural to you. You'll be organised and have excellent attention to detail, ensuring our work is delivered to a high standard.
You'll be able to work as part of a team and individually and prioritise an interesting and varied workload. You will be good at working under pressure, working flexibly and at pace, and delivering outcomes.
Closing date: 31st October 2018 at 23:55 hours
For an informal discussion about the role contact Lynsey Pope, Customers & Engagement Team Leader, on 07917 246493 or lynsey.pope@environment-agency.gov.uk
For an informal discussion about the role contact Lynsey Pope, Customers & Engagement Team Leader, on 07917 246493 or lynsey.pope@environment-agency.gov.uk
31/10/2018, 23:55 hours
Basic Check
Achieves Results
Demonstrable experience of setting and delivering high work standards, and the drive to meet targets. You prioritise and organise tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results.
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
You are able to find and deliver optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.
Engages others
You have experience of planning, carrying out and evaluating effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders following the Environment Agency's ‘Working With Others’ approach.
Focuses on Customers and Partners
You can demonstrate experience of consulting and collaborating with Customers and Partners effectively through awareness raising, education and combined projects, ensuring buy-in to initiatives and the beneficial promotion of the Environment Agency’s duties and policies.
Full driving licence
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.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
This Vacancy is closed to applications.