Environment Officer (DCS) - 7234

Do you have what it takes to protect and improve our special environment in Devon Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (DCIS)?
We are looking for a motivated and outcome focused Environment Officers to join our Waste & Land & Water teams in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Being an Environment Officer is one of the most important roles at the Environment Agency. Environment Officers tackle everything from legal and illegal waste sites, to farms and other activities across a range of urban and rural sites, all of which may impact on the local environment. You will join one of our customer facing frontline teams working directly to help create a cleaner, safer and healthier environment.
Work in both teams includes:
• a strong focus on enforcing environmental regulations
• influencing companies and businesses to move from correction to prevention
• using your excellent customer service skills to engage with local communities and operators
• visiting sites to conduct inspections and taking action if environmental regulations have not been adhered to
• investigating environmental offences
• dealing with environmental incidents
• giving evidence in court
• attending to out of hours emergencies as part of a standby rota

You will be based in one of our area offices in an operational team focusing on either Land & Water or Waste issues. In the Waste team you will focus on operators and companies in the waste sector. In the Land & Water team you’ll focus on water quality, agriculture and water resources.

Ideally you will have some exposure to a regulatory, enforcement or customer focused role. Perhaps you've inspected or evaluated sites, handled or investigated complaints or been in a role in which you’ve had to have difficult conversations with people. You may even already be in a regulatory role or have had exposure to a regulated industry in the past. Whatever your background, you'll be interested in the environmental sector and be willing to enforce environmental regulations, even if this means sometimes dealing with confrontational situations.

Whilst relevant work experience would be an advantage, it’s less important to us than your ability to demonstrate the key transferrable skills and personal qualities that we’re looking for.

We’re not seeking any specific qualifications for these roles. It’s much more important that you have the right personal characteristics and a passion for protecting the environment.

Closing Date: 2nd January 2018 at 23:55 hours

The four vacancies available in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are:
1 x Permanent (Land & Water EO) based in Bodmin or Redruth (West Cornwall)
1 x 18 month (Waste EO) based in Bodmin or Launceston (Cornwall & Plymouth)
1 x 12 month (Waste EO) based in Bodmin or Launceston (Cornwall & Plymouth)
1 x 12 month (Land & Water EO) based in Exeter (South Devon)

For more information please contact:
Robert Wood - Team Leader Waste Cornwall & Plymouth robert.wood@environment-agency.gov.uk
Mark Pilcher - Team Leader Land & Water West Cornwall mark.pilcher@environnment-agency.gov.uk
Louise Weller - Team Leader Land & Water South Devon louise.weller@environment-agency.gov.uk

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Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.

Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.

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