Flood Resilience Officer
1
East Midlands
Lincoln
Waterside House
Staff Grade 4
Fixed Term
Operational Delivery
You’ll be involved in a wide variety of work to deliver improvements to our FCRM engagement work and incident management arrangements.
You will work in partnership with our G5 Engagement Advisor liaising with communities to help them become more resilient to flooding. You'll also play a key role in driving better engagement for FCRM in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
You will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the Major Incident Ready programme across the Area, helping to deliver key messages, along with getting involved in other workloads such as Duty Officer training and briefings.
You will work in partnership with our G5 Engagement Advisor liaising with communities to help them become more resilient to flooding. You'll also play a key role in driving better engagement for FCRM in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
You will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the Major Incident Ready programme across the Area, helping to deliver key messages, along with getting involved in other workloads such as Duty Officer training and briefings.
The Flood Resilience Team deliver the flood warning service, train and exercise our duty staff, develop effective response procedures, raise public awareness of flooding and liaise with our professional partners within the Local Resilience Forum community. You’ll also need to work with internal teams to provide a seamless service to our duty staff, external partners and members of the public.
You'll be well organised and have excellent attention to detail to ensure our work is delivered to a high standard.
An excellent communicator, delivering great customer service.
You'll be able to work as part of a team and individually and prioritise an interesting and varied workload.
You'll be a quick-learner, with a strong customer-focus, and a desire to make a difference.
You'll be good at working under pressure, working flexibly, at pace, and delivering outcomes.
Ideally you'll have experience of incident management and have an incident management duty role (or be expected to have one following training).
Have a good working knowledge of a range of IT packages, including MS Office.
An excellent communicator, delivering great customer service.
You'll be able to work as part of a team and individually and prioritise an interesting and varied workload.
You'll be a quick-learner, with a strong customer-focus, and a desire to make a difference.
You'll be good at working under pressure, working flexibly, at pace, and delivering outcomes.
Ideally you'll have experience of incident management and have an incident management duty role (or be expected to have one following training).
Have a good working knowledge of a range of IT packages, including MS Office.
The role will be based at our Lincoln office. The successful applicant will be part of the Area’s flood incident response duty team. This will mean regular standby duties, typically every 6-8 weeks, for one week at a time. During wet weather you may be required to carry out additional periods of duty and attend the incident room outside normal working hours.
For further details please contact Luke Dawson on Tel: 020302 55007 or by email: luke.dawson@environment-agency.gov.uk
You can also download the candidate pack for more information.
Closing date for applications is; 18 December 2016
For further details please contact Luke Dawson on Tel: 020302 55007 or by email: luke.dawson@environment-agency.gov.uk
You can also download the candidate pack for more information.
Closing date for applications is; 18 December 2016
18/12/2016, 23:55 hours
Basic Check
12 Months
Communicates Effectively
Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.
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.
Influences and Persuades Others
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.
Driving licence required
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.