Grade 4 Permitting Officer - 11410

1
East Midlands
Nottingham
Trentside Offices
Staff Grade 4
Permanent
Full Time
Operational Delivery
£27,572
Your role will involve working in multidisciplinary areas of the environment and waste industry. You will carry out environmental investigation and assessments on the impacts of these sites on their surrounding environment which include; European and locally protected species and habitats, ground and surface water, human receptors and air pollution. Other areas of work include learning the technical processes of waste treatment and handling and how facilities mitigate risk to the environment through management plans and risk assessments.

You’ll pro-actively manage your own workload, seeking support and escalating issues as appropriate, to deliver high quality environmental permitting decisions to tight deadlines. To achieve this, you’ll have excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with customers. You must be prepared to have difficult conversations with customers and be able to clearly explain your decisions. You’ll also provide mentoring and coaching support to others.

In exchange for your hard work, you’ll have the opportunity to further develop your skills, expertise and career in this fast-paced environment, for example by taking on a lead role or getting involved in project work such as a permit review programme.
The National Permitting Service delivers the Environment Agency’s permitting and regulatory responsibilities, enabling businesses to operate whilst protecting the environment.

You’ll be joining an established permitting team, who determine environmental permit applications for the waste industry such as waste treatment and transfer, end of life vehicles, metals, and permanent deposits of waste to land.

However, you will need to remain flexible to respond to changing demands.
Excellent communication skills are a must as you’ll be working with a diverse range of people.You’ll also have:
• Technical knowledge of at least one of the following:waste treatment and transfer of inert, non-hazardous and hazardous waste, end of life vehicles, metals, and permanent deposits of waste to land, noise, odour, dust, habitats, fire prevention plans
• Experience in environmental management and environmental risk assessment;
• Effective coaching and mentoring skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to provide first-rate customer service
• Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with internal and external customers
• Delivered high work standards to agreed targets
• Worked to make decisions and achieve planned outcomes within given timescales
We’re ideally looking for people that have experience of environmental permitting.But the key things we’re looking for are transferrable skills and capabilities –do not be put off applying if you don’t have this experience.
For further information, please contact: Helen Smith - Waste Permitting Team Leader
Tel: 02030 253257
Email: helenh.smith@environment-agency.gov.uk
Or Maria Priestley
Tel: 0208 4745175
Email: maria.priestley1@environment-agency.gov.uk
Interviews will be held week commencing 12 August 2019.
There will be a capability based interview and a technical assessment.

21/07/2019, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Coaches Others
Uses variety of methods, including direct instruction, coaching and feedback skills to help others to develop.
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.
Focuses on Customers and Partners
Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses
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
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.

This Vacancy is closed to applications.