Flood Resilience Officer (G3) - 8941
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South West, West Midlands
Fradley, Tewkesbury
Riversmeet House, Sentinel House
Staff Grade 3
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time, Compressed Hours
Environment & Sustainability
£22,433
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Flood Resilience team and make a difference by supporting communities to prepare for flooding.
The Flood Resilience Team is at the heart of the Environment Agency's incident management in West Midlands. It is our job to ensure that we, our partners, and our communities are prepared for flooding, and are able to respond effectively before, during and after a flood.
As part of a varied and challenging workload you will:
- ensure we provide a first class response to flood incidents by maintaining our systems and procedures and contribute to the delivery of training and exercising to staff;
- support the team to plan and deliver engagement with local communities, to increase awareness of flood risk and knowledge of appropriate actions to take in response to flooding;
- work with professional partners to support multi-agency planning and preparation for flood incidents;
- contribute to our wider incident response in line with your skills and experience.
The Flood Resilience Team is at the heart of the Environment Agency's incident management in West Midlands. It is our job to ensure that we, our partners, and our communities are prepared for flooding, and are able to respond effectively before, during and after a flood.
As part of a varied and challenging workload you will:
- ensure we provide a first class response to flood incidents by maintaining our systems and procedures and contribute to the delivery of training and exercising to staff;
- support the team to plan and deliver engagement with local communities, to increase awareness of flood risk and knowledge of appropriate actions to take in response to flooding;
- work with professional partners to support multi-agency planning and preparation for flood incidents;
- contribute to our wider incident response in line with your skills and experience.
Our Flood Resilience Team ensures we are resilient and ready for incidents by:
• maintaining our flood warning systems;
• working with communities at risk from flooding, providing advice on what to do before, during and after flooding;
• maintaining our incident room and supporting the training and exercising of our staff;
• working with our professional partners to ensure we all pull together for the best response.
• maintaining our flood warning systems;
• working with communities at risk from flooding, providing advice on what to do before, during and after flooding;
• maintaining our incident room and supporting the training and exercising of our staff;
• working with our professional partners to ensure we all pull together for the best response.
You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, able to use a range of styles to address different audiences, with experience of community engagement being desirable;
- be well organised, able to prioritise a varied workload and maintain attention to detail to ensure your work is delivered to a high standard;
- be self-motivated working well in team environment and under your own initiative;
- have competent IT and data skills
- be well organised, able to prioritise a varied workload and maintain attention to detail to ensure your work is delivered to a high standard;
- be self-motivated working well in team environment and under your own initiative;
- have competent IT and data skills
Closing Date: 30th September 2018 at 23:55 hours
You will be expected to play a full part in our incident response in line with your skills and experience. This may mean taking up a role on one of our duty rosters.
You will be based in our Fradley, Lichfield or our Tewksbury office with some travel around the West Midlands area required.
This is a full time role, but other working patterns can be considered.
The Environment Agency is proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.
For more information please contact Harriet Templar-Vasey harriet.templar-vasey@environment-agency.gov.uk
You will be expected to play a full part in our incident response in line with your skills and experience. This may mean taking up a role on one of our duty rosters.
You will be based in our Fradley, Lichfield or our Tewksbury office with some travel around the West Midlands area required.
This is a full time role, but other working patterns can be considered.
The Environment Agency is proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.
For more information please contact Harriet Templar-Vasey harriet.templar-vasey@environment-agency.gov.uk
30/09/2018, 23:55 hours
Basic Check
Works in Teams
Works co-operatively as part of a team to achieve common goals.
Tell us about your role in a team and what contribution you made to achieve a result.
Tell us about your role in a team and what contribution you made to achieve a result.
Data and Information Management
Good data and information management is a requirement to allow quick access to relevant flood risk and community information for incident response and engagement activities.
Describe how you have used data or information to achieve a result.
Describe how you have used data or information to achieve a result.
Focuses on Customers and Partners
Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses.
Tell us about a time when you have delivered great customer service. Why are you proud of this?
Tell us about a time when you have delivered great customer service. Why are you proud of this?
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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.