Permitting Officer – Water Resources - 11145

2
East Midlands
Nottingham
Trentside Offices
Staff Grade 3
Permanent
Full Time
Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery, Analytical
£22,792
We are the Environment Agency. We protect and improve the environment, helping to ensure that people can enjoy it. We look after the water environment and land quality, promoting sustainable land management and helping protect and enhance wildlife habitats. We also work closely with businesses, enabling them to operate whilst complying with relevant environmental regulations.

Being a Permitting Officer is an important role at the Environment Agency. You’ll join one of our national permitting teams in Water Resources and you’ll help create a cleaner, safer and healthier environment. You’ll assess a variety of applications for environmental permits across the country. You will carry out technical assessments and communicate with customers and other environmental bodies. You’ll have occasional site meetings to deliver pre-application advice to our customers and will issue permits in line with relevant legislation and guidance.
The role can be challenging, requiring you to manage a busy workload, consider new technologies, unusual locations and environmental sensitivities. The permitting process is well defined and training, mentoring and coaching is available, helping you become confident in the role. There is the opportunity for you to specialise in certain topics and be in control of your own development and career path.
Environment Agency permitting teams’ primary role is to protect the environment and support economic growth through the environmental permits we issue. Additional areas of work include providing advice and guidance to our internal and external customers and supporting other functions at the Environment Agency, including flooding and environmental incident response.
You will work with a team of other permitting officers doing similar work, based at our permitting centre in Nottingham.
You’ll ideally have some experience in a customer-focused role and be used to managing multiple pieces of work to different deadlines. You will be interested in the environment and be keen to protect it by regulating potentially damaging activities. This may mean dealing with complex and difficult situations. You will be comfortable working to challenging performance targets.

Whilst relevant work experience would be an advantage, we are looking for you to demonstrate the following key skills:

• organise and prioritise a large workload
• time management
• adapt communication style to suit audience
• make sound and timely decisions
• integrate into a team
• competent with a computer
• be passionate about the environment
For a full description and further information please download the candidate information pack on our website https://environmentagencyjobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre-1/candidate/ searching for job title: Permitting Officer.

We’re committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve and welcome applications from everyone.

Applications close on 30/06/2019 at 23:55 hours. Interviews will be held between weeks commencing 08/07/2019.

As part of the interview process you are required to complete a written technical assessment that you will be given on the day.

Your non-negotiable starting salary will be £22,792.

Please contact Peter.Maksymiw@environment-agency.gov.uk for further information.

30/06/2019, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Achieves Results
Describe how you have delivered a complex or busy workload successfully. Tell us about what
goals you set at the beginning and why the outcome was successful. Explain how you maximised output. What
issues did you face and how did you overcome them? Please note your answer will be used for shortlisting purposes.
Communicates Effectively
Describe how you have used a range of communication methods to present your views
in a convincing way. Tell us about the audiences, the messages, how you communicated the messages and what
you took into consideration to ensure each message was understood and received positively. How did you alter
your communication style to suit the audience? Please note your answer will be used for shortlisting purposes.
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Describe how you have used information available to you to find a solution
to a problem. Explain how you identified the problem and what information you sourced and then used to resolve
the problem. What alternatives did you consider? What was the outcome? Please note your answer will be used
for shortlisting purposes.
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.