Flood Risk Officer - 7025

1
East Midlands
Lincoln
Ceres House, 2 Searby Rd, LN2 4DT
Staff Grade 3
Permanent
Full Time
Engineering, Operational Delivery, Analytical
£22,433
Do you want to work with likeminded colleagues who strive to protect and enhance the environment? Are you looking for an employer who rewards hard work and enthusiasm by providing career opportunities, personal development and Professional Membership? Are you motivated, conscientious and able to work in a team? If the answer is ‘yes’ we want you to join our team.
In this role you will:
- Be the first point of contact for customers enquiring about working near rivers and sea defences, offering technical and practical advice associated with Flood Risk Activities Permit
- Use technical awareness to co-ordinate responses to data request enquiries, ensuring customers receive informative answers within the agreed timeframe
- Be responsible for maintaining and developing our evidence including flood risk mapping and help make improvements to keep our data current and readily accessible
- Develop and build relationships with external customers and partners as well as providing support to other team members working in flood risk management

You will also become a member of our incident response team protecting people and property.
The Partnership and Strategic Overview (PSO) team contribute to the Environment Agency’s goal of creating a better place for people and wildlife by working with others and influencing future plans. We have a unique position within the Environment Agency allowing us to shape Flood Risk Management within catchments. We commission data and gather evidence to inform, develop and implement long term approaches to better protect 300,000 homes nationally from flood risk.
We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate:
- A general understanding of flood risk principles and ability to apply this in decision making
- Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with internal and external customers
- Deliver work in an organised and auditable way ensuring effective data/information management
- Working under own initiative and as part of a team to make decisions and achieve planned outcomes
- Ability to use or develop new IT skills in such programmes as MS Office and ArcGIS
Closing Date: 30th November 2017 at 23:55 hours

Please contact Claire Rose on 07818 076951 to discuss the role further.

30/11/2017, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Works in Teams
You will be required to work as part of a team.
Tell us about how you currently work successfully as a team.
For example, how do you contribute to team effort and how do you interact with others to work effectively as a
team?
What were the challenges and outcomes?
Communicates Effectively
You will be expected to communicate and engage with others effectively through speech
and writing.
Tell us about a time where you have had to use your communication skills effectively to convey information and
ideas clearly to others:
Who was your audience? What was the message? What did you take into consideration to ensure the message
landed well?
Achieves Results
You will be expected to set and deliver high standards of work through prioritisation and organisation
of tasks and resources to meet targets and deadlines. Tell us about a time when you had to deliver a
challenging piece of work: what was it and how did you approach it?
Data and Information Management
You will be expected to analyse and interpret data well.
Tell us about a time where you had to rely on data to make an informed decision and on how it impacted on the
overall delivery of your task.
Data plays an important part
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.