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15/02/2026, 23:55 hours
ER03 Job Family Role Profile Environment & Regulation, Grade 3
Do you want to work for an organisation that values difference and includes everyone? Then the Environment Agency is the organisation for you! We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share. The Regulatory Officer role will be based in Waste Shipments within Environmental Markets and Regulation. We’re a national team with officers based across England, ensuring a consistent regulatory approach across the country. As a department we ensure that companies are disposing of their waste correctly by enforcing government regulations – ‘right waste, right place’. You will be supporting with planning, monitoring and delivering compliance and enforcement activity within your area of waste regulation, driving England’s circular economy. Find out more about our wider team here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ7fCgRW5SM
As a Regulatory Officer, you will: Use a team email inbox and be the first point of contact for the team. Communicate regularly with customers and stakeholders, answering technical queries and finding solutions to problems. provide a comprehensive support service to the team, ensuring efficient systems are in place to maximise the effective use of team’s time. Support the collation, analysis and basic reporting of data. Deal with confidential and sensitive information whilst keeping in line with data protection guidelines. Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.
We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate:
Everyone starting in a new role with the Environment Agency will be welcomed into the team and given all the training and support you need to succeed.
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This Vacancy is closed to applications.