Assistant Fisheries officer - 7519

1
East of England, South East
Welwyn Garden City
Alchemy, Bessemer Road, AL7 1HE
Staff Grade 3
Permanent
Full Time
Operational Delivery
£22433
We are seeking an assistant fisheries officer with proven field experience, to join our busy fisheries, biodiversity and geomorphology team in Herts North London. The role will focus on operational support within the team, for a range of activities including fisheries incident response, surveys, fisheries management and operations. Our role is to maintain, improve and develop fisheries and deliver water framework outcomes for the area The role will operate across the herts, North London area where engagement with a range of statutory and non statutory partners, including rod licence paying customers, is critical to reputational management & outcome delivery. Responding to environmental incidents & out of hours working is a key requirement as is the ability to operate and maintain a range of specialist equipment. The post is based at Welwyn Garden City & the candidate will work closely with other environmental experts and teams across the area.
The post sits in the Herts North London fisheries, biodiversity and geomorphology team within the Environment Management sector.
The team comprises of a range of fisheries, and conservation experts which advise across the business on all matters affecting the Agencys fisheries remit. The postholder will be required to work individually and in teams.
fisheries based roles attract experienced industry experts with a proven track record in fisheries management, technical competency and operational delivery. Candidates will ideally hold a qualification in a relevant fisheries or environmental discipline and have demonstrable operational experience within the field of freshwater fisheries management. The role will entail out of hours and weekend working and incident response at. A full driving licence is required. Electrofishing capability will be an advantage.
Closing Date: 2nd March 2018 at 23:55 hours
Richard Tyner
richard.tyner@environment-agency.gov.uk

02/03/2018, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Works in Teams
Ability to work as a team player. Demonstrates flexibility and effectiveness
Applies Analytical Knowledge and Experience
Ability to demonstrate technical knowledge of subject and how it apllies to the role
Achieves Results
Demonstrates effective ways of working, self management, delivery against deadlines and prioritising and delivery of agreed workloads.
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.

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