Biodiversity Officer - 10293

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South East
Welwyn Garden City
Alchemy, Bessemer Road, AL7 1HE
Staff Grade 4
Permanent
Full Time
Environment & Sustainability
£27,572
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual, with proven technical and inter-personal skills to be part of a friendly but hardworking team. You'll be responsible for covering a wide geographical area providing high quality technical advice relating to biodiversity to a variety of internal and external customers. You’ll be required to use a risk based approach to help protect and improve the water environment and water-dependent wildlife.
The team plays a pivotal role in supporting the organisation to achieve biodiversity and ecological objectives. We screen and advise on relevant internal plans and projects for biodiversity and geomorphology impacts to ensure compliance with legislation. We identify and influence opportunities to deliver multiple benefits through river basin management and flood risk management. We seek to develop and influence partnerships and organisations to help meet the Water Framework Directive and England Biodiversity Strategy 2020 objectives.
You’ll be qualified to degree standard (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline and have the ability and knowledge to:

• Provide guidance in order to ensure compliance with Environment Agency policy and current legislation.
• Apply influencing skills and knowledge of stakeholder expectations to deal with other teams effectively as well as those we work with outside the organisation.
• Provide knowledge of wetland and river conservation and legislation relating to wildlife and designated sites, and an understanding of policies relating to biodiversity.
• Achieve outcomes in line with the objectives of the Water Framework Directive.
Closing Date: 1st May 2019 at 23:55 hours

For further information please contact Ben Radbone email: Benjamin.radbone@environment-agency.gov.uk Tel: 07833 057594

The role will require the applicant to drive and a lease car will be provided with this role.

01/05/2019, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Achieves Results
Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets.
Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results.
Please provide an example of a piece of work/job that demonstrates this capability.
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions. Please provide an example of a piece of work/job that demonstrates this capability.
Influences and Persuades Others
Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail. Please provide an example of a piece of work/job that demonstrates this capability.
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This Vacancy is closed to applications.