4312 - Flood and Coastal Risk Management Advisor (Asset Performance Norfolk)
1
East of England
Norwich
Dragonfly House
Staff Grade 5
Permanent
Full Time
Operational Delivery, Risk Management, Security, Health & Safety
£33,990
We are looking for a great person to provide technical leadership and drive performance in the Environment Agency’s Asset Performance Team in Norfolk. The role is about ensuring that flood risks assets perform as they should to help manage flood risk to people and property.
It’s a varied role involving supervision, identifying priorities and complying with processes and legal requirements. You’d be providing technical advice on maintaining, repairing, improving and operating a range of flood risk assets on rivers and the coast. Health and Safety is really important as is keeping us ready to respond to flood and environmental incidents.
It’s a varied role involving supervision, identifying priorities and complying with processes and legal requirements. You’d be providing technical advice on maintaining, repairing, improving and operating a range of flood risk assets on rivers and the coast. Health and Safety is really important as is keeping us ready to respond to flood and environmental incidents.
This role will be to support the Team Leader with managing the team’s workload and priorities which include:
•Asset inspection and condition reporting
•Identifying appropriate, cost effective solutions for asset repair, refurbishment, improvement and replacement
•Managing data
•Finances
•Preparing risk management paperwork
•Public safety
•Enforcement
•Working with others to reduce the risk to people and property from flooding
•Statutory requirements and following procedures
•Customers, professional partners and stakeholders
•Incident response capabilities
•Asset inspection and condition reporting
•Identifying appropriate, cost effective solutions for asset repair, refurbishment, improvement and replacement
•Managing data
•Finances
•Preparing risk management paperwork
•Public safety
•Enforcement
•Working with others to reduce the risk to people and property from flooding
•Statutory requirements and following procedures
•Customers, professional partners and stakeholders
•Incident response capabilities
• Great communication skills
• Experience of coaching or developing others’ skills/knowledge
• Good understanding of Health & Safety legislation and practices including CDM
• Working experience of risk management procedures
• Effective planning skills with the ability to prioritise and deliver results to tight deadlines
• You must be able to take initiative, be flexible, solve problems and make decisions
• Excellent IT skills and experience of managing and interpreting data
• Experience of coaching or developing others’ skills/knowledge
• Good understanding of Health & Safety legislation and practices including CDM
• Working experience of risk management procedures
• Effective planning skills with the ability to prioritise and deliver results to tight deadlines
• You must be able to take initiative, be flexible, solve problems and make decisions
• Excellent IT skills and experience of managing and interpreting data
Closing Date: 5th March 2017 at 23:55 hours
Please download the candidate pack for more information about the role and applications process.
If you have any questions please contact Martin Howarth at martin.howarth@environment-agency.gov.uk or on 07770 796179.
Please download the candidate pack for more information about the role and applications process.
If you have any questions please contact Martin Howarth at martin.howarth@environment-agency.gov.uk or on 07770 796179.
05/03/2017, 23:55 hours
Basic Check
Achieves Results
Part of this role is to drive performance in the team to get things done on time and to a high standard. Please can you give examples of how you have worked to achieve deadlines, and helped others to do so, and how you have assessed the quality and accuracy of information involved.
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
In this role you'll need to actively make many decisions on a day to day basis, for some decisions you'll have limited information and time and others will require greater consideration due to the risks involved. Please give example(s) of when you have made timely decisions to solve problems.
Focuses on Customers and Partners
We have a great range of customers and stakeholders and increasingly we have a need to involve them in our proposals and outcomes. Please describe how you have worked with customers and what you have been able to achieve.
Data and Information Management
Information is at the heart of our decision making and accuracy is really important. Describe how you have used data and information to inform decisions and how you have ensured it is fit for purpose.
Programme and Project Management
Our asset maintenance programme and projects to deliver specific work on assets is the main part of our work in Asset Performance. Please tell us about how you been involved in projects and/or overseen others delivering project work.
Driving licence required
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.
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.