Flood Resilience and Engagement Officer - 8188

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East of England, London, South East
Welwyn Garden City
Alchemy, Bessemer Road, AL7 1HE
Staff Grade 4
Permanent
Full Time
Administration / Corporate Support, Communications / Marketing, Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery, Risk Management, Science, Knowledge & Information Management, Other, Analytical
£27,138
The job is to support flood resilience engagement and the flood incident management and warning services in the busy Hertfordshire and North London area. Working within the Flood Resilience team and with a range of internal and external partners you will support the public, professional partners and Environment Agency staff to be prepared for and resilient to floods. As part of a varied and challenging workload you will:
- support the team to plan and deliver engagement with local communities, increasing awareness of flood risk and knowledge of the appropriate actions to take in response to flooding;
- work with professional partners to support multi-agency planning and preparation for flood incidents;
- ensure we provide a first class response to flood incidents by maintaining systems and procedures and support delivery of training and exercising to staff;
- contribute to our wider incident response in line with your skills and experience.
Our Flood Resilience Team ensures we are resilient and ready for incidents by:
- maintaining our flood warning systems;
- working with communities at risk from flooding, providing advice on what to do before, during and after flooding;
- maintaining our incident room and supporting the training and exercising of our staff;
- working with our professional partners to ensure we all pull together for the best response.
You will:
- have an understanding of flood risk and incident management and demonstrate an awareness of the Environment Agencies role in managing and responding to incidents;
- demonstrate excellent communication skills, able to use a range of styles to address different audiences, with experience of community engagement being desirable;
- be well organised, able to prioritise a varied workload and maintain attention to detail to ensure your work is delivered to a high standard;
- be self-motivated working well in team environment and under your own initiative;
- have competent IT and data skills; experience of GIS software would be beneficial.
Closing date: 10th June 2018 at 23:55 hours
Occasional travel to external meetings, public events other Environment Agency locations may be required. A full UK driving licence is not essential, but would be beneficial.
You will be expected to play a full part in our incident response in line with your skills and experience. This may mean taking up a role on one of our duty rosters.
For further information contact Chris Roe, Flood Resilience Team Leader, Hertfordshire and North London:
Tel: 020302 58994, Email: christopher.roe@environment-agency.gov.uk

10/06/2018, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
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.
Achieves Results
You will be expected to deliver high standards of work through prioritising and organising tasks and resources to ensure targets and deadlines are met. Please tell us about a challenging piece of work you have delivered: what was it and how did you approach it?
Works in Teams
You will be required to work as part of a team. Please give an example where you have worked co-operatively as part of a successful team. What was your role and how did you interact with others to ensure the team was effective?
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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This Vacancy is closed to applications.