Area Enforcement Team Leader G5 - 7153

You’ll manage a team that ensures enforcement work is targeted and tackles the most serious environmental offences. Through the effective oversight of investigations, you’ll ensure enforcement actions are prompt and effective, ‘done right, first time’.
Enforcement Team Leaders ensure that their officers have the capability and resource to undertake their activities effectively working closely with the Senior Enforcement Officer and Senior Environmental Crime Officer to develop staff capabilities, confidence and professionalism. This includes ensuring staff have the right training and support to carry out effective investigations.
As Team leader you’ll ensure expert opinion and advice on enforcement procedures, evidence gathering and actions is provided by the team to Regulatory and non-regulatory officers across the Area.
You’ll also be responsible for driving the team to develop, implement and direct proactive operations to deter illegal activities and ensure National and external teams are sighted on information and advice on enforcement activity feeding into the National Intelligence network.
Finally, you’ll ensure your teams activities are risk assessed and that health, safety and wellbeing measures are followed to minimise the risk of harm to Environment Agency staff and members of the public.

The team investigate complex, significant environmental offences. With specialist skills to prevent, disrupt and tackle environmental crime, they target waste offences and advise on land and water, flood risk management, fisheries, and navigation offences.
Often working with our National Enforcement Service they deliver Major Investigations and develop investigation plans based on intelligence. Working in partnership with other organisations, they liaise with the National Intelligence Team and Government Agency Intelligence Network to promote effective information sharing.

You’ll be able to show where you’ve led a team and delivered outcomes through others. You’ll be people focused, and be able to demonstrate how you have developed others.
First-class communication skills are a must, and you also understand the importance of teamwork and collaboration both within the Environment Agency, and with our partners and customers. You’ll be experienced in dealing with hostile situations, and have an ability to diffuse tension and prevent escalation.
It’s important that you’re skilled at managing multiple priorities and competing demands. You’ll be an intelligent problem solver too, with a methodical work approach and an ability to follow governance and procedure, recognising its importance within a criminal investigation.
You should also have a full driving licence and a willingness to travel around Yorkshire, and occasionally to other locations across the UK. Experience in enforcement or regulation and criminal proceedings are advantageous but not essential.

Closing Date: 14th January 2018 at 23:55 hours

It is strongly recommended that you submit your application during office hours Monday - Friday as technical support is unavailable at the weekends and we are unable to accept late submissions.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Victoria Slingsby on 07798 882516 or email Victoria.slingsby@environment-agency.gov.uk

Definition: Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards and in line with organisational processes and procedures.

Give an example of when your team had to deliver a major project or piece of work.

• How did you organise the team’s activities for the project.
• What methods did you use to ensure that activities were completed on time and to the required standard?
• What was the outcome?
• What did you learn from this experience?

Definition: Provides leadership that inspires and motivates others to achieve their personal goals and the goals of the organisation.

Describe a time when you have acted as a role model for on organisation’s visions and values.

• How did this encourage improved performance and excellence within your team?
• What did you learn from this?

Definition: Makes sure team members have the skills, knowledge and experience to successfully carry out their current role and to develop into future roles.

Give an example of when you have identified a source of unexpected or untapped skills within your team.

• How did you identify it?
• What action did you take?
• What was the outcome?
• What have you done to identify these type of gaps in the future?

Definition: Understands the organisation’s business processes and how to maximise the use of resources in an efficient and effective way.

What is the most challenging situation you have faced in terms of making the best use of the resources available to you?

• What action did you take?
• How did you prioritise your resources?
• What impact did this have on your team?
• What implications did it have for the wider organisation?

Definition: Applies a knowledge of statutory environmental and technical requirements to protect both the Environment Agency and the environment.

Describe a event where your knowledge of an area of legislation influenced a particular course of action.
• What was the situation?
• How did your knowledge of the relevant legislation impact the course of action?
• What was the outcome and what did your team learn from your knowledge?

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