Area Environment Manager - Monitoring - 28829

We have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join the Yorkshire Area Leadership Team (ALT) as an Area Environment Manager leading our teams in Monitoring, Hydrometry & Telemetry, Hydrology and WLB Assets Management. If you are passionate about people, health, safety, wellbeing, and our environment, and looking for a leadership opportunity where you can make a practical difference, then this role is for you.

We are looking for a proven leader who will: inspire and motivate people, develop strong partnerships, and improve our business to achieve great outcomes; know how to make our corporate ambitions and local priorities resonate with others so that plans are converted into delivery on the ground with support of other teams, key partners and stakeholders.

You will have a key Asset Management role in Yorkshire. As the WLB Asset Owner across Yorkshire, you and your teams will be responsible for the strategic planning, asset information management, reliability and safety assurance, maintenance, and operation.

You’ll play a key role in keeping our people safe and well by proactively promoting a positive culture in health, safety, and wellbeing, you will ensure compliance; drive continuous improvement; embrace emergent leadership; and supports development.

You will be a highly visible leader, able to organise, inspire and motivate both office and field-based teams to achieve great outcomes. You will positively role model an open, inclusive, and trusting culture, working closely with Area and National colleagues.

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

You will lead teams covering Environment Monitoring, Hydrometry & Telemetry, Hydrology and WLB Asset Management. Enabling these teams to deliver the Area’s water quality and water quantity monitoring programmes.

You will also form an essential part of our Area Leadership Team, providing forward thinking and strategic direction to Yorkshire Area. Your leadership will also enhance the Areas incident response capability by holding a senior incident management role.

This requires excellent communication and leadership skills, to inspire teams to be the best they can be. So you will be experienced in leading and managing people within the Environment Agency, nurturing our talent, and enabling strong technical resilience.

You must be passionate about developing other people and have experience managing health, safety, and wellbeing in high-risk operational environments.

Show experience of leading and inspiring teams to be high performing and manage a quality service whilst providing value for money.

You will be confident in engaging with and influencing within our own business, with our partners and with external organisations (i.e. Yorkshire Water; Local Authorities; MPs).

You will be able to manage competing demands within a busy and often reactive workload.

Knowledge of the Area, and the opportunities and challenges across our operations will also be useful.

This is a temporary assignment opportunity for 18 months.
This role will be based in Yorkshire. Travel will be required to other offices, depots and locations which may not be easily accessible via public transport, and so you will need a full UK driving licence.

We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce which reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from different backgrounds as we value race, sex, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity or marital status. We also support flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share.

For any questions relating to this role, please contact: Mike Dugher by email: mike.dugher@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Interviews are scheduled to take place week ending 26-April-2024.

Please describe your leadership style and what you think is most important when leading a diverse team with complex and competing priorities.

Please describe how you harness the team to deliver results on time and meet the priorities. With such a broad remit, how will you develop the relationships needed to get the job done?

Health, safety & wellbeing is paramount in everything that we do: both in the office and in the field. We want to make sure everyone stays safe and well.
What do you see as being the main Health and Safety requirements for this role and how would you lead your teams safely?

Each Financial Year, Monitoring receive both Water Quality and Water Quantity Commissions from within the business and from our stakeholders. Describe a time when you have had to balance the needs of conflicting priorities/commissions.

Full UK Driving Licence