Installations Team Leader - 28850

We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment. As an organisation we strive to reflect the communities we serve and continue to develop diversity throughout our workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, sexual orientation, or religion.

We are seeking an eager, self-motivated person to lead a team of Officers in our Installations team. This is an exciting opportunity to manage a front-line team where your actions will make a real difference for the people and landscape of Lincolnshire & Northamptonshire.

You will bring a positive and visible leadership style which will inspire and motivate the team to achieve successful environmental outcomes. Knowing the needs of our customers, both those we regulate and the communities that can be affected, are key requirements. Working with professional partners is increasingly important if we’re to realise our ambitions, so you’ll need to build these relationships to help your team in delivering their ambitions for our local environment and the communities they serve..

With excellent people skills you will provide leadership for your teams' health, safety and wellbeing as well as ensure their personal development.

The job will provide the challenges of a fast-paced operational team managing some high public interest issues.

You will also need to work closely with other teams across Regulatory Industry to ensure an effective delivery of service and look to innovate and embed new ways of working within the team.

Additionally, you will be part of our Area Leadership Group contributing to the wider leadership of our Department and our Area.

The Installations team’s core responsibilities include regulation of installations covered by the Environmental Permitting Regulations and COMAH. Officers in the team audit a wide range of industrial sites ensuring they comply with permit conditions and also make complex assessments of environmental protection issues and use of resources.

• Have a proven commitment to people, both your team and our customers, and good communication and influencing skills.
• Have the ability to manage and motivate a diverse group of people.
• Have the ability to use your initiative to take timely actions, manage and prioritise a complex workload to tight deadlines.
• Remain positive and focused on the key priorities and provide leadership and direction to the team in the face of competing priorities.
• Demonstrate your leadership capability to deliver outcomes through others.
• Experience of influencing others to achieve the outcomes you need and be politically savvy.
• The ability to thrive in a changing work environment and enthusiasm to improve how we do things.

The team covers the Northamptonshire area and the majority of the team are based in Kettering. Your base location will be Kettering and the current expectation is that the Team Leader will be in the office at least once a week. Some travel to the Lincoln office will also be required.

Interviews are likely to be held w/c 29th April and face to face.

For further details please contact laura.richardson@environment-agency.gov.uk

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 support during an incident.

Description: Ensuring team members have the skills, knowledge and experience to successfully carry out their current role to deliver for the EA is a key role of a Team Leader.

Describe how you have motivated a team to deliver results on time, to required standards by successfully obtaining others’ commitment to undertake work and by gaining their acceptance and involvement.

Description: Team Leaders are crucial for providing leadership to help others achieve the goals of the Environment Agency.

Question: Provide an example where you have led and motivated others to do things differently. How did you go about leading this change and how successful were you?

Description: A key role of a Team Leader is to appropriately manage the health and safety risks their team members face.

Question: Can you describe how you champion health, safety and Wellbeing and support a Health, Safety Team culture where people embrace learning and take responsibility for?

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