Regulatory Officer 1 – Producer Compliance Team for Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging Regulations - 31831

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The Combined Packaging Regime is looking for enthusiastic and proactive individuals to deliver regulatory and environmental outcomes.

The role involves working on the Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations for Packaging Producers.

You can find out more about the Regulations here; https://www.gov.uk/guidance/extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-who-is-affected-and-what-to-do

As a department we are responsible for analysing large data sets, required under the regulations to ensure compliance under these regulations by Producers. This includes desktop monitoring, audits and taking appropriate action to bring producers into compliance.

As a Regulatory Officer, you will undertake this work, under the direction and guidance of a Senior Technical Officer, Identifying non compliant producers, scrutinising evidence and querying and rectifying data anomalies Excellent data and information management skills are essential.

In addition, you will:

Co-ordinate and deliver processes, providing support, coaching and guidance to colleagues ensuring compliance with statutory and internal deadlines.

Communicate regularly with internal and external customers and answer technical queries

Collate, analyse and use complex data to help make evidence-based decisions on regulatory compliance.

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You may be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident.

The Combined Packaging Regime is a supportive and inclusive department that encourages our teams’ health, safety, wellbeing, and development. We contribute to the circular economy by providing clear, consistent and effective regulation to reduce packaging waste. We help to protect and improve the environment by regulating industry, ensuring compliance, and eliminating illegal activities.   

We sit within Waste Markets and Shipments who regulate areas including Packaging, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Batteries and International Waste Shipments.

We need individuals able to demonstrate the following:

Excellent data management, coordinating the collection, assessment, and analysis of large complex data sets to ensure accuracy, reporting and saving the data in line with guidance.

A great communicator able to present facts verbally and in writing. Able to give technical guidance in an accessible and understandable format.

Ability to deliver training and coaching.

Excellent time management and organisation and planning skills to deliver multiple work activities with varying deadlines.

Experience in supporting and influencing others to deliver in a prioritised manner.

Excellent customer service skills.

Great team work to support colleagues in solving complex issues and delivering outcomes, achieving common goals.

Competency with Microsoft packages is essential (Word, Excel and Teams).

Experience of working with customers and colleagues to achieve compliance with regulatory requirements is desirable but not essential.

Experience of working within Waste Regulation is desirable, but not essential.

Please see additional information pack for more on the CPR Compliance Team’s work.

We believe working at the Environment Agency should be life-enhancing. Our team is based in Sheffield and currently works flexibly between office/home. Occasional national travel is required.

We offer an attractive benefits package including:   
Fantastic pension scheme, flexible working and annual leave allowance starting at 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata). See the candidate pack for further information.   

Applications and interviews are competency based, therefore we recommend candidates research the EA Capability Dictionary

Successful candidates may be kept in a pool for future vacancies within the next 6 months.

Contact Jane Goodwin at Jane.Goodwin@environment-agency.gov.uk or Beth King at beth.king@environment-agency.gov.uk for advice about the recruitment process and further information on the role.

Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data, material or information appropriately for a variety of purposes. Please provide one specific example using the STAR format to demonstrate this competency.

Give an example of when you have quality assured and analysed a complex dataset. What were the key steps you took? How did you validate the data? What tools and techniques did you use? What was the outcome?

Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately, and persuasively through speech and writing. Please provide one specific example using the STAR format to demonstrate this competency.

Describe a time when you have had to use multiple communication methods to explain some technical information to someone with lower technical abilities and knowledge. What communication methods did you use? How did you check the information was understood? What was the outcome?

Has full awareness of own strengths, weaknesses, impact, and approach. Effectively organises self and takes personal responsibility for own role in the Environment Agency. Please provide one specific example using the STAR format to demonstrate this competency.

Describe a time when you had to manage multiple work tasks simultaneously. What deadlines were you working to? How did you handle this? What tools and techniques did you use? What was the outcome?