Flood Risk Officer

1

North West

Warrington

Richard Fairclough House

Staff Grade 4

Permanent

Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Compressed Hours

Operational Delivery

£29,706

Climate change and how we can tackle it, adapt and become more resilient to its effects is becoming more important in today’s society. This is your opportunity to come and work at the Environment Agency and help make a difference.

The main goal of this role is to protect people and property from flooding. This role will develop your technical, influencing and team working skills to influence development through our regulatory role in planning and permitting, building relationships with partners such as councils and engaging with a variety of customers on flood risk matters. You will also support and lead on flood risk modelling and larger projects.

A typical week may involve:

• Analysing planning & permit applications and influencing developers to manage/improve flood risk
• Contributing to projects, building business cases for flood alleviation projects
• Working alongside councils and communities to improve flood risk management
• Collaborating to achieve multiple benefits e.g., carbon savings, ecology gain, flood benefits
• Training on planning/engineering/modelling
• Catchment/project site visits
• Supporting our incident response responsibilities
• Data management

We offer a rewarding career both in terms of personal development and making a difference to people and businesses who are affected by flood risk now and in the future.

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. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

The Partnership & Strategic Overview teams develop our understanding of flood and coastal risk and work with our partners to manage the risk.
We develop new schemes and strategies to reduce flood risk, influence development and issue Flood Risk Activity Permits. We also commission and assure flood models.
The team is actively inclusive and collectively we support one another. You will be welcomed and provided with all the training and guidance needed to be successful.

The following skills are essential:

• Good IT skills particularly relating to the Microsoft Office suite
• Clear verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritise busy and complex workloads to meet deadlines
• Ability to understand technical information and ideas

The following qualities/experience are useful:

• Flood and coastal risk management or related knowledge or experience
• Experience of working with members of the public, consultants, and professional partners
• Knowledge of the Environment Agency's flood risk management responsibilities
• Understanding of Town and Country planning principles
• ArcGIS skills and an understanding of using outputs from flood risk models
• Qualification in geography, Environmental Science, Engineering or similar

A full UK driving licence is essential. This role involves regular travel to meet with partners and undertake site visits.

We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce.

We welcome flexible working; including job share, flexible daily hours and location. We offer 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays and an additional 15 days available annually through flexitime.

We offer an extensive range of employee benefits and we’re fully invested in developing team member’s skills and careers and there are plenty of opportunities to specialise through training/experience and progress, including fully funded opportunities to develop further academic/professional qualifications.

Overtime and standby payments are awarded for our role in incident management.

If you would like to know more please contact Katy Holt at katy.holt@environment-agency.gov.uk or 07899065328