Team Leader

3 months ago


Reading, United Kingdom Environment Agency Full time

Number of jobs available- 1
- Region- South East
- City/Town- Reading
- Building/Site- Caversham Lakes
- Grade- Staff Grade 5
- Post Type- Permanent
- Working Pattern- Full Time
- Role Type- Engineering, Operational Delivery, Analytical, Quality
- Salary Minimum- £37,462
- Job description- At the Environment Agency we have an exciting leadership opportunity. If you have a love of leading people and a real interest in monitoring instrumentation, then we would love to hear from you.
As the National Water Quality Instrumentation Service (NWQIS) Team Leader (calibration and maintenance laboratory), you will bring a positive, visible, and inclusive leadership style which will inspire and motivate the team to efficiently achieve environmental outcomes. Your team will be working with partner organisations and commercial customers to make our rivers a better place for people and wildlife.
- Lead a team that provides Water Quality Instrumentation
- Work closely with the technical lead of the laboratory to improve and consolidate technical practices and procedures.
- Promote and reinforce the Environment Agency’s vision and culture
- Develop, support, motivate and empower team members to achieve their potential.
- Build and manage strong relationships internally and externally for both customers and suppliers
- Contribute to the wider leadership community
- Ensure our performance and health, safety and wellbeing are managed to the highest standards.

Your ongoing personal development is also important. You will have the opportunity to gain further skills and knowledge to complement and enhance your capabilities as an effective leader and manager within the organisation.
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 team- The National Water Quality Instrumentation Service (NWQIS) provides support to all instrument-based water quality monitoring activities undertaken across the Agency.
We deliver a vital service that underpins the Environment Agency’s regulatory responsibilities, and we are playing a central role in the development and expansion of real time water quality monitoring in relation our responsibilities under the 2021 Environment Act. The team also supports a wide range of citizen science and stakeholder partnerships.
- Experience/skills required- We are looking for someone who has:

- Experience of leading a team and in managing staff
- Excellent people and leadership skills.
- Experience in motivating people to deliver to their full potential and delivering against corporate targets.
- A good understanding of health & safety risk management.
- Well-developed communication and influencing skills.
- The ability to work collaboratively.
- Experience of working with a range of customers both internal and external and delivering excellent customer service.
- Experience of managing performance
- The ability to prioritise tasks and to quickly adapt to changing situations.

Above all, you will be passionate about leading, motivating, supporting, and developing your team. Effective relationships, across your peers and beyond, are key to delivery. You will be experienced in working across organisations. You will be a confident and successful communicator, able to influence and support others, inside and outside of the organisation.
- Contact and additional information- A full UK driving licence is desirable but not necessary
In NWQIS we want to create a diverse workplace where people are respected, valued, and listened to. We are all different, and by embracing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) we can become an equal opportunity employer where jointly we all grow and learn together.
It is our ambition to champion diversity through building a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve.
The role will be based at our Caversham Lakes Depot.

Competency Questions
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