Assistant Environmental Officer

3 weeks ago


King's Lynn, United Kingdom Water Management Alliance Full time

**Job title**:Assistant Environmental Officer

**Team/Section**:Environmental Team

**Department**:WMA Technical Support

**Location**:King’s Lynn, Norfolk (Office Based)
- Travel will also be expected to be undertaken regularly to all WMA board areas. Business mileage + Car Allowance provided. Overnight stays may be required occasionally.

**Responsible to**:Environmental Manager (WMA)

**Hours**:Full Time: 37 hours per week

**Grade/Salary**:£26,000 to £30,000 (dependent upon experience)

**Employer**:King’s Lynn IDB trading as the Water Management Alliance

The role will be very varied; both in the office and in the field and the applicant should be prepared to embrace all new challenges head on with a pleasant disposition and a good sense of humour.

The appointment offers a competitive salary depending on qualifications and experience, together with access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, BUPA Private Health Care, generous leave entitlement (24 days holiday (rising to 29 over 5 years) plus Bank Holidays), Car allowance, business mileage and mobile phone will be provided for business.

**Context**

The **Water Management Alliance **is a group of like-minded Internal Drainage Boards (“IDBs”) operating mostly in the Anglian Region of the United Kingdom who share vision, values and standards, and have chosen to jointly administer their affairs in order to reduce costs, strengthen their own organisations and increase influence at both a national and regional level.

**Internal Drainage Boards (“IDBs”) **are local public authorities that manage flood risk and land drainage within areas of special drainage need in England. Each IDB has permissive powers to undertake water management activities within their Internal Drainage District. The purpose of delivering this work is to reduce flood risk to people and property and to manage water in a way that meets the local needs of business and agriculture, including during times of drought, whilst also dealing with its obligations and commitments to the environment. IDBs exercise a general power of supervision over all matters relating to water level management within their district whilst conducting their work in accordance with a number of general environmental duties and promoting the ecological wellbeing of their districts.

**The Environmental Team
- **work alongside the Engineers, Technical, Operational, Capital Delivery and Sustainable Development Teams to provide ecological advice and support, to facilitate the delivery of maintenance and capital schemes and to provide comments on ecological aspects of planning/consenting activities. We consult with statutory bodies, NGOs, Contractors, Consultants and the wider public in the areas of assenting, fostering positive relationships and promoting partnership working throughout the WMA. We produce environmental policy documentation and enhance conservation through policy and Biodiversity Action Plan delivery and involvement in IDB capital schemes. We ensure compliance with legislation and monitor and evaluate our environmental progress and compliance via our ISO 14001 Quality Management System.

As an **Assistant Environmental Officer, **you will be directly supporting the WMA’s Environmental Manager and the Environmental Team, in undertaking the day-to-day routine paperwork, surveys and management of the environmental and ecological activities of all the WMA Boards.

**Responsibilities**:
**Providing Environmental Support**

Helping the Environmental Manager to provide ecological, technical and administrative support to all the Operational and Project Delivery teams throughout all Boards of the WMA in the following areas:

- Ensuring that operations are carried out in line with the Boards Standard Maintenance Operations (SMOs).
- Undertaking pre-construction ecological scoping and/or surveys for drain maintenance activities or for capital schemes.
- Helping to facilitate the delivery of targeted maintenance practices throughout all the Boards areas.
- Helping to facilitate the delivery of river and watercourse restoration projects within the Board’s catchment areas; overseeing projects, liaising with contractors and acting as an Ecological Clerk of works where required.
- Obtaining assent from Natural England or producing HRAs, and other permits, prior to undertaking works or capital schemes in or near protected sites.
- Liaising with external bodies such as EA, NE, Contractors, Consultants, NGOs and local interest groups as required to facilitate project delivery and foster positive relationships.
- Obtaining consents from the Environment Agency and other authorities as and required for maintenance activities or capital schemes.
- Liaising regularly with all teams and contractors in all WMA drainage districts, regarding environmental matters and undertake regular SMO audits.
- Ensuring teams can identify non-native invasive species and operate appropriate biosecurity measures.
- Obtaining


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