Catchment Adviser

Do you love working outdoors, around the countryside, on farms and in river catchments? If so, and you also have an interest in the environment and experience within agriculture, then we have the perfect opportunity to join our team as a Catchment Adviser

**The role**

As a Catchment Adviser your role is to identify and report catchment risks to water quality (groundwater and surface water) and advise on how these risks can be mitigated as part of the Catchment Drinking Water Safety Plan (DWSP) team.

Working alongside other advisers in 20 operational catchments, you will mitigate these risks by working with and advising approximately 100 farmers/landowners across the Wessex Water region in high nitrate and pesticide catchments to encourage them to reduce or make more efficient use of nutrients and/or pesticides to remove the need for water treatment at Wessex Water sources.

You will gain a thorough understanding of each catchment and will assist with collecting samples for Catchment Scientists and devise monitoring strategies that identify the impacts of changes in land use and measures adopted by farmers that influence nitrate leaching.

**What do you need?**

You will be a self-sufficient individual with a good level of agriculture expertise and experience. You will have commercial awareness and creativity along with being a confident communicator and influencer, while also being comfortable talking to and negotiating with the farming community.

In addition, we are looking for:

- knowledge of farm data and its interpretation
- practical understanding of field sampling (soils, crops, water, etc)
- knowledge of soils and soils management
- basic understanding of grant/funding schemes
- experience working in an environmental field
- the ability to determine and prioritise risk to groundwater and surface water quality from catchment land use and activity
- the analysis and interpretation of water quality data.

If you have the following, it would be an advantage but is not essential:

- the ability to use ArcGIS mapping system (or willingness to learn) along with ability to interpret data sets
- BASIS (Pesticide) and FACTS (fertiliser) training
- basic hydrogeological understanding.

Due to the nature of this role, you must hold a valid UK driving licence. A company vehicle will be provided.

**Benefits for you**
- Pension - up to 20% combined contribution
- 25 days’ holiday rising to 28 with length of service
- Opportunity to buy and sell up to five days’ holiday
- Health benefits package
- Life assurance (up to four times your salary)
- Electric vehicle salary exchange
- Flexible working
- Cashback and discounts from over 1,200 retailers
- Paid volunteering day
- Enhanced family leave
- Interactive health and wellbeing platform
- Support from mental health first aiders
- £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us

**What will you get from us?**

Our people tell us Wessex Water is a great place to work, and they stay with us We are proud of how we support development and career progression. We have a wealth of both financial and non-financial benefits to offer our people and are committed to ensuring we provide an environment that supports health and wellbeing and flexible working.

We continue to promote diversity and inclusion. With that in mind, we welcome all applicants.

We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer. Applicants who declare they have a disability or have previously served with the Armed Forces, and meet the minimum requirements for the job, will automatically be invited for an interview.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to assist you in starting your journey with Wessex Water.

If you have what it takes to join this award-winning business and want to be part of our exciting journey and share in that success, then please get in contact with us to find out more.

**_Sound interesting?_