Environment Officer

**Contract type**: Permanent
**Work pattern**: 37 hours per week
**Post number**: 200577
- _As an organisation we support flexible working. This role allows hybrid working (a mix of home and office working) and a working pattern suitable for you can be discussed on appointment if you are successful.
You will be contracted to the NRW location stated in this advert, of which you will be required to attend for regular meetings, training and for one-to-one meetings with your manager. These will be planned in advance.
**Job description**
We are small and effective team working within the beautiful North Powys area. This role helps us to deliver our incident and compliance work.
You need knowledge of North Powys, a full driving licence and lots of enthusiasm. We are looking for a team player who can contribute to the delivery of our regulatory work on farms, water abstractions and water discharges. The role is both field and office based and you will work with a wide range of internal and external customers.
You will have an important role to play in responding to incidents on the patch. You will need to respond to incidents in a timely, safe manner and take appropriate enforcement action when necessary. You need to be firm, persistent and able to build good working relationships from Day 1.
This work will be your main priority but you may be called on to contribute to other areas within the Environment Team’s remit such as conservation work on designated sites.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who can work at a fast pace, often to tight deadlines and who is able to effectively prioritise their workload to deliver more for the environment.
**Responsibilities**
Your responsibilities include:

- Work with a wide range of internal and external customers including permit holders, landowners, businesses, public bodies, recreation groups, volunteers and third sector organisations to enable others to achieve SMNR.
- Establish, maintain and advise partners to support the development of partnership projects and plans through from concepts to implementation. These projects will deliver outcomes aligned with place priorities.
- Assess compliance with relevant legislation, permit or consent conditions. Where non-compliance is identified, determine and implement the most appropriate intervention option to ensure a return to compliance as quickly as possible. Take appropriate actions to collect evidence for enforcement purposes, in accordance with defined procedures.
- Draft valid consents and assents for operations affecting protected sites. For all work areas produce required advice, investigations, documentation and reports to agreed quality standards to support operational and management decisions, protected site notification, public enquiries, court cases etc so that information, evidence and NRW interests are accurately and effectively presented.
- Within your area of expertise, provide professional local advice and responses to consultations from planning and permitting teams. Maintain working relationships with these teams through regular liaison.
- Monitor progress of work, which may include interpretation of data, contractor management, project delivery or compliance with management agreements or statutory legal notices. Identify and support any remedial actions to ensure outcome delivery.
- Play a role in a resilient NRW Incident Management Service that follows NRW process to ensure effective, timely and safe response to incidents.
- Incident Response requirements: Required to take part in incident response activities

**Qualifications, experience and knowledge**
Knowledge and experience of the following:

- A good working knowledge of environment management, agriculture, fisheries, conservation or biodiversity, with focused experience in one of these distinct areas of the team remit.
- An understanding of how these multi-functional teams can contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources.
- Ensure continuing professional and personal development, expertise and competence through formal and informal learning and certification.
- Strong and effective self-management and organisational skills.
- The ability to influence, negotiate and gain cooperation of others. Experience of dealing successfully with difficult people/situations is important.
- Able to work well as part of a team.
- Hold a current full UK valid licence to drive NRW fleet vehicles (cars and vans).

**Welsh language requirements**:
**Essential Level 1** - Able to pronounce Welsh and use basic phrases.
**Desirable Level 3** - Able to communicate with confidence in Welsh in some work situations.
**Competencies**
**Essential Knowledge and Skills**
- Expertise gained in a defined area or function, enabling the post holder to provide advice and guidance to others.
- Demonstrates a sound understanding and appreciation of the work of the wider function.
- Has good literacy, numeracy and communication skills including well develope