Catchment Advisor

**Catchment Advisor**:

- Salary up to £38,721 (depending on experience)- Location North East**About the role**

**Catchment Advisor**

**Full time**

**Permanent**

**Salary - up to £38,721 (depending on experience)**

**Location **-** Northeast**

**About the role**

We are looking for an experienced agricultural and/or river restoration specialist to join our Catchment Team. In this position you will be one of 3 Catchment Advisors covering the northeast, acting as the company’s internal and external stakeholder point of contact and delivering our catchment management initiatives to ensure the protection of water resources now and into the future.

With a background of working with the agricultural sector, and by building relationships at the local farm level, you will provide on-farm advice that supports sustainable farming and the adoption of good farming practices in order to minimise pollutants reaching local watercourses. You will develop a thorough understanding of your catchments and be able to identify and address risks to the provision of clean, safe and sustainable drinking water.

A focus of your work will be working with farmers and external partners to tackle the issue of pollutants in our water sources. For this you will need experience in working with a range of stakeholders to deliver on the ground initiatives to address sources of pollution, including field trials of alternate products and methodologies, as well as confidence in approaching and working with farmers, landowners and other stakeholders.

We are seeking an individual with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills who will develop good relationships and partnerships with farmers, landowners, agronomists, regulators, local authorities and NGOs. You will be confident attending meetings and events as a representative of Northumbrian Water and you will lead and support partnerships to deliver environmental improvements.

You will also help maintain the company’s catchment risk assessments and investigate sources of point and diffuse water pollution from a range of substances including pesticides and cryptosporidium, through the collection and analysis of water quality sample data and land use risk assessments.
- This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test._
- Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date._
- Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked_

**About you**

We need you to be proactive in order to manage and prioritise your own workload, with a mixture of office-based activity, organising and attending meetings, organising events for farmers, as well as conducting farm advice visits. Given the nature of this role we need you to be flexible and travel around Northumbrian Water’s operating area so you’ll need a full driving licence and access to your own vehicle.

**About us**

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

**Our values**

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:
Results Driven
- We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical
- We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused
- We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Creative
- We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team
- We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

**Colleague benefits**

We’re the great company we are because of you - our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.

Eyecare

Discounted Medicals

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Buying & selling annual leave

Long service awards

Salary sacrifice car scheme

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