Water Resource Technical Specialist

Number of jobs available- 1
- Region- South East
- City/Town- Reading, Wallingford
- Building/Site- Kings Meadow House, Red Kite House
- Grade- Staff Grade 5
- Post Type- Permanent
- Working Pattern- Full Time
- Role Type- Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery
- Salary Minimum- £37,462
- Job description- If you are passionate about our water environment; if you want to have a lasting impact on balancing the needs for water for both society and the environment; if you want to play a part ensuring it is protected and enhanced for future generations, then you’ll want a role in the Integrated Environment Planning Team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with experience of water resource planning to help us manage and respond to the pressures and increasing demands on the water environment in the Thames area.
As a Water Resource Specialist, you will:

- be jointly responsible for the local delivery of water resources work
- influence and support the planning and delivery of the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) and water company plans
- build and maintain productive and influential relationships with internal and external customers including water companies
- contribute to the coordination of drought planning and response
- lead and/or provide specialist advice to local and national working groups and projects

Support the development of colleagues’ technical knowledge and the area’s evidence base.
- provide specialist advice to senior managers facilitating resolution of complex or contentious issues.

Working with colleagues and partners, you will seek optimal solutions to environmental problems, and advise on the regulatory requirements that will help to create a better place for people, wildlife, and businesses.
You will work with operational teams, national colleagues, and external partners.
- The team- The Integrated Planning (IEP) team is part of the wider Environment Planning and Engagement (EPE) department. You will join a fantastic team of environment planners and water quality specialists focusing on water resources activities.
The team works to strengthen our evidence base and drive integrated delivery to achieve best outcomes for the Thames catchment.
IEP team provides environmental evidence that informs and drives local priorities and influences decisions on investments for environmental improvement.
- Experience/skills required strategic water resource environment planning tools and techniques.
- Good research/analysis skills, supporting an ability to make proportionate, evidence-based inferences/proposals from information.
- Experience of gathering, maintaining and quality-assuring data/information.
- Good organisational skills/discipline and the ability to plan, track, deliver and evaluate work.
- Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a larger, cross-functional/multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to build and maintain productive and influential relationships with internal and external customers including water companies.
- Sensitive to the needs of the internal and external customers and able to deliver outcomes through these.
- Ability to prioritise and deliver work to relevant standards and tight deadlines.
- Experience of translating internal guidance and instructions into local delivery.
- Contact and additional information- The team is based in the Environment Agency's Thames Area; there will be a requirement for some travel to attend some meetings at locations in Thames Area, but location for the role is flexible.

Interviews W/C 25/09 & 02/10