Regulatory Officer

At the Environment Agency we aspire for inclusivity to thrive in our workforce. We embrace equal opportunities and flexible work arrangements, ensuring everyone can contribute and succeed.

This role will be based in the Combined Packaging Regime team within Waste Regimes Operational Services (WROS) part of Environmental Markets and Regulation. We’re a national team with officers based across England, ensuring a consistent regulatory approach across the country.
We ensure that companies are disposing of their waste correctly by enforcing government regulations - ‘right waste, right place’.
You will be key to planning, monitoring and delivering compliance and enforcement activity within your area of waste regulation, to drive a circular economy.
- As a Regulatory Officer, you will:

- Develop further relationships with customers and stakeholders
- Answer technical queries; interpret and diagnose problems and develop solutions.
- Collate, analyse and use complex data to help make evidence-based decisions on regulation compliance.
- Deal with confidential and sensitive information whilst keeping in line with data protection guidelines.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of processes, procedures, and operational instructions.
- Undertake audit and enforcement work (both) in the field and/or desk-based
- Work with businesses to bring them into compliance and investigate companies suspected of non-compliance. This work can involve conducting interviews under caution and compiling of casefiles for our legal teams.

**The Team**

Environmental Markets and Regulation is a supportive and inclusive department that encourages our teams’ health, safety, wellbeing, and development. We aim to improve the quality of recycling and ensure waste entering and leaving the country is handled appropriately for recycling and recovery. We help to protect and improve the environment by regulating industry, ensuring compliance, and eliminating illegal activities.

Key areas we regulate: Packaging Waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Batteries and International Waste Shipments.

**Experience/skills required**

We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate:
Ability to handle difficult / confrontational conversations.
You will be based in the packaging producer team and you will have an expectation to travel.
Excellent influencing skills and success in developing good relations in complex environments.
Experience of producing accurate reports; collation, analysis and interpretation of data using Microsoft Office.
Ability to manage multiple demands on time in a prioritised manner to achieve outcomes and deliver against plans.
Experience of obtaining witness statements, disclosure, handling exhibits, and knowledge of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (2000) is desirable.
Sound knowledge of Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act (1996) & Police & Criminal Evidence Act (1984 )is desirable.
Must have a valid full UK driving license

Everyone starting in a new role with the Environment Agency will be welcomed into the team and given all the training and support you need to succeed.

**Contact and additional information**

We offer an attractive and competitive benefits package including:
Interviews for the Regulatory Officer role is expected to take place between 7th - 11th and 21st - 25th October via MS Teams.

You will need to be comfortable with working in a dispersed team. The Environment Agency utilise a hybrid working approach, including office and home working. Regular travel within your base area and travelling for training and meetings is expected.

We may use the outcomes from this recruitment for future vacancies within the next 6 months.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: £31,429.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Newcastle upon Tyne

Reference ID: 29418