Integrated Environment Planning Officer - Water Resources - 30734

Integrated Environment Planning Officer - Water Resources - 30734

Number of jobs available: 1
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
City/Town: Leeds, Rotherham, York
Building/Site: DEFRA GRP EA LEEDS LATERAL, LS11 9AT, DEFRA GRP EA ROSE CENTRE, YO26 6RX, DEFRA GRP KINGS POOL, YO1 7PX
Grade: Staff Grade 4
Post Type: Permanent
Role Type: Operational Delivery
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share
Salary Minimum: £33,000
Closing Date: 09/05/2025, 23:55 hours
Security checks level: Basic Check

Job Description:
Water is essential for drinking, washing, recreation, industry, and health. Our environment and economy depend on this precious resource. The pressure on water resources from climate change and population growth means that managing water abstractions has never been more important.

We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with good communication, planning, and data handling skills to support our role in managing Water Resources in Yorkshire. Supported by our Water Resource Specialists, you will help to protect and improve the quantity of water available for wildlife, people, and future generations. You will do this by supporting workloads such as:

1. Responding to requests for data and information
2. Supporting the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP)
3. Managing the Abstraction Licence Strategy process
4. Notifying abstractors when abstraction restrictions are in place (Hands off flow process)
5. Providing technical administrative support to other team members
6. Drought incident support
7. Review of abstraction licence returns data to support compliance/enforcement work

The Team:
The Integrated Environment Planning (IEP) team is predominantly a water planning team with specialists in water quality, water resources, and river basin planning. Working with area operational teams, national policymakers, and other stakeholders, in particular water companies, we produce the environmental plans that drive Yorkshire area priorities. Our diverse and friendly team of advisors are at the heart of environmental decision-making, facilitating integrated actions to solve complex problems.

Experience/Skills Required:

1. Knowledge of water resources would be a distinct advantage but not essential for the right candidate.
2. Experience of using GIS or other software/systems to bring complex data and evidence to life.
3. Experience of gathering, maintaining, quality-assuring, and analysing data/information preferably through use of Excel, Power BI.
4. Good communication/influencing skills - You should be able to produce clear/persuasive written material and brief more senior staff and customers face-to-face.
5. Good organisational skills/discipline and the ability to plan, track, deliver, and evaluate work.
6. Able to work under own initiative and as part of a larger, cross-functional/multidisciplinary team.
7. Able to support working groups and organise/facilitate effective meetings.
8. Sensitive to the needs of the internal and external customers and able to deliver outcomes through these.
9. Ability to convey information to technical and non-technical audiences alike.

Contact and Additional Information:
We welcome applications from all sections of the community who wish to join an organisation that values everyone. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), disabled, female, and LGBT+ candidates, so that our team really does represent and understand the communities we work with.

The post is based in either Leeds, York, or Rotherham with days working from home acceptable. Interviews are anticipated for the week commencing 26 May. For further details or an informal discussion about the role please contact Claire Dickinson - claire.dickinson@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Competences:

1. Communicates Effectively: We do not accept CVs, therefore, your answers to the competencies will be used for selection. You may find it helpful to use the STAR approach to answering the questions. Please see the attached candidate pack for the competency dictionary and further information. Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately, and persuasively through speech and writing.
2. Focuses on Customers and Partners: Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses.
3. Data and Information Management: Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data, material, or information appropriately for a variety of purposes.

Additional Notes:
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.