Geomorphology Technical Officer - 30290
Number of jobs available: 1
Region: London, South East
City/Town: Welwyn Garden City
Building/Site: DEFRA GRP EA ALCHEMY, AL7 1HE
Grade: Staff Grade 4
Post Type: Fixed Term
Role Type: Operational Delivery
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time
Salary Minimum: £33,000 pro rata
Closing Date: 13/02/2025, 23:55 hours
Security checks level: Basic Check
Job Description
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.
The Biodiversity and Geomorphology team are looking for an enthusiastic fluvial geomorphologist to provide advice, guidance, and technical support across the Hertfordshire and North London area.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual, with proven technical and inter-personal skills, to be part of a friendly and hardworking team. You'll be responsible for covering a wide geographical area, providing high quality geomorphological advice.
You will provide input into a range of projects. You will help identify, design, and deliver a programme of mitigation and restoration activities in surface waters to deliver measurable environmental outcomes. Your work with operational staff will ensure we prevent or minimise ecological impacts from our own activities and those we regulate.
You will proactively engage staff across the business, communicating with colleagues internally and externally, to successfully build trusted networks and strong partnerships, to maximise delivery. We seek to develop and influence partnerships and organisations to help meet the objectives of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and 25 Year Environment Plan.
You will keep up to date on changing legislation and best practice in order to inform internal priorities and direction. We aim to shape the job in a way that builds on your strengths and interests and reflects the developing needs of the business.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. Full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role. This may attract an additional payment.
The Team
The team has a vast amount of expertise and you'll be offered mentoring and development opportunities. We cover a diverse range of environments including both urban and rural catchments.
The team plays a pivotal role in supporting the organisation to achieve biodiversity and ecological objectives. We screen and advise on internal plans/projects for potential biodiversity and geomorphology impacts, ensuring compliance with legislation. We deliver multiple benefits through river basin management and flood risk management.
Experience/Skills Required
You'll be qualified to degree standard (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline with some applied experience or preferably a postgraduate degree. You will have the ability and knowledge to:
1. Provide guidance to ensure compliance with Environment Agency policy and current legislation.
2. Apply influencing skills and knowledge of stakeholder engagement techniques to work with both internal and external teams and partners, communicating clearly.
3. Be a passionate and confident geomorphology champion, knowing what geomorphology is and why it matters.
4. Be open to innovative ways of working, especially new opportunities to work with nature.
You may also have some of the following: technical geomorphology skills in fieldwork, GIS or environmental modelling; experience or knowledge about current environmental challenges and topics such as Environmental Land Management; experience of managing coastal or fluvial flood risk; experience of river and floodplain restoration.
You will require a full UK driving licence.
Contact and Additional Information
We are committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We promote equality and diversity in all that we do and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.), disabled, female, and LGBT+ candidates who are under-represented across our workforce.
Our office has a hybrid model allowing individuals to work either at home or at our office (a minimum number of days in the office per week will be agreed with your line manager).
For further information please contact Elodie.blanchfield@Environment-agency.gov.uk or the WFPG_HNL@environment-agency.gov.uk
Interviews are likely to take place late February/early March and will be held face to face at our office in Hertfordshire.
Length of contract will be up to 18 months.
Competence 1: Influences and Persuades Others
Description: Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.
Question: Please provide an example of where you have had to influence or persuade others to achieve an outcome? What was the situation, what was your role in delivering the outcome, and what methods did you employ to win people over?
Competence 2: Communicates Effectively
Description: Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.
Question: Please provide an example of where you have had to demonstrate good communication skills to effectively convey potentially complex data, information, or instructions and ensure understanding. What was the situation, what communication methods did you use, why were these suitable, and what was the outcome?
Competence 3: Manages Self
Description: Has full awareness of own strengths, weaknesses, impact and approach. Effectively organises self and takes personal responsibility for own role in the Environment Agency.
Question: Please provide an example of a situation when it was important that you were well organised to achieve a successful outcome. What was the situation, and what methods, tools, or systems did you employ to manage yourself?
Please note that your answers to the capability questions will be used for shortlisting purposes. Your examples do not necessarily have to be work related, please use the best example from any area of your life. It is highly recommended that you read this and the EA capability framework before answering.
Role Specific License Requirements
Full UK Driving Licence
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. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.
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.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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