Senior Environmental Project Manager - NEAS Team 2100 - 26587

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Senior Environmental Project Manager - NEAS Team 2100 - 26587

Number of jobs available

1

Region

South East

City/Town

Reading , Wallingford , Welwyn Garden City , Worthing

Building/Site

Guildbourne House, Kings Meadow House, Red Kite House, Alchemy, Bessemer Road, AL7 1HE

Grade

Staff Grade 5

Post Type

Permanent

Working Pattern

Full Time

Role Type

Environment & Sustainability

Salary Minimum

£37,462

Job description

Are you passionate about protecting the people/wildlife of London from tidal flood risk?
Do you want to be involved in a world leading adaptive flood risk management programme?
Do you enjoy advocating for positive environmental and sustainability outcomes?
Does managing a varied portfolio of environmental projects excite you?

Then the National Environmental Assessment and Sustainability (NEAS) team is looking for you!

This is an influential and exciting Senior Environmental Project Manager position at the heart of TEAM2100, an integrated delivery team implementing the Environment Agency's Thames Estuary 2100 Plan. The trailblazing adaptive management plan sets out how we will manage tidal flood risk in London and Thames Estuary throughout the 21st century.
• We enable the Environment Agency to be a leader in the provision of sustainable infrastructure
• We support adoption of innovative approaches to achieve sustainable outcomes.
• We ensure environmental compliance and sustainability conformance
• We identify and manage environmental risk on our projects.
• We identify and deliver environmental enhancements to create a better place.
• Our input includes assurance at a strategic and project level.

You will work collaboratively to deliver ground-breaking and award-winning work, leaving a legacy for the future. This will be achieved in collaboration with a network of stakeholders. These include internal departments, statutory bodies, delivery partners, businesses, and communities.

Your approach and positivity will motivate and inspire the team to achieve successful multi-benefit schemes which enhance the environments and communities we work within.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents, or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

The team

We are the National Environmental Assessment and Sustainability (NEAS) team, part of Major Project and Programme Delivery. Our friendly, supportive, and inclusive team puts sustainability at the heart of decision-making across our Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management programme. We oversee the effective management of environmental compliance and sustainability conformance across the TEAM2100 programme.
We are comprised of Environmental Project Managers, Landscape and Heritage specialists as well as support and leadership colleagues.

Experience/skills required

You will have (essential):
• An environmental background, ideally with qualifications and/or experience in an environmental discipline.
• Great communication skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external customers and partners.
• Experience in collaborating with others to deliver environmental benefits and manage environmental risk and be able to communicate this effectively.
• Experience of co-ordinating statutory Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), writing or reviewing Environmental Statements and co-ordinating Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA).
• A good understanding of different technical areas of expertise, such as sustainability, habitats regulations, biodiversity net gain, natural capital, planning or environmental design.
• Programme and/or project management skills.
• Experience in mentoring and supporting colleagues with varying degrees of experience.

Desirable:
• Writing or reviewing SEA environmental reports would be an advantage.
• Membership of relevant professional environmental institute.
• Knowledge of flood and coastal risk asset management.

Contact and additional information

Benefits include generous pension and leave. flexible working practices. Excellent training and learning opportunities for those wanting to progress their career, including personal and professional development. Please see the candidate pack for more information around benefits offered.

When providing evidence for competencies within your application, please give examples of how you clearly demonstrate these either within the context of this role or as transferable skills.

The role requires travel to London and the SE to work with colleagues in the office or on site. The successful candidate would have the opportunity to discuss and agree a suitable frequency of travel.
For further information please contact: amy.cocker@environment-agency.gov.uk

CVs or other documents attached to your application will not be assessed for selection.

Interviews take place from 21/06/23

Job description attachment 1

Candidate pack

Closing Date:

14/06/2023, 23:55 hours

Level of security checks required

Basic Check

Competence 1

Achieves Results

Description

Description: Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results

Competence 2

Legislative Knowledge

Description

Description: Applies a knowledge of statutory environmental and technical requirements to protect both the Environment Agency and the environment.

Competence 3

Influences and Persuades Others

Description

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.

Competence 4

Communicates Effectively

Description

Description: Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.

Role specific license requirements

Driving Licence

Role specific professional membership requirements

Role specific professional membership requirements if applicable:

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.

The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit for more information.