Area Incident Team Officer - Warrington, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency

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Warrington, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Number of jobs available- - Region- North West

City/Town
Warrington

Building/Site

Richard Fairclough House

Grade

Staff Grade
Post Type
Fixed Term

Working Pattern

Full Time, Other

Role Type

Operational Delivery
Salary Minimum £29,706 Prorata

Job description

Are you interested in protecting and improving our communities and our environment, and being part of the response to environmental incidents as they happen? The Environment Agency is looking for enthusiastic and motivated selfstarters to join the Area Incident Team in the Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire Area on a fixed term contract (to March 2024).

There is a possibility that this role could be made permanent.

The Area Incident Team ensures that the Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire area is prepared and ready to respond to incidents.

You will support our multifunctional planning, preparation, response and recovery activities for all types of environmental, flood and business continuity management incident.

The responsibilities of this diverse role include:

supporting technical leads to develop, maintain and improve our incident management plans and procedures

- implementing improvements to our incident management systems and ways of working
- assisting with the planning and delivery of training and exercising to incident staff, including acting as the local lead for an incident support role

You will be expected to support our response to all types of incidents, including contributing to the initial tactical response to emerging incidents during office hours.

Responding to incidents is a central part of what the Environment Agency does.

As well as your incident work in the AIT, you will be required to take on a duty incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident.

This may attract an additional payment. Full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role. We will work with you to find a suitable role to account for your usual role and personal circumstances.

The team
It's an exciting time to join the Area Incident Team as we shape the future of incident management.

You will provide logístical support to an experienced team of Incident Advisors as they ensure that the area is capable, confident, and committed in providing the most professional response to incidents

Experience/skills required
Each incident and day in the Area Incident Team is different. This position will suit people with the ability to adjust to changing priorities and a who have a passion for being involved in the high tempo environment of incident response. You should be a collaborative and adaptable team player with sound, detailoriented organisational skills.

Key skills:
- be well organised, able to prioritise a varied workload and maintain attention to detail to ensure work is delivered to a high standard;
- demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills,
- be self-motivated, working well both in a team environment and under your own initiative
- be resilient and flexible in your approach, responding well under pressure and in changing circumstances

A working knowledge of incident management would be an advantage.

Contact and additional information
We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities we serve. This is a fulltime vacancy, however we support flexible working.

You will be based from our Warrington office.

There will be an expectation of regular travel to the office and less frequently to those of partner organisations, as well as the flexibility to work from home as per our team agreement.