Flood and Coast Risk Management Programme Officer - Blandford Forum, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

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Number of jobs available- - Region- South West

  • City/Town
  • Blandford Forum, Bridgwater


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Permanent


  • Working Pattern

  • Full Time


  • Role Type

  • Operational Delivery, Programme and Project Management, Risk Management


  • Salary Minimum £29,70

  • Job description
  • Do you want to create a better place for people, wildlife and the environment? Do you want to be part of a team that is delivering the biggest capital investment programme for flood and coastal risk management in Wessex and protect as many properties as possible from flooding and coastal erosion? If so, read on

You will be involved in all parts of the business planning cycle, from helping with the allocation of funding, to monitoring in year capital funding or reporting on numbers of properties protected by our capital schemes.

We also report on the wider benefits of the capital programme such as environmental improvements or carbon efficiencies. You could be assisting in the development of bids for future year's programmes.

You will also be involved in helping produce data for reports that support the Area Portfolio Delivery Board or the Regional Flood & Coastal Committee.

Or you could be asked to respond to data requests for example on where funding has been spent.

This role requires excellent attention to detail, good communication and networking skills, ability to develop and build good working relationships, and be able to work as part of a team.

You will need to be organised, willing to undertake a range of different activities to support the whole team and be comfortable working in a dispersed team.

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.

This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

For more information about working for the Environment Agency and what we do visit our careers page

  • The team
  • This role sits within the Wessex Programme Team and works closely with colleagues from FCRM, operations delivery, finance and PCM in order to develop, monitor and deliver the FCRM programme. We work closely with national colleagues and across areas, contributing to ways of working in a 'one business approach'. We are a friendly team with a real passion for the work we do. Our work is often challenging, fast paced and varied, but highly rewarding.


  • Experience/skills required

  • We are looking for individuals who are selfmotivated and have good data and information management skills.
Through experience to date you will ideally be able to demonstrate some of the following:


  • Be able to develop and maintain good relationships with others
  • Be able to plan, track, gather and maintain information
  • Be able to coordinate activities across different teams and bring people together
  • Be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a dispersed team
  • Be able to prioritise and manage own workload
  • Have good organisational skills
  • Have excellent attention to detail
  • Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to engage with a diverse range of people
  • Be resilient and comfortable in a fast pace and flexible environment.
As an entry level grade we welcome all backgrounds, preferability with an interest in geography or science discipline.

  • Contact and additional informationThe role can be based at either our Blandford or Bridgwater Offices, with flexible home working included. As a dispersed team, there is an occasional need to travel to other Environment Agency offices including Chippenham, Exeter or Bristol. Flexible working arrangements are in place to support your work/life balance. Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss part time working.

We're looking for applicants who believe that having a truly diverse, representative, and engaged workforce is fundamental to protect the environment and effectively serve our communities.

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