Wildlife Licensing Chargeable Services Senior - London, United Kingdom - Natural England

Natural England

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £33,736
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer
Senior Adviser
Contract type:
Permanent
Type of role:
Operational Delivery
Working pattern:
Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
2Contents

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East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

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This position is based Nationally
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The Organisation
Do you have a passion for nature and the environment? Do you want to make a real difference and secure significant environmental gains in the present and the future? Do you enjoy working in a team? Can you see yourself advising communities and customers to maximise gains for the Natural Environment?

If this appeals to you, a career at Natural England offers rewarding opportunities to secure environmental improvements and play your part in creating a better future for people and nature.

The priority work Natural England is delivering includes:

Establishing a Nature Recovery Network to help wildlife thrive
Monitoring environmental changes to identify and help reduce the effects of climate change
Working with farmers and landowners to develop greener food production methods
Advising on plans for new developments to maximise gains for nature, and
Providing ways for people to better connect with nature, including green social prescribing.

We are the Government's Adviser for the natural environment, playing a vital role in delivering the Government's 25 Year Environment Plan, an ambitious vision which brings new opportunities to protect and enhance and to achieve real outcomes for the environment.

Job description

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity to join an expanding work area as a Chargeable Services Senior Adviser in Natural England's Wildlife Licensing Service, enabling better collaboration and engagement with our partners to aid Nature's Recovery and put people at the heart of the environment.

The Team:

The Natural England Wildlife Licensing Service (NEWLS) is a national team responsible for the issuing of protected species licences under our main purposes of species management, European protected species mitigation, science and conservation, and other strands of activity.

The team has undergone a significant period of team forming and changes to the way we undertake our work to enable us to deliver key ambitions under Natural England's (NE) Action Plan.

This will help us provide a quality service to our customers and unlock our ability to deliver substantial outcomes for the species which we protect through licensing.

Working closely with our colleagues in National Delivery, Area Teams, and the Sustainable Development Programme, we have an ambitious programme of activity under our Licensing Review which will deliver outputs over the next five years and significantly improve how we undertake our wildlife licensing role.

NEWLS is a large team with more than 190 people

We comprise of:

Central Delivery Team which is our point of entry for 15,000 items of casework a year
Five Delivery Teams who each have key links into their geographical area
Species Team made up of expert staff
District Level Licensing Team
Reform Team in relation to data management and continuous improvement
Learning and Development Team

Over the next 5 years, working in partnership with our colleagues across NEWLS, Complex Case Unit (CCU) and the Sustainable Development Programme, we aim to deliver change in the accessibility and efficiency of the licensing system through chargeable services.

This is part of an ambitious vision for our licensing team, securing good outcomes for people, for nature and its recovery.

The Role:

These roles sit within our Species Team and involve being at the forefront of improving outcomes for our customers and the environment through developing our chargeable services offer.

Our chargeable services are NE's Discretionary Advice Service (DAS) and NEWLS's Pre-Submission Screening Service (PSS). Through these services we collaborate with partners to ensure beneficial outcomes for people and for nature from the outset.

This role provides the opportunity to lead and support the delivery of our chargeable services casework through the following activities:

Strategic thinking on how casework outcomes can be improved through engagement in our chargeable services
Implement and expand on a programme of external educational workshops across the ecology sector
Develop and implement bespoke yearly plans focussing on opportunities for growth for chargeable services to improve outcomes for NEWLS, wildlife, and our customers
Build capacity and capability across the team in delivering chargeable ser