Environmental Senior Permitting Officer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency
Environment Agency
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Number of jobs available- - Region- East Midlands, East of England, North East, North West, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, National

  • City/Town
  • Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Ipswich, Nottingham, Sheffield, Warrington


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Permanent


  • Working Pattern

  • Full Time, Part Time


  • Role Type

  • Environment & Sustainability


  • Salary Minimum £37,46

  • Job description
  • We are the Environment Agency. We protect and improve the environment, helping to ensure that people can enjoy it. We look after the water and air environment, and land quality, promoting sustainable land management and helping protect and enhance wildlife habitats. We also work closely with businesses, enabling them to operate whilst complying with relevant environmental regulations.
The National Permitting Service has accountability for delivering the Environment Agency permitting/licencing responsibilities.

This is achieved by working with external applicants and many parts of the internal organisation, therefore offering technical challenges and significant opportunities.

Crucially you will be an excellent communicator and be a collaborative team player. You will play a key role in making our processes more efficient to improve ways of working.

You will help the officers you support to make risk-based decisions and continuously drive down our end-to-end times for our customers.

The team- You'll join an evolving permitting team, of new and established team members dealing with a range of permitting activities, providing a great opportunity to further your career.

We regulate a wide range of sectors from farming to power generation or public water supply. Supporting businesses throughout England whilst crucially delivering for the environment.

Enabling fish passage, wetland, and habitat creation, reducing abstraction in sensitive areas, and delivering drought permits to protect the environment.


  • Experience/skills requiredEssential.
  • Drive for riskbased decision making/continuous improvement.
  • Excellent communication, organisation and planning skills.
  • Advanced coaching skills and the ability to explain complex issues to people with a range of experience.
  • Ability to develop technical and personal skills within a team.
  • Technical Leadership to support the National Permitting Service business aims.
  • Excellent customer relation skills.
  • Contact and additional information
  • The interview will consist of capability, scenariobased questions and a technical assessment.
Denise Horton Permitting Team Leader

Ed Williams, Permitting Team Leader

All assessments and interviews will be carried out online on MS Teams.
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