Integrated Environment Planning Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Number of jobs available 1- - Region 1- South West, West Midlands

City/Town 1
Birmingham, Kidderminster, Shrewsbury, Tewkesbury, Fradley

Building/Site 1

Riversmeet House, Hafren House, Mance House, Sentinel House, AQUA HOUSE BIRMINGHAM B3 1AQ

Grade 1

Staff Grade
Post Type 1
Permanent

Working Pattern 1

Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Compressed Hours

Role Type 1

Environment & Sustainability, Planning
Salary Minimum 1 £25,04
Job description 1
The Environment Agency protects and improves the environment and makes it a better place for people, wildlife and supports sustainable development.

This is an opportunity to join the Environment Agency at an entry level position within the area of Water Resources Planning.

It's an exciting time to be working on water resources management.

The pressures of climate change and population growth mean that it will become even more challenging to allocate this precious resource between different uses in the future, while protecting and enhancing the water environment.

In this role you will support and contribute to the work being carried out to build resilience into long term water resource planning.

You will provide administrative support to the team and support the wider aims and goals of the Environment Agency.

There will also be opportunity to develop your own skills, knowledge, and experience to enhance your career opportunities with the Environment Agency.

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve.

We don't just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities and our environment.

As 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.

The team 1
You'll join the Integrated Environment Planning (IEP) team, containing specialists in water resources, water quality and catchment planning, working across the West Midlands Area. We're a team of experienced advisors central to environmental decision making, delivering integrated actions to maximise benefits for people and wildlife.

We work with internal and external partners to collate, analyse and share data, providing the environmental evidence to inform our area's priorities.

Experience/skills required 1
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with a desire to join an organisation and team who are at the forefront of Water Resources planning.

In this role you will use your inner-drive and passion to learn new skills, develop your understanding of water resources planning, data handling and analysis skills, and knowledge to impact the sustainability of our water supply.

You will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience required for this role:

Effective communication skills.
Educated to A level standard or Equivalent (C or 4 or above in GCSE English & Maths).
The ability to work as part of a team or independently off your own initiative.
Experience of achieving work/tasks against timescales.

Desirable but not essential:

Experience of using office 360, including SharePoint.
Contact and additional information 1Interviews for this role will take place in at the start of January.