Waste Team Leader - Newport, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency

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Newport, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Number of jobs available- - Region- South East

City/Town
Newport (Isle of Wight), Romsey

Building/Site

Romsey Office, Isle Of Wight Office

Grade

Staff Grade
Post Type
Permanent

Working Pattern

Full Time

Role Type

Operational Delivery

Salary Minimum £37,46

Job description
Do you want to lead, manage and motivate a team to be the best they can be?

We are looking for a confident and compassionate person to lead and deliver our business.

You will have a strong commitment to people, promoting our ambitions around equality, diversity and inclusion, and supporting your own team's personal development and their wellbeing.

You should have outstanding leadership qualities and be able to remain positive and focused on the most important priorities, using your initiative to make timely decisions and communicate concisely and clearly.

You'll work with your fellow Environment Management Team Leaders and wider leadership group to focus our resources where we can make the biggest difference and ensure that everyone who works here has the support they need to do a fantastic job.

In addition to strong leadership skills, you'll need the ability to build relationships with customers and external partners.
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 and you will support your team to do the same.

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
The team

's focus is to deliver our regulatory role to ensure those operating in the waste industry do so in compliance with their permits and the law; the team use regulatory interventions and take enforcement action to achieve this where required. The team also responds to all types of environmental incidents.
The team is based in Romsey, Hampshire and Newport, Isle of Wight. We work flexibly from the office, in the field and from home.

Experience/skills required
You will be able to demonstrate experience in the following:
Experience of leading people. This may have been achieved through non-line management roles for example, project management or technical leadership roles
Ability to deliver results through others by overseeing staff, coaching and mentoring
Experience of focusing on and influencing external customers and internal colleagues
Experience in successfully handling conflict with confidence and assertiveness
Ability to translate organisational outcomes into plans and programmes for frontline delivery in an operational environment
Demonstration of political awareness and sensitivity when dealing with customers, partners and communities

You must have a full driving license or be able to demonstrate how you could perform this role fully without one.

Contact and additional informationWe support flexible working hours and practices. We offer an extensive range of employee benefits and encourage you to keep developing your skills and professional knowledge throughout your career.

Interviews will be held face to face at our Romsey Office on a date to be confirmed.