Data and Digital Projects Officer - London, United Kingdom - Natural England

Natural England

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London, United Kingdom

16 hours ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £27,273
Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer
Lead Adviser
Contract type:
Permanent
Type of role:
Digital
Information Technology
Working pattern:
Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
2Contents

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Location

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 Data and Digital Projects Officer, enabling better use of systems in Natural England's Wildlife Licensing Service.

The Team

The Reform Team is one of six in Natural England's Wildlife Licensing Service (NEWLS), with a focus on streamlining and improving processes for wildlife licensing.

We do this through two streams:
Data and Systems and Continuous Improvement.

Our work is critical for our Wildlife Licensing Service as we bring about innovation through reforms to deliver better processes, more efficient casework handling, and better use of our data.

Through this, we unlock opportunities and ultimately achieve better outcomes.

Over the next 5 years we aim to deliver an ambitious programme of wildlife licensing reform.

This will allow us to move our focus onto work that better helps nature recovery at a landscape scale, as defined in Natural England's Action Plan.

The Reform Team will enable further advancement of key work with data and systems for NEWLS, aligning with wider Digital Transformation and other initiatives to reform licensing casework.

The reforms delivered will enhance our customer service, improve user experience, and enable NEWLS to contribute to the 25 Year Environment Plan, helping strategic projects for nature's recovery.

The Role

This role is within the Data and Systems stream and involves being a part of reform activities through data projects and the maintenance and development of our systems.

Responsibilities include:

Development and maintenance of systems including our SharePointbased systems and other solutions such as PowerApps.
Building team capability for data and systems skills and helping wider Digital Transformation in Natural England.
Leading on business intelligence and management information work including data analysis, delivering improvements to regular reporting, and information request data handling.
Contributing to delivery of projects including development of operational support tools, digital transformation collaboration, and improvements to records management.

Benefits

Wherever possible Natural England accommodates requests for both full-time and part-time hours and other flexible working patterns to help employees achieve a good work/life balance and maintain their health and wellbeing.

Natural England provides excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development tailored to your role. From induction to ongoing learning and development, everyone in Natural England is supported to develop their skills and capabilities.

Everyone has 10 days to devote to personal learning and development, as well as an additional 3 days to volunteer.

You will have access to Civil Service Pension and benefits arrangements and generous leave allowances (33 day per year pro rata), as well as flexible working, to help you achieve a work-life balance that works for you and us.

You will have access to a range of benefits including discounts on shopping vouchers, c