Sustainable Places Planning Advisor - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency
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Nottingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Number of jobs available 1- - Region 1- East Midlands

  • City/Town 1
  • Nottingham


  • Building/Site 1

  • Trentside Offices


  • Grade 1

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type 1
  • Permanent


  • Working Pattern 1

  • Full Time


  • Role Type 1

  • Environment & Sustainability, Planning
  • Salary Minimum 1 £29,70
  • Job description 1
  • We are looking for a highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic person to join our team who engages with a wide range of customers to promote sustainable growth and secure environmental outcomes through landuse and planning systems.
You will be one of the EA's main points of contact with a designated group of local planning authorities, developers and other bodies mainly engaged in:


You will proactively engage with internal planning consultees, manage and coordinate our formal responses within negotiated timescales and ensure we provide appropriate quality outcomes across the full range of environmental matters in our remit including flood risk, groundwater and contaminated land, fisheries and biodiversity and waste.

This is a challenging, but exciting role. Do you have what it takes?
Equality, diversity & inclusion is at the heart of our ambition in East Midlands.

We would very much welcome applicants from the B.A.M.E community as we work towards representing our community in East Midlands.

Incident response remains a top priority for the Environment Agency.

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
  • The Sustainable Places team currently consists of 6 members coordinating & formulating responses to Local Authorities on both developmental planning & strategic planning documents such as Local Plans working towards ensuring appropriate environmental mitigation & pushing for improvement at every opportunity. Team members are currently working to a hybrid system with a couple of days in the office in Nottingham and the rest from home.


  • Experience/skills required

  • Political and commercial awareness of the growth agenda and development industry.
  • Strong team ethic and ability to work independently.
  • Positive enthusiastic attitude with drive to seek innovative ways of working.
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills; the ability to prioritise effectively.
  • Strong customer service, communication and relationship building skills both written and verbal.
  • Confident negotiation and influencing skills.
  • Excellent problemsolving skills and the ability to make sound decisions based on competing or complex factors.
  • Good understanding of our broad business and environmental activities.
  • Importantly you will have energy and willingness to learn, a real desire to achieve the best environmental outcomes and a flexible, creative approach to move with our changing ways of working.
  • Contact and additional information 1The successful applicant will have or be prepared to work towards, a specific professional qualification or membership of a relevant professional body.
Interviews will be held W/C 08/01/2024.

Successful applicants will be required to complete onboarding checks prior to starting and these can take an average of 25 working days.

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