Flood Risk Advisor - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency
Environment Agency
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Nottingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description
Number of jobs available- - Region- East Midlands

  • City/Town
  • Nottingham


  • Building/Site

  • Trentside Offices


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Permanent


  • Working Pattern

  • Full Time, Part Time


  • Role Type

  • Business Management & Improvement, Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery


  • Salary Minimum £37,46

  • Job description
  • Flooding represents a crucial challenge both now and into the future as the impacts of climate change become apparent. Having strategic overview of all sources of flooding, the Environment Agency has a key role. As an FCRM Advisor in the Partnerships and Strategic Overview (PSO) Team, you will be working at the very heart of this organisation, helping to reduce flood risk to people and property across the East Midlands. This team's role is extremely varied and requires a diverse range of transferrable skills.
You will be expected to contribute to some or all of the following activities depending on your strengths and experience:


  • As Senior User, represent the EA (client) to contribute to planning and delivery of schemes that help to reduce flood risk to communities
  • Forge constructive relationships and create partnerships with communities, Risk Management Authorities, businesses and internal teams to reduce flood risk while realising environmental benefits
  • Help improve the data through which we base our decisions
  • Help with our response to environmental and flood incidents
  • Help deliver and coordinate a response to our statutory planning and permitting duties.
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
  • Partnership and Strategic Overview Team (PSO) work with all Risk Management Authorities and communities to design, develop, fund and deliver flood risk projects to reduce risk to communities. We compile and use the best available evidence through our mapping/modelling and data work to inform our longterm plans and investment programme. PSO provide advice for development proposals, process permits for works affecting main rivers and working closely with planners, to influence new developments.


  • Experience/skills required

  • Full training would be offered.
We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate:


  • Ability to develop and maintain good relationships with internal and external customers
  • Deliver work by planning, tracking, gathering and maintaining data/information
  • Working under own initiative and as part of a team to make decisions and achieve planned outcomes
  • Contact and additional information
  • For more information on the vacancy please contact:
You may be required to undertake occasional travel throughout the area. Therefore a full driving licence is desirable for this role.
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