Flood and Coastal Risk Management Officer - West Malling, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency
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West Malling, United Kingdom

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Number of jobs available- - Region- South East

  • City/Town
  • West Malling


  • Building/Site

  • Orchard House


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Fixed Term


  • Working Pattern

  • Full Time


  • Role Type

  • Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery
  • Salary Minimum £25,042 Prorata


  • Job description

  • We are the Environment Agency, and we work in partnership with government, local councils, businesses, and communities to tackle the impacts of climate change, perhaps the most serious longterm threat to the environment, people, and wildlife that we face.

Working in partnership with other organisations and our internal teams to achieve our main goal of protecting people and property from flooding, this role will see you leading on the management and provision of flood risk data and information.

This data and information will be in a variety of formats such as technical reports, flood models and databases and will be provided to deadlines set out in our customer charter to a variety of internal and external customers.

We provide continual opportunities to help grow your technical knowledge and leadership to help develop your career.

A typical week may involve:

  • Providing general support to the team in the delivery of Flood and Coastal Risk Management projects/schemes
  • Processing Flood Risk Activity Permits
  • Supporting our incident response responsibilities
  • Travelling to sites to liaise with our partners and build catchment flood knowledge
  • Shadowing others on complex workstreams to coach your technical skills and develop your career
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
  • The Partnership & Strategic Overview (PSO) teams develop our understanding and manage flood and coastal risk in Kent and South London. Working in partnership we determine how best to manage flood risk. Our evidence base is informed by flood risk modelling/mapping and our strategies.

We develop new schemes to reduce flood risk, influence the location of new development and issue Flood Risk Activity Permits.


  • Experience/skills required
  • The following qualities/experience are useful:
  • Experience of using Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS) is helpful, including basic geo-processing (creating, editing, importing, and exporting datasets).
  • Able to grasp technical concepts within flood risk management
  • Accurate data, information management
  • Able to form effective partnerships to deliver environmental and flood risk outcomes
A full UK driving licence is essential.

  • Contact and additional information
  • We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce.


We offer an extensive range of employee benefits and we're fully invested in developing team member's skills and careers and there are plenty of opportunities to specialise through training/experience and progress, including fully funded opportunities to develop further academic/professional qualifications.

Overtime and standby payments are awarded in addition to the base salary for our role in incident management.
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