Water Quality Officer - Chichester, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

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Chichester, United Kingdom

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Number of jobs available- - Region- South East

  • City/Town
  • Chichester, Romsey, Worthing, Pevensey


  • Building/Site

  • Chichester Office, Pevensey Office, Romsey Office, Guildbourne House


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Permanent


  • Working Pattern

  • Full Time, Part Time


  • Role Type

  • Operational Delivery


  • Salary Minimum £29,70

  • Job description
  • Water is the heart of all we do, drinking, washing, recreation, industry and health. Our environment and economy depend on this precious resource.

Clean water is essential and as water becomes an increasingly important resource we need to ensure that it can provide the functions we require of it.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to play your part in this important environmental and societal need in the beautiful and diverse environments of the Solent and South Downs Area.

We need your knowledge and experience to help manage the quality of our water environment to ensure it can meet future needs.

If you're passionately committed to the environment, one who sees the risks, understands what needs to be done and can work closely with those who hold the key to change, you can ensure our water environment functions for nature and society.

You'll work closely with national policy and process, area delivery and key customers on aspects of strategic planning, incident management and local action on the ground.

From water company investment programmes to land management from moors to coasts. We need someone to plan our response to current pressures and future demands.
Can you help?
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
  • You'll join a team of environment planners who focus predominantly on water quality, water resources and Water Framework Directive activities in the Solent and South Downs area. You'll work alongside a dispersed team and with operational teams, national colleagues and water companies.
The team collates, analyses and shares data to produce environmental evidence that informs and drives area priorities.

  • Experience/skills required
  • You will be able to demonstrate the following:
  • Good knowledge or experience of water quality planning and ecology
  • Ability or experience with technical conversations with both internal and external partners
  • Political awareness and sensitivity to deliver the right service when dealing with customers and stakeholders
  • The ability to work collaboratively with other teams
  • The ability to articulate solutions to problems in a simple, engaging way
  • Good judgment, problem solving and decision making skills
  • Good planning skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities and deliver to tight timescales
You will have experience in Water quality modelling and/or GIS mapping skills, or an aptitude to learn these.

  • 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 in Worthing on a date to be confirmed.
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