Overview

Job description  This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual, with proven technical and inter-personal skills to be part of a friendly but hardworking team. You’ll be responsible for covering a wide geographical area providing high quality technical advice relating to biodiversity to a variety of internal and external customers. You’ll be required to use a risk based approach to help protect and improve the water environment and water-dependent wildlife.
The team  The team plays a pivotal role in supporting the organisation to achieve biodiversity and ecological objectives. We screen and advise on relevant internal plans and projects for biodiversity and geomorphology impacts to ensure compliance with legislation. We identify and influence opportunities to deliver multiple benefits through river basin management and flood risk management. We seek to develop and influence partnerships and organisations to help meet the Water Framework Directive and England Biodiversity Strategy 2020 objectives.
Experience/skills required  You’ll be qualified to degree standard (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline and have the ability and knowledge to:

• Provide guidance in order to ensure compliance with Environment Agency policy and current legislation.
• Apply influencing skills and knowledge of stakeholder expectations to deal with other teams effectively as well as those we work with outside the organisation.
• Provide knowledge of wetland and river conservation and legislation relating to wildlife and designated sites, and an understanding of policies relating to biodiversity.
• Achieve outcomes in line with the objectives of the Water Framework Directive.