Local recruitment: London Surface Water Project Officer

Environment Agency

London, UK 🇬🇧

Number of jobs available: 1
Region: South East
City/Town: London
Grade: Staff Grade 5
Post Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Role Type: Environment & Sustainability, Operational Delivery, Policy, Strategy, Project Delivery
Salary Minimum: £37,462

Job description

This is a unique experience to join a high-profile dynamic project as the lead project officer that will shape a new vision and strategy to help reduce surface water flood risk for communities in London.

Surface water (flash) flooding is the greatest flood risk facing London. The risk is increasing due to the combined challenges of climate change, population growth and the loss of permeable landcover in the capital.

The London Surface Water Strategic Group was set up following severe flash flooding affecting the city in 2021. The Strategic Group is responsible for a programme of improvements to address this. It comprises senior-level representatives from London’s Lead Local Flood Authorities and other organisations with a flood risk management or strategic governance role.

This is an exciting and important new role that will deliver project outcomes for this group to ensure it meets its overall objectives.

Overall duties will include:
• Strategic leadership of short term workstreams across London
• Project management of consultants employed to deliver work
• Working closely with the Officer Group to enable delivery of the London Surface Water improvements plan
• Building relationships and engaging with the Strategic Group and external stakeholders
• Collating project recommendations to take forward and track progress against these
• Collating summaries of projects that are already in progress and working on separate stand-alone actions that the Group want to ensure are taken forward, such as developing a website for the group

The team

This role will be hosted by the Environment Agency in the London Flood Risk Team and will report to the London Surface Water Officers Group which is a team of representatives from London’s Lead Local Flood Authorities and other organisations with a flood risk management or strategic governance role, including the Greater London Authority (GLA), London Councils, Thames Water and Transport for London.

Experience/skills required

It will be important to have:
• Working knowledge of Surface Water Flash Flooding and the issues and barriers it faces in governance, strategy evidence, funding, and communications.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to build effective working relationships with different organisations quickly and.
• Ability to present complex and technical information in a succinct language to a non-technical audience.
• Knowledge of the organisations with involvement in working in London and of the complexity it faces.
• Proven experience of working collaboratively with a range of organisations to achieve results.
• Experience in leading workstreams and producing technical reports.

It will be advantageous to have:
• Experience of delivering flood risk management and/or engineering projects and.
• Experience of managing consultants and awareness of contact management / procurement processes.
• Awareness of all available funding streams for delivery of public sector flood risk schemes

Contact and additional information

The post holder will primarily work at the Greater London Authority offices in Southwark and the Environment Agency London offices in Westminster. It may also be a requirement to occasionally work at other London offices to support delivery of the project.

We offer a flexible working policy including some days working at home if business need allows.

To find out more about the role please contact
Shelley.Formstone@environment-agency.gov.uk or call 07776 226594

Job description attachment 1  

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Closing Date:  03/04/2023, 23:55 hours

Level of security checks required:  Basic Check

Competence 1: Achieves Results
Description
We are looking for someone who is able to achieve effective results by prioritising and organising tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results.

Please can you describe an example of when you have demonstrated this in a previous role?

*Note your answer here will be used to shortlist candidates for the interview stage.

Competence 2: Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Description
You will be someone who is able make decisions and solve problems by finding optimal solutions effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.

Please can you describe an example of when you have demonstrated this in a previous role?

*Note your answer here will be used to shortlist candidates for the interview stage.

Competence 3: Focuses on Customers and Partners
Description
In this role you will need to consult and collaborate with customers and partner organisations effectively to deliver effective outcomes for the Strategic London Surface Water Group.

Please can you describe an example of when you have demonstrated this in a previous role?

*Note your answer here will be used to shortlist candidates for the interview stage.

If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.


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