Enforcement Senior Technical Officer – Carriers, Brokers and Dealers – Waste Controllers and Tracking Team - 29880

Job Description

We are fully committed to having an 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 are recruiting for a Senior Technical Officer (STO) on assignment to support the delivery of a short-term project addressing Executive Directing Team priorities to prevent and disrupt high-risk illegal waste sites and misdescription of waste.

This work will be delivered through National Environmental Crime Unit (NECU) and Areas through their ongoing operations and will be linked to Carriers, Brokers and Dealers (CBD) and Waste Exemptions (WEx). You will:

• Coordinate CBD and WEx enforcement work, acting as a liaison point for NECU, Area teams and project assurance.
• Link this work back to the regulatory reform of CBD and WEx by helping to refine current enforcement practices and procedures, seeking to find efficiencies and highlight where we can streamline and improve enforcement actions when the regulatory reforms land.
  
  
  

The team

This role will sit in our the Carrier Broker Dealer (CBD) Brokers Auditing Team in the Waste Controllers and Tracking (WCAT) unit, within Waste & Industry Regulatory Services (WIRS), which is part of National Operations. The team and wider unit is dispersed working across the country. We are a high performing team that delivers priority technical work, supporting waste regimes and providing leadership to national projects.

Experience/skills Required

Technical leadership is essential along with:

• Experience in environmental regulation of the waste industry, including CBD and WEx, and our enforcement processes.
• Good understanding of the misdescription of waste and illegal waste sites.
• Influencing and communicating effectively.
• Strong customer focus.
• Track record of achieving results, including through others.
• Analysing and interpreting data and information and translating this into opportunities for improvement.
• Working independently, organising yourself and your workload.
• ‘Owning’ your role; initiating tasks, setting high work standards and delivering.
• Planning, managing and delivering complex tasks to deadlines.
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships.
  
  
  

Contact and additional information

As this is a national role, the location is flexible and you will need to be comfortable with working in a dispersed team. The role will require travel to London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Bristol and other locations to attend team meetings.

Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties when the need to respond arises. Having an incident role is an essential part of working for the Environment Agency and an active way to support communities and prevent harm to the environment. Further information on incident response can be found within your candidate pack.

Please contact Nat Freeman ([email protected]) for further information about the post or the team.

Interviews will take place approx. beginning December and will be virtual.

Length of contract

Up to 6 months

Competence 1

Takes Decisions and Solves Problems

Description

Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.

Question: Describe a time when you have had to solve a particularly complex problem in your current/previous role.

Competence 2

Influences and Persuades Others

Description

Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.

Question: Giving a specific example, what was your most effective influencing approach in your last/current role?

Competence 3

Achieves Results

Description

Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results

Question: Tell us about your most significant achievement in your current/last role.

Competence 4

Focuses on Efficiency, Innovation and Quality

Description

Identifies and seizes the opportunity to create, introduce and implement new or improved methods and processes without compromising quality or accuracy.

Question: Tell us about an improvement you have made to a method or process in your current/last role.

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.