Environment Planning Officer - Catchment Planning

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South West

Bodmin , Exeter , Launceston

Sir John Moore House, Pennygillam Depot, Manley House

Staff Grade 4

Permanent

Full Time

Environment & Sustainability

£29,706

Do you hold a passion for the environment, would you like the opportunity to protect and enhance a very special place? We believe Devon Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (DCIS) have an environment to envy but only if we keep it that way. That’s where you come in. Working alongside our Environment Planning Specialist, you will use our environmental datasets to develop plans to improve catchments across our area. You will also help prioritise sampling and advise the business and our partners on its evidence-based priorities.
We work in a multifunctional way across water quality and water resources, bridging FCRM (Flood Coastal Risk Management) and E&B (Environment & Business) ensuring that we identify solutions to key environmental issues faced across the DCIS Area. This is an opportunity to truly make a difference through delivering multi-functional environmental outcomes.

The workstreams covered by this role include:

• Planning, developing and prioritising our water quality and water quantity monitoring.
• Contributing to the DCIS Area Water Environment Regulations and River Basin Management Plan.
• Managing our environmental evidence including Water Framework Directive classification data stored on the Catchment Planning System and Catchment Data Explorer.
• Providing evidence to the wider business and partner organisations to support environmental protection and improvement.
• Visualisation and presentation of data in various formats, including use of ArcGIS or other mapping software.

Please note, we are not expecting the finished package. Alongside working with our Specialist, plenty of support and training will be available.

The team is made up of planning specialists and officers and focuses on agriculture, water quality, water resources and river basin planning. Planning Officers are multi-functional and ‘own’ their catchment including the data, evidence and relationships within them.

Our work helps to ensure that delivery on the ground, whether EA or partners, is as effective and efficient as it can be and provides as much for the environment as possible for every pound spent.

The successful candidate will have a good understanding of our business and environmental activities, complementing strong IT skills. Experience of using the Catchment Planning System (CPS), GIS or water quality planning tools is desirable.

Ideally you will have a degree in an environmental subject and experience in either water quality or river basin planning. You will be free thinking and able to visualise your catchment, be methodical and organised, challenging convention, delivering high quality work to defined deadlines.

You’ll possess proven ability and/or knowledge in the following areas:

• Data and information management
• Communicates effectively
• Focuses on customers and partners
• Environmental Planning

This is a permanent role in the Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly IEP team. The role will be based in our Exeter or Bodmin office, however the team are currently predominantly working from home with occasional office based work.

For further information about this role please Contact Charles Ikediashi -

Email - charles.ikediashi@environment-agency.gov.uk
Phone - 07833407883