31871 - Reservoir Regulation Team Compliance and Monitoring Officer

Environment Agency; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A government environmental agency in the UK seeks an enthusiastic individual to support the regulatory responsibilities of reservoirs management. You will be part of the Compliance and Monitoring team, ensuring operational compliance and communication with reservoir owners. Ideal candidates should have strong communication skills and attention to detail. The role may require occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Verbal and written communication is crucial for this role.
• Attention to detail is required for compliance monitoring.
• Prioritizing tasks is important due to diverse workload.

Responsibilities

• Help deliver operational role and regulatory duties for reservoirs.
• Encourage compliance through clear communication with stakeholders.
• Manage the Compliance and Monitoring team’s SharePoint pages.

Skills

Good verbal and written communications skills

Attention to detail

Ability to prioritise a varied workload

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to help deliver our regulatory responsibilities, placed on us as the Enforcement Authority for the Reservoirs Act 1975 in England. The Reservoirs Act helps to ensure the safe operation and management of dams.

Responsibilities

• As an officer in the Compliance and Monitoring team, part of the Reservoir Regulation team, you will be responsible for helping to deliver our operational role and regulatory duties for the 2140 reservoirs in England.
• This will include making risk designations and monitoring for compliance with the on-site flood plan requirements.
• Taking a risk-based approach, you will encourage compliance with the Reservoirs Act by clear and consistent communications with reservoir owners and panel engineers.
• Support the team’s advisor with responding to requests for information and providing licenses to share our data.
• Be responsible for managing the Compliance and Monitoring team’s SharePoint pages.

Team and role details

We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies.

The team: You will join the Environmental Assessment and Reservoir Regulation department, which is part of the Flood & Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) Directorate. The Reservoir Regulation team is a nationally dispersed team comprising 25+ highly motivated, experienced, skilled, and passionate people who are responsible for the regulation of the more than 2140 large raised reservoirs in England. The team is dispersed across the country. Some travel and overnight stays will be required.

Experience/skills required

• Good verbal and written communications skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise a varied workload
• Experience of responding to information requests and being a SharePoint Site Owner is desirable