31874 - Regulatory Support Officer

Environment Agency; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A regulatory body in the UK is seeking a Regulatory Support Officer to join their East Midlands Regulated Industry team. This entry-level role involves maintaining information systems, supporting compliance activities, and communicating effectively with team members and customers. Ideal candidates should have A level education and strong organizational and IT skills, with a passion for making a difference in environmental regulation.

Qualifications

• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic and busy team environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to develop good working relationships.
• Focus on efficiency, innovation, and effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Act as point of contact for filtering information for the team.
• Maintain data and information systems.
• Support compliance and enforcement activities.

Skills

Effective teamwork

Excellent communication skills

Proactive decision-making

Organizational skills

Strong IT skills

Education

A level education or equivalent

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join East Midlands Regulated Industry and be part of our Regulatory Support Officer team.

We regulate a range of permitted sites to ensure compliance with the Environmental Permitting Regulations. We also undertake pollution incident response and investigation.

You'll support and facilitate the delivery of a wide range of administrative and compliance activities and enable our regulatory teams to secure positive outcomes for people and the environment.

This role underpins our departmental performance and will be extremely varied

Responsibilities

• Acting as an initial point of contact, communicating and filtering information for the team
• Maintaining data and information systems, ensuring our records are up to date, accessible and stored appropriately to facilitate team activities.
• Supporting a range of compliance and enforcement activities for the team
• Helping the team protect and collect the income we receive from permit fees and charges
• Drafting and issuing radioactive substance activity permits for the Midlands area
• Handling and storing confidential information
• Maintaining essential team equipment
• Collating and providing information requested by internal and external customers
• Taking part in incident management

We welcome applications regardless of race, sex, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity or marital status.

The team

The East Midlands Regulated Industry Team is responsible for the regulation of a large number of sites and activities that require environmental permits. These permits cover a wide range of waste activities, industrial processes and places that use and dispose of radioactive substances.

You will be based at the Nottingham Trentside Office.

Experience / skills required

Ideally, you\'ll be educated to A level standard (or equivalent)

Through your experience to date you should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• The ability to work effectively in a dynamic and busy team environment
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to develop good working relationships with customers
• Bringing energy and enthusiasm to a team or department
• Ability to work on your own and as part of a team
• Using your initiative to make decisions and achieve planned outcomes
• Focus on efficiency, innovation and effectiveness
• Excellent organisational skills and strong IT skills.

The key things we’re looking for are transferrable skills and capabilities, so do not be put off applying if you don’t have previous experience in this sector.

As an entry level role we welcome all backgrounds, preferably those with an interest in the environment and wanting to make a difference.