Catchment Advisor

Anglian Water; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable water management is looking for a Catchment Advisor to improve water quality through collaboration with farmers and communities. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence water resilience while working within a flexible, field-based environment across the Anglian Water region.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Personal private health care

Annual bonus scheme

Flexible benefits for wellbeing and lifestyle

26 days leave plus Bank Holidays

Family friendly policies including full pay for maternity/adoption leave

Qualifications

• Experience in agriculture, environmental science, or water resource management required.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, particularly with land managers.
• Full driver's license is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver catchment strategies for water quality improvements.
• Conduct pollution incident investigations and advise on mitigation techniques.
• Engage with local partnerships and deliver workshops and training.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Technical advice delivery

Independent working

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in agriculture, environmental science, or water resource management

Tools

IT proficiency

Job description

Circa £42,000 - £45,000 per annum plus Car Allowance

Full time/37 hrs a week/12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Field Based across the Anglian Water Region

Anglian Water offers flexible working, with a mix of home working, office time, and regular travel across the region as part of this field-based role

Make every drop of your potential count

Anglian Water is seeking a passionate and knowledgeable Catchment Advisor to support the development of two major new reservoirs in the Fens and Lincolnshire. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of drinking water resilience by improving surface water quality through sustainable land and water management.

Working with farmers, food producers, local authorities, NGOs, and communities, you'll design and implement catchment-based water quality plans to reduce pollutants such as nitrates, phosphorus, sediment, pesticides, and invasive non-native species. You'll play a key role in protecting future drinking water sources while supporting nature-based solutions and resilient farming practices.

You'll be field-based for much of the role-building trusted relationships, conducting on-site assessments, and offering technical advice to stakeholders. Your ability to engage confidently, analyse data, and recommend practical, evidence-based solutions will be central to your success.

What you'll be doing:

- Develop and deliver catchment strategies that support water quality improvements.

- Promote sustainable land use, nutrient management, and pollution mitigation.

- Represent Anglian Water in local partnerships and deliver workshops and training.

- Conduct pollution incident investigations and advise on mitigation.

- Interpret environmental policy into real-world, farm-level action.

What does it take to be successful?

- Experience in agriculture, environmental science, or water resource management.

- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, ideally with farmers or land managers.

- Confidence in working independently and managing diverse fieldwork responsibilities.

- Understanding of UK water quality regulations and farming practices.

- Agronomy or experienced agricultural/ land management background with strong technical skills.

- Experience delivering technical advice to facilitate a change to agricultural business practice.

- Experience building and maintaining effective long-term partnerships.

- Organised with strong administrative skills.

- Competent user of IT with strong presentation skills

- Full driver's license.

As a valued employee you'll be entitled to:

-Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

-Personal private health care

-Annual bonus scheme

-Opportunity to volunteer do unpaid work in the community

-26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

-Life Cover at 8x your salary

-Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary

-Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

-Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme

-Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paternity / partner pay. Opportunity for shared parental pay.

-Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community's Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer and we play a leading part in the Women's Utility Network.

Closing date: 04/07/2025

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