Environment Assistant: Hybrid, Flexible Conservation Role

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru; Aberystwyth; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension Scheme

28–33 days annual leave

Professional development

Health and wellbeing benefits

Weekly wellbeing hour

Hybrid working

Job summary

Natural Resources Wales in Wales seeks an Environment Assistant to support the Ceredigion Environment Team in delivering sustainable natural resource management across Ceredigion. You will handle procurement, process compliance data, respond to public enquiries and gain hands-on experience in regulatory processes, conservation, pollution response, and more.

Driving is essential to the role due to a rural location and travel requirements.

Qualifications

• A good understanding of NRWs regulatory remit.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers and partners.
• Able to work well as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support the integrated delivery of functions by the team and place including collation of complex regulatory compliance and enforcement information, coordination of responses and administration of incident response rotas.
• Hold or develop a knowledge in processes such as evidence collation, database administration or simple permit determinations that supports the delivery of work by the team or place.
• Respond to basic customer queries and ensure that more complex queries are recorded and passed on to relevant staff.
• Support and process procurement requests for the team or place to ensure appropriate equipment is available and maintained in line with procedures.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy , together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Required to take part in incident response activities.
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Skills

Regulatory remit knowledge

Organisational skills

Effective communication

Teamwork

Tools

Evidence collation

Database administration

Permit determinations

Job description

Natural Resources Wales in Wales seeks an Environment Assistant to support the Ceredigion Environment Team in delivering sustainable natural resource management across Ceredigion. You will handle procurement, process compliance data, respond to public enquiries and gain hands-on experience in regulatory processes, conservation, pollution response, and more.

Driving is essential to the role due to a rural location and travel requirements.