Environment Team Assistant

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales; Buckley; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension Scheme

28 days annual leave

Wellbeing benefits

Professional development

Job summary

Natural Resources Wales is seeking an organized administrator to join the Environment Team in Denbighshire. You will provide essential administrative support to deliver regulatory and operational duties, coordinating regulatory information, incident rotas, and vehicle maintenance, while assisting procurement and responding to routine customer inquiries.

The role offers opportunities to develop skills in evidence collation, database administration, and simple permit determinations, with hybrid

Qualifications

• A good understanding of NRW's 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

• Coordinate and collate regulatory compliance information and enforce information.
• Assist with incident response rotas and vehicle maintenance administration.
• Support procurement processes to ensure equipment and safety resources are available.
• Respond to routine customer enquiries and direct complex queries to appropriate staff.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
• Support equality and diversity commitments and personal development plans.
• Participate in incident response activities as required.
• Perform other duties commensurate with the grade.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Organisational skills

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy and supportive Environment Team, playing an important role in protecting wildlife and the environment across Denbighshire. Working closely with the Team Leader and Environment Officers, you will provide essential administrative support that helps the team deliver its regulatory and operational responsibilities.

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy and supportive Environment Team, playing an important role in protecting wildlife and the environment across Denbighshire. Working closely with the Team Leader and Environment Officers, you will provide essential administrative support that helps the team deliver its regulatory and operational responsibilities. Your work will include coordinating and collating regulatory compliance information, administering incident response rotas, and ensuring pool vehicles are maintained and available when needed. You will also support procurement processes to help ensure the team has the equipment and safety resources required to carry out its work effectively. The role offers excellent opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge, with support to gain experience in areas such as evidence collation, database administration and simple permit determination. You will also respond to routine customer enquiries and ensure more complex queries are directed to the appropriate specialist staff. We are looking for an organised, enthusiastic and proactive individual who enjoys working as part of a committed team and wants to make a meaningful contribution to environmental protection in Denbighshire. Driving is essential to this role in order to undertake vehicle maintenance. You must hold a full and current UK driving license. As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance. To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Lucy Manifold at Lucy.Manifold @cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk. Interviews will be face to face at the Buckley Office.

About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy, dedicated, and supportive Environment Team that is passionate about making a positive difference across Denbighshire. The team works collaboratively to tackle a wide range of environmental challenges, bringing together a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and experience to deliver meaningful outcomes for local communities and the natural environment. As part of this welcoming and professional team, you will benefit from a strong culture of collaboration, mutual support, and continuous learning, with colleagues who are committed to sharing their expertise and helping one another succeed. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a team that values innovation, teamwork, and a shared commitment to protecting and enhancing Denbighshire's environment for future generations.

What You Will Do

• 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.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

• 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.

Welsh Language level requirements

• Essential: Level A1 - Entry level

Please note

If you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Additional Information

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date. Natural Resources Wales is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Although we hold a Skilled Worker visa sponsorship licence, it applies only to specific roles that meet both the eligibility criteria and salary requirements set out by the UK Government under the Skilled Worker visa route.

Benefits

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

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We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We are committed to equal opportunities, and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year. We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses. We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.