Environmental Advisor based in Wales

Mining Remediation Authority; Mansfield; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency for environmental protection seeks a professional to join their team focusing on restoring abandoned mine sites in Wales. The role requires expertise in environmental legislation, practical advice on sustainability, and the ability to lead environmental assessments. The agency values flexibility, inclusion, and real-world impact, offering a diverse work environment. Candidates with a passion for driving positive environmental change will be favored.

Benefits

Comprehensive pension scheme

Values-based recognition

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday allowance

Parental leave with full pay

Professional development support

Employee Assistance Programme

Health check

Free parking at Mansfield office

Qualifications

• Understand environmental legislation relevant to Wales.
• Provide practical environmental advice in projects.
• Be confident in working with data from environmental surveys.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on environmental protection and sustainability.
• Lead targeted environmental surveys and assessments.
• Help project teams apply environmental regulations.

Skills

Understanding of environmental legislation

Technical and practical advice

Data confidence

Structured communication

Interest in environmental impact

Job description

Make a real impact in environmental protection and enhancement.

We’re looking for someone who wants to help protect and restore nature and the environment on abandoned metal mine sites across Wales.

You’ll be part of diverse and supportive project teams working on the Wales Metal Mines Programme (WMMP) a major initiative focused on reducing river pollution while protecting and enhancing world class mining heritage, often in stunning natural landscape settings.

What Helps You Succeed

• A strong understanding of environmental legislation and sustainability goals as currently applied to Wales
• Experience of giving technical and practical advice in a collaborative project setting
• Confidence working with data and reports from environmental monitoring and survey activities
• A clear, structured communication style
• An interest in making a positive difference to the environment
  
  

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What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing clear, practical advice on environmental protection, sustainability and regulatory compliance
• Leading and supporting detailed and targeted environmental surveys and assessments
• Helping project teams understand and apply environmental regulations, procedures and policies
• Reviewing and interpreting reports and data from external consultants
• Supporting the integration of sustainability and nature recovery plans into our work
  
  

Why This Role Matters

Your work will directly support efforts to clean up rivers, protect wildlife and mining heritage and maximise the benefits of proposed pollution prevention works. You’ll be part of a team that values inclusion, flexibility, and real-world impact.

Location: Home-based in Wales

Flexible working options available

We welcome different ways of thinking and working

If this sounds like a good fit for your skills and values, we’d love to hear from you.

Schedule

Application closing date: 31st August 2025

Sifting date:1st September 2025

Interviews: w/c 8th September 2025

(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)

Security

Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

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Our Benefits

• A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
• Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
• Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
• Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
• Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
• Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
• Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
• Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
• Unlock exclusive employee discounts
• Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
• Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.
  
  

Working With Us

We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.

Who We Are

Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.

We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.

We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

Equality, Diversity And Inclusion

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.

We want to recruit you based on your skills and experience, and not the colour of your skin, where you come from, or who you share your life with. What’s important is that you can carry out your role effectively. That’s why, when you submit your application to us, we remove all your personal data before the hiring manager reviews your details. If you are successful and you join us, you can be confident that this is because we trust that you will be successful and can make a difference. By continuing to improve our diversity, we continue to improve our knowledge and innovation and live our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.

If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, but you require an alternative application form or other reasonable adjustments to apply, let us know. You can get in touch by email at [e-mail] or give us a call on 01623 637000