Principal Water Resources Planning Lead

UKRN; Greater London, Birmingham; In loco; GBP 80.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

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UKRN is seeking a Water Resources Planning Lead to join the Water Supply team within the RAPID and Environmental Planning directorate at Principal level. You will lead national water resources policy and investment policy work, engaging with governments, regulators and stakeholders to advance WRMP24 and preparations for WRMP29 and PR29.

You will also steer planning frameworks and lead a technical team, aligning work across regulatory processes and collaborating with regulators to ensure delivery

Mansioni

• Lead engagement with governments, regulators and stakeholders on national water resources policy and investment policy, including WRMP24 delivery and WRMP29/PR29 preparations.
• Coordinate with partner regulators to agree policy development and technical assessment outcomes.
• Utilise Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to present, communicate and consult on water resources policy decisions and technical issues.
• Steer development of new planning frameworks under Defra’s White Paper on a new water vision.
• Lead a technical team to undertake water resources work and engagement with water companies.
• Design and plan the team’s approaches to meet statutory responsibilities and align with related regulatory frameworks.
• Support involvement in the Water Delivery Taskforce; PR24/PR29 teams and SROs for RAPID; ensure delivery on customers and environment.
• Holding companies to account for delivery on behalf of customers and the environment.

Conoscenze

Analysis

Data Scientist

Engineering

Environment

Planning

Policy

Regulation

Stakeholder Engagement

Sustainability

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We’re looking for a Water Resources Planning Lead to join our Water Supply team within the RAPID and Environmental Planning directorate at Principal level. The sector is facing unprecedented challenges, and we want someone who relishes the opportunity to apply their skills and experience to improve our water environment. Whilst there are specific policy areas you will lead on, you will also play an important role in driving the collaborative work programme across Governments and with other regulators to improve future water resources management.

The Water Resources Planning Lead rolehas an important and valuable contribution to enable us to deliver on our goals and regulatory commitments. You will lead our engagement with wider governments, regulators and a varied range of stakeholders on national water resources policy and investment policy, including delivery of current 2024 water resource management plans (WRMP24) and our preparations for WRMP29 and the 2029 price review (PR29). This includes bringing together partner regulators (Drinking Water Inspectorate, Environment Agency, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales) to agree on policy development and technical assessment outcomes. You will utilise forums such as the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to present, communicate and consult with the industry on Ofwat’s water resources policy decisions and technical issues. You will also have the opportunity to steer the development of new planning frameworks developed under Defra’s White Paper on a new vision for water.

You will lead a technical team to undertake water resources work and their engagement with the water companies. You will be responsible for designing and planning the team’s approaches to meeting our statutory responsibilities, and aligning our work across related and dependant regulatory frameworks and processes. This includes our involvement in the government’s Water Delivery Taskforce; Ofwat’s PR24 and PR29 teams including delivery plans and price control deliverables (PCDs); and interfacing with principal leads for the strategic resource options (SROs) in the RAPID programme. Your work on this area will hold companies to account on their delivery on behalf of customers and the environment.

Fixed term, Full time, Job share, Loan, Part time, Secondment

Profession

Analysis, Data Scientist, Engineering, Environment, Planning, Policy, Regulation, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability