Regulatory Officer

Environment Agency; Worthing; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An environmental regulatory body in Worthing is seeking a Regulatory Officer to undertake compliance audits and enforcement activities. This role involves analyzing complex data to make evidence-based regulatory decisions and building relationships with stakeholders. Responsibilities include handling sensitive information and responding to incidents. Ideal candidates should possess strong organizational skills, adaptability in communication, and a passion for environmental issues. Flexible working hours and a great pension scheme are offered.

Benefits

Fantastic Pension Scheme

Competitive Salary

Flexible working hours

25 annual leave plus bank holidays

In-work qualification opportunities

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence required.
• Ability to handle confrontational situations.
• Passionate about the environment and keen to learn.

Responsibilities

• Undertake audit and enforcement work in the field.
• Collate and analyze complex data for compliance.
• Respond to incidents and provide business continuity support.

Skills

Organizational skills

IT/computer literacy

Data handling

Communication adaptability

Problem-solving

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about the environment? Join us and help create a cleaner, safer and healthier environment for people and wildlife. Our producer responsibility work aims to ensure that waste resulting from packaging is recycled, either here in the UK or exported overseas to facilities where it is safely and effectively recycled - 'right waste, right place'. You will be key to planning, monitoring and delivering compliance and enforcement activity within your area of waste regulation, to drive a circular economy. This role will be based in the Packaging South team within Collections & Packaging Regimes, part of Waste Markets and Shipments. Find out about our wider team here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ7fCgRW5SM. As a Regulatory Officer, you will undertake audit and enforcement work, both desk‑based and in the field. You will collate, analyse and use complex data to help make evidence‑based decisions on regulation compliance, answer technical queries, interpret and diagnose problems and develop solutions, develop further relationships with customers and stakeholders, deal with confidential and sensitive information whilst keeping in line with data protection guidelines, contribute to the development and improvement of processes, procedures and operational instructions, work with businesses to bring them into compliance, investigate companies suspected of non‑compliance, conduct interviews under caution and compile case files for our legal teams. Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please clearly include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

Responsibilities

• Undertake audit and enforcement work, both desk‑based and in the field.
• Collate, analyse and use complex data to help make evidence‑based decisions on regulation compliance.
• Answer technical queries; interpret and diagnose problems and develop solutions.
• Develop further relationships with customers and stakeholders.
• Deal with confidential and sensitive information whilst keeping in line with data protection guidelines.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of processes, procedures and operational instructions.
• Work with businesses to bring them into compliance and investigate companies suspected of non‑compliance. This work can involve conducting interviews under caution and compiling case files for our legal teams.
• Respond to incidents as part of your role and be available to provide business continuity support during an incident.

Competencies

Competence 1 – Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Describe an example where you have solved a problem by using relevant information and exploring options. What was the problem?
How did you identify the best solution?
What was the result?

Competence 2 – Communicates Effectively
Describe a time when you have used a range of communication methods to present your views in a convincing way. What messages were you communicating?
How did you adapt your communication style or method to suit different audiences and why?

Competence 3 – Influences and Persuades Others
Describe a time when you persuaded someone or a group to do something that they resisted. Explain the process you went through and how you sought to understand the other person's point of view. What was the situation?
What were the challenges you faced?
How did you influence/change their mind?

Required Licences

• Full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Effective, organised and able to prioritise.
• Confident/assertive.
• IT/computer literate.
• Comfortable with numbers and handling large data sets.
• Passionate about the environment and keen to learn.
• Handle confrontational situations.
• Adapt your communication style to suit others to get your message across.
• Integrate into a team.
• Record information accurately.

Benefits

• A fantastic Pension Scheme.
• Competitive Salary.
• Flexible working hours including flexi leave.
• 25 annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata).
• Apprenticeships/opportunities for in‑work qualifications.

Recruitment & Contact

Interviews for the Regulatory Officer roles are expected to take place between 3rd – 5th February in central London. We may use the outcomes from this recruitment for future vacancies within the next 6 months. For an informal discussion contact [e-mail] or [e-mail].

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share. We have a guaranteed interview policy to support those with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.