Regulatory Officer 1 - Combined Packaging Regime - South West - 31805

Environment Agency; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regulatory agency is seeking a Regulatory Officer for its Combined Packaging Regime team in the South West region. The role involves planning and delivering compliance activities, responding to incidents, and engaging with businesses. The ideal candidate will possess strong influencing skills, a valid UK driving license, and be comfortable with both field and desk-based work. This position offers a competitive benefits package, including a pension scheme and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working arrangements

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Must have a valid full UK driving licence.
• Experience in developing good relations in complex environments.
• Ability to manage multiple demands and prioritize effectively.

Responsibilities

• Plan, monitor, and deliver compliance and enforcement activities.
• Engage with businesses to achieve compliance.
• Respond to incidents and provide business continuity support.

Skills

Ability to handle difficult or confrontational conversations

Excellent influencing skills

Experience producing accurate reports

Knowledge of compliance and enforcement legislation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Regulatory Officer 1 – Combined Packaging Regime, South West. This role is based in the Combined Packaging Regime team within Waste Markets & Shipments (WM&S) of Environmental Markets and Enforcement. We are a national team with officers based across England, ensuring a consistent regulatory approach. We enforce government regulations to ensure waste is disposed of correctly and help drive a circular economy.

You will be responsible for planning, monitoring and delivering compliance and enforcement activity within your area of waste regulation. You may be required to respond to incidents and provide business continuity support. The role involves field and desk-based work, sometimes requiring travel within the South West region.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with customers and stakeholders.
• Answer technical queries, interpret problems and develop solutions.
• Collate, analyse and use complex data to support evidence-based regulatory decisions.
• Handle confidential information in line with data protection guidelines.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of processes, procedures, and operational instructions.
• Undertake audit and enforcement work in the field and/or desk-based settings.
• Engage with businesses to achieve compliance and investigate suspected non-compliance. This may involve interviews under caution and compiling case files for our legal teams.

Responding to incidents is a central part of the role. You may be required to take an incident role and be available for incident response or business continuity support. This may attract additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be provided to support you in the incident role.

Experience/skills Required

• Ability to handle difficult or confrontational conversations.
• Based in the South West packaging producer team with a requirement to travel.
• Excellent influencing skills and ability to develop good relations in complex environments.
• Experience producing accurate reports and analysing data using Microsoft Office.
• Ability to manage multiple demands and prioritise to achieve outcomes.
• Knowledge of compliance and enforcement legislation is desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided.
• Must have a valid full UK driving licence.

Additional Information

• We offer a competitive benefits package including a fantastic pension scheme, salary, flexible working and 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata).
• Interviews are expected to take place in person from mid-October.
• Hybrid working approach with office and home working; regular travel within the base area (South West) and travel for training and meetings.
• We may use recruitment outcomes for future vacancies within the next 6 months.
• For an informal discussion, please contact [e-mail].

Note: If applying from Civil Service, Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service; please review continuous service implications in your status. The Environment Agency is committed to diversity and inclusive recruitment, with flexible working patterns and a Guaranteed Interview Policy for applicants with disabilities who meet minimum criteria.