Senior Environment Protection Officer

Scottish Enterprise; Holytown; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

LGPS

Annual leave 35 days

Public holidays

Job summary

Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is seeking three Senior Environment Protection Officers on a permanent, full‑time basis. You will supervise a team within the Compliance Function and help lead on regulatory processes, environmental performance, and enforcement actions.

You will work across regions including Falkirk, Alloa, Stirling, Perth, Glasgow Central and Lanarkshire, delivering guidance to internal and external stakeholders while promoting a respectful, inclusive workplace and

Qualifications

• Relevant experience or qualification equivalent to SCQF Level 8-10.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills, ability to build and maintain good internal and external regulatory relationships
• A comprehensive knowledge and demonstrable experience of the related legislation, policy, and guidance as relates to pollution control, event response, compliance and enforcement
• Good planning and organisational skills, with the ability to spot problems and risks and put measures in place to prevent or mitigate them
• Great people skills, with the ability to support, develop, and coach officers in delivering work and engage with key teams to gain support from others

Responsibilities

• Allocate and supervise work for a team and monitor the quality of work to ensure excellent customer service.
• Oversee and lead on contentious, complex, or sensitive regulatory activities and enforcement where necessary.
• Provide guidance and regulatory advice to internal and external stakeholders on non-clear-cut issues.
• Lead by example and promote values and behaviours to support a positive working culture.

Skills

Communication skills

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

SCQF Level 8-10

Job description

We are recruiting for 3full time Senior Environment Protection Officers on a permanent basis

Your passion has never had a greater purpose

Here at SEPA, we’re connected by a passion that drives us to be purposeful in every action we take – to protect our environment. Through our expertise, we lead projects that make a difference for Scotland, and our workplaces are grounded in respect for that expertise.

That’s why, when you join us as Senior Environment Protection Officer, you’ll discover enriching benefits, meaningful support, and opportunities to learn every day. That’s what it means to be Passionately Purposeful – for our environment, and for your career.

Work that goes beyond your desk

Experts at what we do, we work in a professional way towards our shared goals, knowing the work we do makes a genuine, lasting difference on the environment.

The post holder will provide a supervisory role in SEPA’s Compliance Function, which leads on all aspects of the regulatory process including environmental performance, pollution incidents, enforcement and resolution. The roles arebased in the geographic region covered by the Falkirk, Alloa, Stirling, Perth;Glasgow Central, and Lanarkshire teams.

As a Senior Regulator (SEPO) in the Compliance function, you will:

• Allocate and supervise work for a team and monitor the quality of work to ensure excellent customer service. Direct the day to day planning, organisation and control of team work.
• Oversee, support, and where needed you will directly lead on activities of a more contentious, complex, or sensitive nature. This includes; assessing the level of compliance with statutory requirements authorisations, investigating the more serious/contentious complaints or reports of significant pollution incidents, andinitiating enforcement action where necessary and advising team members of appropriate levels of enforcement action within the delegated boundaries.
• Provide guidance and regulatory advice to both internal and external stakeholders where the issues are not clear-cut; explain, justify, and defend particular courses of action or proposals put forward for consideration; resolve tensions and difficulties when these arise and identify and satisfy internal and external stakeholder requirements.
• Lead by example, promoting our values and behaviours, and create a positive working culture that supports employee health and wellbeing.

Respect for your expertise

This is a highly important role within our Regulation, Business & Environmentportfolio, which means you’ll need:

• Relevant experience or qualification equivalent to SCQF Level 8-10
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills, ability to build and maintain good internal and external regulatory relationships
• A comprehensive knowledge and demonstratable experience of the associated legislation, policy, and guidance as relates to pollution control, event response, compliance, and compliance related enforcement.
• Good at planning and organisational skills, with the ability to spot problems and risks, and put measures in place to prevent or mitigate them
• Great people skills, with the ability to support, develop, and coach officers in delivering work and engage with key teams to gain the support we need from others

Please note the role profile name may be different to the job title being advertised.

Support that goes beyond the workplace

We’re cultivating a workplace that supports not only your passion and your professional lives, but your personal life. So, you’ll find benefits that make a difference at work and at home. Such as:

• Hybrid and Flexible working opportunities
• Up to 35 days annual leave and 7 additional public holidays each year (pro rata)
• Paid time off to support your Wellbeing and enable you to Volunteer in your community
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Progressive Family Friendly policies
• Training & development to enablecolleagues to improve their skills, competencies and knowledge to perform at their best.

Plus, many more lifestyle benefits such as 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform, credit union facilities and access to a Cycle to Work Scheme.

Passionately you. Purposefully supportive

SEPA is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and good relations in everything it does – as a community leader, as a provider and commissioner of services, and as an employer.

Passionately Purposeful about Scotland’s environment – and your career.

Protecting our environment, promoting our work, and supporting our people, working at SEPA means being part of an organisation that’s grounded in respect for your expertise – and your wellbeing. So you can be your best, and make the biggest impact.

We recruit solely based on merit. Our shortlisting process is conducted on an anonymous basis.

We support flexible workingarrangements to help you maintain a healthy balancebetween career and homelife. This includes workingpart time, reduced hours, job sharing, working remotely.As a flexible first employer we are open to havingconversations about flexible working arrangementsthat work for you and SEPA from day 1 of youremployment with us.

Weareproudtobea'DisabilityConfident'employerandwillworktoidentifyandimplementreasonableadjustmentsandequipmenttosupportyou in the role that you do.

Applicants with a visual impairment can request job descriptions and application forms in Braille, large print or on tape.

For the security and wellbeing of our colleagues, successful candidates willundergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) pre-employment checks including a level one Disclosure Scotlandcheck.

If you have questions or need any assistance with the recruitment process please contact SEPA’s Recruitment Team at [e-mail]