Senior Flood Management Officer

Buckinghamshire Council; England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in England is seeking a Senior Flood Management Officer to manage flood risks and engage with communities on resilience strategies. The role involves working with a dynamic team and includes responsibilities such as conducting flood investigations, enforcing regulations, and managing projects. Candidates require relevant experience in flood management and a degree in a applicable field.

Qualifications

• Experience in a flood or water management role.
• Strong knowledge of water law and policy.
• Ability to represent professional services effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver statutory duties of the Lead Local Flood Authority.
• Engage with communities on flood resilience.
• Manage flood mitigation projects and feasibility studies.

Skills

Flood and water management experience

Understanding of groundwater flooding mechanisms

Knowledge of drainage and flood management techniques

Communication and public engagement skills

Analytical and negotiation skills

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Hydraulic modelling software

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Job description

Overview

Senior Flood Management Officer
Permanent
£38,753 - £46,018
Walton Street Offices
Closing date: 28/09/2025

Do you want to help us, our partner organisations, and our communities to better manage flood risk, with a focus on implementing innovative actions from our forthcoming Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (LFRMS), including engaging with communities? We have a great opportunity for a Senior Flood Management Officer to join the Strategic Flood Management Team on a permanent basis.

The Strategic Flood Management Team, are a team of fifteen who are enthusiastic and passionate about managing local flood risk in BC's role as the Lead Local Flood Authority. We are responsible for delivering the statutory duties (outlined below) of the LLFA under the Flood and Water Management Act (2010) and Land Drainage Act (1991), delivery of a number of flood management projects and developing new flood alleviation projects, and guiding the flood management approach on large infrastructure projects.

We have recently updated our LFRMS, which will set the team's direction over the coming few years with a number of exciting proposed actions, including around building the resilience of our communities to flood risk and climate change through supporting community flood action groups.

About us

Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in a flood or water management role, which you may have gained while working for a previous local authority, other Risk Management Authority, or consultancy.

The Senior Flood Management Officer post is a vital and influential role, helping lead and deliver the non-planning statutory role of the LLFA (Flood Investigations, Land Drainage Consents and Enforcement, and responding to enquiries).

The role will have a focus on managing and delivering actions from our LFRMS in collaboration with other partners, including planning and delivering flood resilience engagement with local communities. There is also potential to project manage a small number of pipeline capital projects through feasibility and business case.

Key Accountabilities

• Work in a dynamic team to deliver the statutory duties of the LLFA as required (including flood investigations, land drainage consenting, land drainage enforcement, and responding to enquiries), with a particular focus on being out in the community where flooding has occurred
• Plan and deliver actions from our new Local Flood Risk Management Strategy in collaboration with internal and external partners
• Help plan, manage and deliver engagement with communities e.g. to support the setting up of community-led flood groups and action plans
• Develop effective working relationships with a diverse range of partners and local communities to manage local flood risk
• Potential for managing the feasibility and options appraisal parts of flood mitigation projects

Any-Desk

As an ‘any-desk’ worker, you’ll need to be connected to our network to access digital folders and resources, but this can either be from home or an office location when required. You will be required to work from the office a couple of times a week, depending on your role and team requirements.

About you

Skills & Experience

• Has relevant experience and technical skills in a flood or water management role, including:
• Strong understanding of all sources of flooding, including groundwater flooding mechanisms
• Understanding of relevant best practice guidance for surface water drainage and fluvial flood management techniques
• Ideally, experience of using, interpreting or commenting on outputs from hydraulic modelling, drainage software packages and/or Computer Aided Design drawings
• Strong working knowledge of water related law, regulation and policy
• Confident, passionate and articulate in engaging with the public and community representatives
• Adept at communicating complex technical matters clearly to stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, and an ability to represent professional service area both internally and externally
• Self-motivated, with initiative and ability to manage and prioritise your own work with little supervision
• Well developed customer service skills, with an ability to deal with challenging situations or escalated complaints, utilising persuasion and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication and presentation skills.
• Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline is essential.
• Membership of a relevant professional organisation is welcomed.
• Some project management skills and experience is welcomed.

For additional details, please see the attached job summary, but do pay close attention to the above requirements from this advert.

Other information

For additional information or an informal conversation about this role, please contact Andrew Waugh ( ; ).

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions

For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) Nacro

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.