Waste Regulation (Hazardous Waste) Senior Advisor - 30968

Environment Agency; East Grinstead; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Environment Agency is seeking a Senior Advisor for Hazardous Waste, responsible for leading compliance and regulatory initiatives. This mid-senior level role requires strong negotiation, decision-making skills, and expertise in environmental legislation, contributing to the agency's mission of effective hazardous waste management while promoting diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage diverse backgrounds in teamwork.
• Confidence in influencing positive outcomes.
• Ability to lead technical work and deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for Hazardous Waste compliance.
• Support regulatory reform and tackle regulatory challenges.
• Lead initiatives to improve compliance and manage priority waste.

Skills

Negotiation

Risk-based decision making

Communication skills

Ability to work with diverse groups

Education

Knowledge of environmental legislation

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Job Description

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don't just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.

Job Description

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don't just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide leadership to the Hazardous Waste team on the day-to-day activities of the regime. This work sits alongside work on regulatory reform and is also likely to have a role in helping the team to transition the regime from reform to ‘business as usual’.

The role duties and responsibilities are:

• Waste classification technical leadership
• Technical leadership for Hazardous Waste compliance and internally driven initiatives to improve compliance
• Enhanced leadership of priority waste streams
• Technical support to focus on priority waste streams and upstream, driven both by area teams and national teams
• Tackle regulatory challenges, secure long-term improvements in the regulatory regime and support Defra with Hazardous Waste circular economy work.
• Have a Hazardous Waste enforcement focus to support actions identified in the control strategy to reduce offending
  
  
  

The team

The Environment & Business (E&B) Hazardous Waste team is a small high performing team, part of the Regime Regulation team within E&B Waste Regulation.

We lead the business on hazardous waste, supporting Government, industry and colleagues to ensure that hazardous waste is correctly managed.

In E&B we promote a positive, inclusive, and supportive culture where everyone feels valued. We use evidence, expertise, engagement, and innovation to support delivery, influence policy, legislation, and secure resources.

Experience/skills Required

In your capability-based answers please demonstrate your:

• Ability to work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and actively encourage others to consider diversity issues in their work.
• Confidence in negotiating outcomes by positively influencing those you work with.
• Ability to build trusting and respectful working relationships with others.
• Risk based decision making skills, to achieve the best outcome.
• Knowledge of environmental legislation, especially waste management legislation.
• Drive to make things happen by innovating.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to make the best use of available resources to deliver outcomes which align to our priorities.
• Skill in leading on technical work and delivering timely results through others.
• Innovative ways of working to develop new approaches in response to change.
  
  
  

You’ll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.

Contact and additional information

You’ll have an inclusive incident management objective in your development plan. We’ll help you find a role to suit your needs. Appropriate training will be given.

You’ll have an EA Office base location, as a national role the working location is flexible / hybrid.

We use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel, some travel and overnights may be required.

Please read the Candidate / Additional Information Pack for information. Any queries, contact [e-mail]

Applications are “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions.

Interviews will be held via MS Teams within two weeks of the closing date.

If you consent to being held on a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for 6 months and may offer you an alternative post.

Competence 1

Focuses on Customers and Partners

Description

Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses

More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.

Feedback is generally not available at sift stage

Describe a time when you have had to manage the needs of a range of customers to agree with them a proposal or outcome.

Competence 2

Influences and Persuades Others

Description

Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.

More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.

Feedback is generally not available at sift stage

Describe how you have influenced people in other organisations, or parts of your organisation, to get a result on a piece of work .

Competence 3

Takes Decisions and Solves Problems

Description

Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.

More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.

Feedback is generally not available at sift stage

Provide an example where you have had to identify and explore root causes of a problem for you to make a decision with a difficult situation.

Competence 4

Delivers Results Through Others

Description

Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards and in line with organisational processes and procedures.

More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.

Feedback is generally not available at sift stage

Using a specific example, explain a situation where you have identified and delegated responsibilities to others to complete a task in line with business priorities.

If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

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, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.

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