Senior Technical Officer – Carriers, Brokers and Dealers – Waste Controllers and Tracking Team (WCAT) - 29884

Job Description

We are fully committed to having an 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.

You will undertake business critical work comms and engagement work associated with Carriers, Brokers and Dealers (CBD) regime. This role will contribute to a ground breaking Regulatory Reform project for CBD. The role will help deliver ‘once in a generation’ changes to how we regulate and enforce the movement of waste. The CBD Regime will become an effective regulatory tool, increasing the responsibilities and requirements placed on all CBD. Following reform, you will help to ensure a smooth transition to new ways of working for the regime.

You will:

• Deliver work related to the Regulatory Reform of CBD.
• Undertake work to improve delivery across the CBD.
• Respond to technical queries relating to CBD, to support the work of regulatory officers and NCCC staff.
• Analyse data to better inform how we manage the regime.
• Contribute to the review and adaptation of operating procedures related to CBD, to ensure the most effective outcomes and legislation compliance.
  
  
  

Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties when the need to respond arises Having an incident role is an essential part of working for the Environment Agency and an active way to support communities and prevent harm to the environment. Further information on incident response can be found within your candidate pack.

The team

This post sits within Waste Controllers and Tracking (WCAT) team, within Waste Industry Regulatory Services (WIRS), in National Operations. The team is dispersed working across the country. We are a high performing team that delivers priority technical work, supporting waste regimes, providing leadership to national projects.

The Carrier Brokers Dealers (CBD) regime is managed through E&B Waste Regulation and WIRS. Together we lead the business on CBD work, supporting Government, industry and colleagues.

Experience/skills Required

Knowledge of waste compliance, environmental regulation of the waste industry and our enforcement processes.

You will be effective at influencing and communicating and will have a strong customer focus. An ability to deliver results through others is crucial.

Technical leadership and delivery are essential along with:

• working independently, organising yourself and your workload
• ‘owning’ your role; initiating tasks, setting high work standards and delivering
• planning, managing and delivering complex tasks to deadlines
• building/maintaining effective relationships
• Being comfortable with dispersed working
  
  
  

Contact and additional information

Office base is flexible. You will need to be comfortable with working in a dispersed team. The role will require travel to London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Bristol and other locations.

There will be a virtual meeting to discuss the role on 19 Nov 2024 @ 17:30. Please contact [email protected] for an invite to attend, if you would like further information about the post or the team.

Please contact Alan Martin ([email protected]) for further information.

Interviews will be conducted virtually approx. December 2024.

A reserve list of successful candidates will be held for 6 months and may be used for future recruitment

Competence 1

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.

Question: Tell us about a time in your current or previous role where you have devised and implemented a solution to a significant problem. What was your resolution, what decision did you take and how successful was it?

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.

Question: Giving a specific example, what was your most effective influencing approach in your last/current role?

Competence 3

Achieves Results

Description

Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results

Question: Tell us about your most significant achievement in your current/last role.

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.