Nutrients Advisor - 35128

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

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.

We are recruiting an Advisor within our national Nutrients and Nature Recovery team to help address one of the most significant environmental challenges facing the water environment: nutrient pollution.

This is a rewarding opportunity to play a key supporting role in delivering our ambition for a balanced and sustainable nutrient system, where nutrients are appropriately valued, improving environmental quality and enabling sustainable growth.

As part of a collaborative and supportive team, working closely with colleagues across the organisation and building relationships with a diverse range of external partners, you will help drive a step change in our approach to current and emerging nutrient pollution challenges.

A key focus of the role will be leading engagement with our Area Integrated Environment Planning Specialists to support the effective implementation of Diffuse Water Pollution Plan actions. You will coordinate activity, share learning and best practice, and help these plans evolve to continue responding effectively to emerging issues.

The role also offers the opportunity to support a wider programme of work across the team, including nutrient neutrality, innovative nutrient reduction approaches, and the development of new strategies to address nutrient pollution and support nature recovery.

• Drive engagement and partnership working through delivery of a nutrients engagement framework for internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage contracts and projects that enable innovative approaches to nutrient management.
• Track and report on programme delivery.
• Facilitate a national community of practice, ensuring co-ordinated implementation of Diffuse Water Pollution Plan actions, embedding them into organisational processes, and promoting knowledge sharing across teams.

You will join the Nutrients and Nature Recovery team, which is part of Team Water in the Environment and Business directorate. We are a small, friendly, dispersed team which provides strategic leadership on nutrients and has responsibility for the diffuse water pollution plan programme and growth policies relating to nutrients, such as nutrient neutrality. We meet face to face, normally quarterly, and aim to provide a supportive, inclusive culture where everyone feels valued.

We are looking for a proactive, motivated candidate who has experience of working across multiple teams. You will:

• Have a basic understanding of the different sectors involved in nutrient management
• Be able to effectively communicate with a range of audiences.
• Have experience of working collaboratively and developing and sharing technical expertise with others
• Have experience of project and/ or programme management
• Have managed contracts and have experience of working with procurement systems
• Be able to deal with complex situations by adopting a pragmatic approach to achieve the best outcome.
• Be able to work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and actively encourage others to consider diversity issues in their work.

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

You'll have an inclusive incident management objective in your development plan. We'll help you find a role to suit your needs.

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

Any queries, contact Sam Thomas, Senior Advisor - Nutrients and Nature Recovery, sam.thom

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…