Water Land & Biodiversity Team Leader
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Employer: Environment Agency |
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Job location: Birmingham UK |
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Apply before: 12 May 2022 |
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We are the Environment Agency. Working with Government, councils, businesses, and communities, we create a better place for people and wildlife. Acting to reduce the impacts of climate change is at the heart of everything we do.
Are the challenges, rewards and making a difference with your leadership, part of your career plan?
We are looking for a vibrant, self-motivated leader who can inspire a team of groundwater and contaminated land specialists. You will lead our Groundwater & Contaminated Land (GWCL) team to meet our goals and achieve outcomes that promote a cleaner and healthier environment for the diverse communities we serve and the economy across West Midlands, through our strategic 5 year action plan, EA2025.
You will be committed to developing yourself and those in your team, providing a positive role model who's versatile in creating an open, inclusive and trusting culture where people can achieve their b
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Job description
We are the Environment Agency. Working with Government, councils, businesses, and communities, we create a better place for people and wildlife. Acting to reduce the impacts of climate change is at the heart of everything we do.
Are the challenges, rewards and making a difference with your leadership, part of your career plan?
We are looking for a vibrant, self-motivated leader who can inspire a team of groundwater and contaminated land specialists. You will lead our Groundwater & Contaminated Land (GWCL) team to meet our goals and achieve outcomes that promote a cleaner and healthier environment for the diverse communities we serve and the economy across West Midlands, through our strategic 5 year action plan, EA2025.
You will be committed to developing yourself and those in your team, providing a positive role model who's versatile in creating an open, inclusive and trusting culture where people can achieve their best and be safe and well. You will look to share good practice and ways of working, identify opportunities for the business and ways to realise them.
This is a permanent team leader role and we will also use this round of recruitment to fill other future team leader opportunities.
The team
You'll be an integral part of our Water, Land and Biodiversity department and our Area Leadership Group. Your GWCL team covers a wide range of activities including:
• Technical input into permitting, planning and regulatory activities
• Groundwater quality monitoring and modelling
• Contaminated land remediation advice and implementation
• Water quality and water resource planning, dry weather management planning, technical review of water company water resource management plan and drought plans and RAPID schemes.
Experience/skills required
The role requires you to be an engaging and inspirational leader with the ability to influence others. You will have experience of developing people, leading and motivating people to be high performing, and managing a quality service whilst providing value for money.
Additionally you should:
• have a track record of dealing with complex leadership and management situations
• ability to set direction and deliver activities through your team.
• Effectively balancing work priorities against business planning and resource management
• Ability to be flexible, resourceful and prioritise work to deliver the best outcomes.
• have a positive attitude and the ability to work independently to prioritise workloads
• be a clear and confident communicator, with the ability to develop and maintain good relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
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