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Yorkshire and the Humber

Beverley , Leeds , Rotherham , Sheffield , York

Templeborough, Quadrant Two, Crosskill House, Lateral, Foss House

Staff Grade 4

Permanent

Full Time

Operational Delivery

£29,706

The role acts as an officer within the Area Incident Team (AIT), delivering a variety of activities to support the readiness, resilience, recovery and review of our incident management activities.

The role is responsible for planning and coordination of incident response activities such as building resilience, training staff, working across agencies, cross cutting operational activities and post incident review. The role supports all aspects of the incident management lifecycle and activities within the AIT.

The role requires independent working, but at times may also require coordinating small teams and/or contribute to projects. You will contribute to the initial tactical response for the Area within office hours (Tactical First Response), through a logistics or Cell lead role. The role will also provide support to other duty officers through assurance of response and ensure situational awareness is shared with oncoming duty teams.

Area Incident Teams represent an evolutionary change in how we work to protect communities and the environment. It will put us in the best place to prepare, support others, provide tactical response to all types of incident, and to deal with the increasing threats and natural hazards resulting from the climate and ecological emergency. We will coordinate and assure all IM activity, including training and exercising, LRF engagement and deliver core preparation activities

You will require an understanding of the incident management cycle and the Environment Agency’s role as a Category One responder under the Civil Contingencies Act. You will need to be agile in your approach to how you work and be able to adapt quickly to dynamic situations. To be successful you will need to be able to show evidence of:

• Being organised by prioritising your time to what matters most.
• Solving complex problems by developing solutions that align with our plans.
• Collaborative working and being able to deliver outcomes through others.
• Contributing to an inclusive health, safety, and wellbeing culture.
• Communicating effectively with a range of stakeholders.

There will be occasions when working from an office location will be essential, and occasions when it will be optional. You will need to be able to travel regularly to our incident rooms at our offices in York and Leeds.

Interviews will take place in person, and anticipated to take place between 18th and 26th May 2023.

For further information about the role please contact Jon Knight on 07879 890045 (jon.knight@environment-agency.gov.uk) or Simon Hildon 07785 388781 (simon.hildon@environment-agency.gov.uk).

We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, so please include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.