Flood Mitigation Officer (Senior or Principal)

Does being at the leading edge within Oxford, the City of dreaming spires, with its beautiful architecture, history and culture sound exciting? A fantastic opportunity has become available to join Oxford City Council and play a key role in reducing, managing and mitigating flood risk in Oxford.

We are looking for a dynamic, pragmatic, solutions-focused and partner-orientated professional to join our Environmental Quality team. You will be the Principal Flood Mitigation Officer for Oxford City Council, working in the Environmental Quality team, part of Environmental Sustainability.

This is a great opportunity to work with a range of Council services, private developers and partners to deliver the Council's responsibilities on flood management and provides opportunities to work with a range of stakeholders and partners to reduce the risk of flooding in Oxford.

Your primary responsibility will be to review and provide technical and specialist advice on flood risk management, sustainable drainage systems and flood risk assessment in relation to planning applications and consented developments within the city boundaries.

A key element of the work is to support partnership work with stakeholders to deliver flood protection, management and mitigation, and to advise and educate in order to manage flood risk.

You will be responsible for coaching and contributing to the professional development of an Environmental Sustainability Support Officer within the team, as well as providing oversight of their work.

What Hybrid looks like in this role: Typically you will spend one day a week in our Town Hall offices the rest of the time you will be working from home. You will be required to attend site visits and Meetings when required.

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Our ambitious leadership team and dedicated staff are working hard building a world class city for everyone. Oxford City Council has accelerated plans to build more affordable and council housing in the city. We provide services to help reduce inequality and improve the health and wellbeing of Oxford's residents and are taking a lead on reducing emissions and increasing biodiversity to become a net carbon neutral city of the future.

We are a supportive and collaborative bunch of people working towards shared goals, where new ideas and initiatives are valued. We strive to deliver service excellence, take accountability for our actions and communicate with honestly and respect. There has never been a more exciting time to join us! Help us to build successful places in which to live and work and build a fairer, greener city in which everyone can thrive.

Many of our roles offer flexible or hybrid working.
We offer generous holiday 28 days a year with an additional 4 days after 5 years' service
We are committed to supporting career development opportunities and learning and development
An above average pension offering
Plus other great benefits