29729 - Fisheries Officer

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., An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Fisheries Technical Officer to the Fisheries, Biodiversity & Geomorphology Team in our Hertfordshire North-London area. Our role is to help maintain, improve and develop fisheries, through our work as a regulator, operator, partner & incident responder in a busy and challenging mixed urban and rural environment. The role is full of variety with significant office based and field-based activity requiring you to manage and deliver your own workload. You will also work with a range of internal teams and external groups to provide top quality fisheries advice and guidance. You will engage with Local Authorities, angling clubs, NGOs, Water Companies, contractors and developers through our permitting processes, project delivery and advisory role with a strong focus on partnership delivery delivering benefits for people and wildlife, Responding and manging environmental incidents is a central part of what we do. You will have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you. The Environment Agency is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and will take appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to access equal employment opportunities by providing reasonable adjustments at assessment stage and workplace adjustments should you be offered a role. The team You'll join a small team of fisheries specialists within the wider Fisheries, Biodiversity & Geomorphology area team. Major challenges include improving fish/eel habitats and passage, restoring urban river and still water habitats and providing an advisory service to a significant angling community alongside our regulation and legislative duties.

We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated professionals, with excellent technical and inter-personal skills and a proven track record ideally within the freshwater fisheries sector. The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• A fisheries background and related qualifications, as well as relevant operational experience.
• Knowledge of freshwater fisheries and aquatic ecology.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to integrate across a diversity of customers and partners.
• Proven negotiation and influencing skills with experience of influencing decision-makers, operators, business and partners.
• A full UK Driving Licence and confidence in driving and the ability to swim are essential.
• Working knowledge of fisheries and environmental legislation, Government policy and strategy, is desirable.
• Experience of fisheries survey and monitoring techniques is desirable.