29877 - Flood Resilience Team Member

At the Environment Agency we aspire for inclusivity to thrive in our workforce. We embrace equal opportunities and flexible work arrangements, ensuring everyone can contribute and succeed. Do you want to help us, our partner organisations, and our communities, to be better prepared for flooding? You will have an opportunity to gain experience in the varied and exciting work that Flood Resilience is involved in, including the Flood Warning Service. You can expect to:

• Support our flood incident management arrangements.
• Support our engagement with partner organisations and communities.
• Develop and maintain the Flood Warning Service across the East Midlands.
You'll be involved in a wide variety of work to deliver improvements to our Flood Warning Service and incident management arrangements. This will include analysing our data to maintain and improve our service, updating flood incident procedures and ensuring duty officers have the tools and training to undertake their role to enhance the way we plan and respond to flood incidents. The role will give you the opportunity to work with other teams and functions to support important areas of work, engaging with communities and partners to help to plan for incidents and minimise the impact of flooding. Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents. This may attract an additional payment and full training, and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role. Incident response is a key part of the culture of the East Midlands Flood Resilience team. It is possible that this role may be extended or made permanent. The team You'll work in the Flood Resilience team who are responsible for managing our Flood Warning Service, supporting Flood Warning Duty Officers, and building resilient communities. We work towards ensuring our partners and communities are prepared for flooding and supporting them when it does happen. Successful candidates will perform a key role in the team, supporting colleagues in delivering vital work, therefore having exposure and responsibility across the breadth of work which we deliver.

You'll be well organised and have strong attention to detail to ensure our work is delivered to a high standard. You'll be a self-starter and a quick learner with a strong customer focus, with a solid understanding of data management and proficient in Microsoft Office. You'll be able to work as part of a team and individually, prioritising an interesting and varied workload. You will be interested in flood risk and resilience and have a passion for making a difference. You'll be good at working under pressure, working flexibly and at pace, and delivering positive outcomes.