30604 - Reservoir Regulation Manager Grade 7

We're looking for an experienced and inspirational leader to lead the Reservoir Regulation team.

You will lead on reservoir regulation across England, enabling compliance with the Reservoirs Act in the interest of public safety.

We're looking for an inclusive, collaborative, and driven leader that can lead teams through change whilst enabling and supporting a diverse workforce to thrive and deliver to the highest standards.

As well as being an experienced leader, you will have experience in regulation, flood risk management, civil engineering and/or legal application. You will have a proven track record of working closely with & influencing; senior leaders, industry experts, professional institutions, and external stakeholders, achieving mutually beneficial outcomes at a strategic level.

Principal Accountabilities

The key accountabilities of the role are below:

The Environment Agency is the regulator of the Reservoir Safety Act 1975 in England. This role is the Environment Agency's lead for this work.

Lead proactive stakeholder management in a way that builds trust, fosters strong relationships & creates opportunities for collaboration

Lead the setting of strategic priorities aligned to broader EA Regulatory strategy and motivate your team to operationally deliver in an efficient manner.

Lead, develop and embed a culture of effective continuous improvement, to optimise and support the changing needs of our business, our environment, and our stakeholders.

Lead a culture of psychological safety that empowers confident decision making & enables innovation to thrive.

Identify and manage operational risk to enable the Reservoir Regulation team to operate in a safe, innovative and efficient manner.

The Environment Agency is currently working with Defra to reform and modernise the Reservoirs Act 1975 to secure public safety both now and for future generations. You and your team will be pivotal in providing senior user input for the team delivering the Reservoir Safety Reform Programme.

The team

You will join the Environmental Assurance & Reservoir Regulation Department, which is part of the Flood & Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) Directorate.

The Reservoir Regulation Team is a nationally dispersed team comprising of 25+ highly motivated, experienced, skilled, and passionate people who are responsible for the regulation of the 2140+ large raised reservoirs in England.

You will be responsible for leading three sub-teams

To excel in this prominent position, the following experience/ skills/ capabilities are expected for this role:

Significant experience in Regulation, Civil Engineering, Law or similar and relevant subject to Reservoir Regulation.

Significant experience leading multi-disciplinary teams, setting and translating strategy into operational delivery.

You must have experience of driving a high-performance team culture and be a role model of personal accountability. You'll facilitate psychological safety and prioritise people over process.

You'll be innovative in your thinking, seeking opportunities for new collaborations and better use of our data.

You'll be confident taking risk based, proportionate decisions at pace whilst removing barriers to delivery.

You'll be calm in a crisis and confident communicating complex issues with conviction and clarity to senior internal and external colleagues.

You'll be able to build consensus, influencing both internal and external senior level stakeholders to make the best choices for the environment and our business.