Are you passionate about contributing to a more sustainable environment? This is your chance to have a meaningful impact. 

We are looking for a proactive and motivated person to influence development to ensure the natural environment is protected and enhanced alongside supporting the Government's growth mission. 

You will: 

• Be a strong team player who enjoys ‘making things happen’. 

• Coordinate our pre-planning and planning advice on strategic growth proposals. This will include working with, and influencing developers, local authorities, Government departments and housing delivery organisations. 

• Work collaboratively with internal colleagues to deliver innovative multi-functional approaches to addressing challenging environmental issues. These include water quality, water resources, flood risk and climate change. 

• Proactively lead at a senior strategic level to develop and maintain influential external networks that support our organisational objectives, while remaining mindful of political sensitivities. 

• Provide strong technical leadership which inspires, motivates and develops the team and other colleagues. 

• Support the Team Leader in developing the team and taking ownership of improvement initiatives and actions. 

There will be a requirement for regular travel to offices and sites to meet customers and partners. 

You’ll receive full support, induction, and the equipment you need to thrive.   

This role is a full-time role; however, considerations will be given to reasonable part-time/flexible working requests in line with policy and business needs.   

Important – If you consent to being held on a reserve list having passed the assessment during this recruitment round, we’ll hold your details for 6 months. We may look to utilise the reserve list for future expected recruitment rounds for similar roles. 

Incident response is central to our mission. Everyone who joins us undertakes training and is expected to support incident response, which could attract additional payments.    

You will have significant relevant experience in planning and be able to demonstrate the following: 

• A qualification in, or practical experience of, Town and Country Planning or a relevant discipline. 

• Working with the Environment Agency as a Planning Advisor or Planning Specialist or in a consultee team, or working for a developer, local planning authority, or other statutory consultee. 

• Work using own initiative to build up new networks and relationships. 

• Working with and influencing organisations and individuals to deliver environmental benefits. 

• Problem solving with the ability to work on complex issues and opportunities. 

• Confidence in communicating strategic and technical issues to a range of audiences. 

• Ability to provide pre-application and strategic advice, including the associated recovery of costs for this work. 

• Team-working skills and experience in working flexibly, responding to changing demands in a high workload, high pressure environment.

This position is based in our Thames Area, with Red Kite House, Wallingford as a base location.    

You will be expected to attend the office on a regular basis. The role will also require occasional travel to other offices and locations, including occasional overnight stays. 

Please read the Candidate Information Pack carefully, and to discuss any specific aspects of the role contact  [email protected] or  [email protected].  

Applications are “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions.    

The interviews for this role are expected to be held in October at Red Kite House, Wallingford.