Our Area Integrated Environment Planning (IEP) Team provides the overall evidence base and overview for our integrated water management activities to address the climate and biodiversity emergencies; legislative responsibilities including the Water Resources Act, Water Framework Directive and Environment Act; and business goals including the EA 5 year action plan (EA2025) and our Local Outcome Plan. It is structured with three technical themes for catchment planning, water quality (marine and freshwater) and water resources.
IEP is a rapidly growing part of our business with increasing workload, and team size, including water company engagement to manage the ongoing water resources drought, and opportunity to shape growing environmental investment through the water company Price Review (PR) and Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP). It now requires two team leaders with agility to flex responsibilities according to experience, capabilities and workload.
With established technical leads for each of the main work themes, although you will need an interest and commitment to the work, specific technical expertise is not essential. We do need an enthusiastic and proactive leader to help our people be the best they can, meet our ambition to be a life enhancing organisation, and behavioural culture of how we do things, and champion for our environmental delivery.
You will benefit from the technical support of a dedicated team of experts, and work alongside another IEP Team Leader for the part of Area IEP that will not come under your direct line management. You will also be part of both our Environment Planning and Engagement (EPE) department, and wider Area Leadership Group (ALG) that will provide many opportunities for leadership peer support and learning.
You will also be required to support our environmental incident response that may involve working outside normal hours and attract additional payments. Full training will be provided.