Flood and Coastal Risk Management - Advisor - Natural Flood Management

We’re on an ambitious journey to embed nature-based solutions at the heart of flood resilience. Natural Flood Management (NFM) plays a vital role in reducing flood risk while delivering wider benefits for nature, communities, and society.

This permanent role offers an exciting opportunity to help deliver and upscale NFM across England. You’ll support our £25 million NFM Programme through project tracking, grant management, and secretariat support. You’ll also help mainstream innovative approaches trialled through the programme into the wider FCERM investment portfolio.

In addition, you’ll coordinate the NFM Community of Practice and respond to stakeholder enquiries. You’ll confidently lead specific workstreams – such as environmental and hydrological monitoring, permitting, or asset management – with initiative and independence.

The role involves hybrid working, with some travel and overnight stays. 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 or provide business continuity support during an incident.

Responsibilities

• Provide project tracking, grant management, and secretariat support for the £25 m NFM Programme.
• Mainstream innovative approaches trialled through the programme into the wider FCERM investment portfolio.
• Coordinate the NFM Community of Practice and respond to stakeholder enquiries.
• Lead specific workstreams (environmental/hydrological monitoring, permitting, asset management) with initiative and independence.
• Hybrid working: travel, overnight stays and incident response, including availability for incidents and business continuity support.

Qualifications & Experience

• Strong track record of delivering results, managing a varied workload, coordinating across teams, and progressing work independently.
• A relevant qualification or experience in FCRM or a related discipline.
• Experience in Natural Flood Management – commissioning, funding, delivery, and upscaling opportunities.
• Experience in project and grant management.
• Experience in EA processes and governance.
• Experience in building and sustaining stakeholder relationships.
• Clear, effective communication.
• Strong digital and data skills (coding, Power BI, Power Automate, GIS tools and spatial data analysis).

Contact & Additional Information

Contact Eleanor Heron (eleanor.heron@environment-agency.gov.uk) or Jon Hollis (jon.hollis@environment-agency.gov.uk). Interviews will take place virtually week commencing 3 November.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

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