Flood and Coastal Risk Management - Advisor - Natural Flood Management - 32108

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 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. 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. This may attract an additional payment and full training and workplace adjustments will be available to support you with your incident role.

Responsibilities

• Project tracking, grant management, and secretariat support for the £25 million NFM Programme.
• Coordinate the NFM Community of Practice and respond to stakeholder enquiries.
• Lead specific workstreams (environmental and hydrological monitoring, permitting, asset management) with initiative and independence.
• Support the mainstreaming of innovative approaches through the wider FCERM investment portfolio.
• Hybrid working with some travel and overnight stays; incident role availability.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification or experience in FCRM or a related discipline.
• Experience in commissioning, funding, delivery, and identifying opportunities and barriers to upscaling NFM.
• Project and grant management skills.
• EA processes and governance experience (Scheme of Delegation, assurance).
• Building and sustaining stakeholder relationships, including supporting a wide range of delivery bodies.
• Clear, effective communication.
• Strong digital and data skills, including coding, Power BI, Power Automate and effective use of tracking and filing systems.
• GIS tools and spatial data analysis.

Contact

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 3rd November.