Overview

NCEA Land Access Database Technical Lead - 31738

We promote an inclusive culture and welcome all applicants including disabled, LGBT+ or Black Asian and Minority Ethnicities.

This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in delivering an operationally vital part of the Environment Agency’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) Programme — a flagship initiative shaping how we understand and manage the water environment. The Programme supports Defra's wider NCEA programme in building a groundbreaking evidence base on the state and value of our natural environment and ecosystems to transform environmental decision-making in England.

As a technical specialist for the Land Access Database – a new database which stores landowner details of sites we want to monitor, you will provide oversight for all aspects of landowner access for the monitoring networks within the programme. You will maintain landowner data, complying with Environment Agency and legal requirements, and work with operations to ensure delivery aligns with programme goals and timelines while maintaining strong relationships across teams.

We’re looking for someone who brings energy, initiative, and tenacity. Experience with geospatial data, interacting with internal and external customers, and managing datasets is desirable. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in managing and governing a key dataset while contributing to a culture of learning, adaptation, and continuous enhancement.

The team: The post will work with the EA’s NCEA Operations team which implements the 11 new monitoring networks. We have a strong team dynamic and support staff development. The team collaborates with the wider Environment Agency and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the best possible access arrangements for monitoring networks.
• Maintain landowner datasets and spatial analysis for NCEA networks with strong data management and GIS skills.
• Provide expert technical leadership through training, guidance, and optimization of data management processes.
• Work independently and collaboratively to troubleshoot access and programme delivery challenges.
• Be adaptable and proactive, responding effectively to evolving priorities.

Experience and Skills

This role is suitable for someone interested in driving a data management project that will transform environmental management and decision making. It provides an opportunity to develop networks, work on projects and programmes, and collaborate with a range of colleagues and partners.

Additional Information

This post sits within the National Monitoring – Fish and Ecology team. We promote an inclusive culture and welcome all applicants including disabled, LGBT+ or Black Asian and Minority Ethnic. As this is a national role the working location is flexible, but you’ll have an EA office base location. Some travel and overnight stays will be required.

You’ll have an incident management objective in your development plan. We’ll support you to find a role to suit your needs and circumstances. Appropriate training will be given.

Please see Candidate / Additional Information Pack for information. Any queries, contact mike.fraser@environment-agency.gov.uk or adam.akers@environment-agency.gov.uk

If you consent to being held on a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for 6 months and may offer you an alternative post. Length of contract: Up to 2 years.

Competencies

1. Decision making and problem solving: Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing information, evaluating alternatives, and taking sound decisions. Describe a time when you identified problems and root causes, proposed solutions, and arrived at a sound decision.
2. Data and Information Management: Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data appropriately. Describe a time when you collected, managed and shared data ensuring quality and safety.
3. Influences and Persuades Others: Presents a case convincingly to win support for plans. Describe a time when you persuaded a key stakeholder.
4. Focus on Customers and Partners: Addresses the needs of internal and external customers with rapid and effective responses. Describe a time when you managed conflicting stakeholder needs and delivered on promises.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome flexible working patterns, including job share. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria. The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body and uses government frameworks for recruitment.

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