Overview

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 specialists to ensure delivery aligns with programme goals and timelines while maintaining strong working relationships across teams.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone eager to gain hands-on experience in managing and governing a key dataset, while actively 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 analyses 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 challenges in access and programme delivery.
• Be adaptable and proactive, responding effectively to evolving priorities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience with geospatial data, interacting with internal and external customers, and managing datasets.
• Ability to drive a data management project that supports transformative change in environmental management and decision making.
• Willingness to develop networks and skills in project and programme environments, and work with a range of colleagues and partners.

Competencies and Assessment

• Decision making and problem solving: Finds and delivers optimal solutions by analysing information, developing alternatives, and making timely decisions.
• Data and information management: Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data appropriately for various purposes.
• Influences and persuades others: Presents cases effectively to win support for plans.
• Focus on customers and partners: Addresses needs of internal and external customers and provides rapid, effective responses.

Contract and Locations

• Length of contract: Up to 2 years
• Working location: Flexible national role with EA office base; some travel and overnight stays required.

Additional Information

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.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and flexible working patterns, including job sharing. 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.