Overview

NCEA Land Access Database Technical Lead – 31738

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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.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical specialist for the Land Access Database, a new database storing landowner details for sites to monitor; provide oversight for all aspects of landowner access for monitoring networks within the programme.
• Maintain landowner data in compliance with Environment Agency and legal requirements; collaborate with operations teams to align delivery with programme goals and timelines; foster strong relationships across teams.
• Provide expert technical leadership through training, guidance, and optimisation of data management processes.
• Work independently and collaboratively to troubleshoot access and programme delivery challenges; adapt to evolving priorities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience with geospatial data, interacting with internal and external customers, and managing datasets.
• Interest in driving a data management project that enables transformative change in environmental management and decision-making.
• Ability to develop networks, work on projects and programmes, and collaborate with a range of colleagues and partners.

Additional Information

• The post sits within the National Monitoring – Fish and Ecology team; national role with flexible working location and EA office base; some travel and overnight stays required.
• Incidents management objectives and development support; appropriate training provided.
• Contact: mike.fraser@environment-agency.gov.uk or adam.akers@environment-agency.gov.uk
• Length of contract: Up to 2 years.
• EEO and inclusion statements retained; Environment Agency is committed to flexible working and guarantees interview for disabled applicants meeting minimum criteria.

Competencies

• Takes Decisions and Solves Problems: Analyzes information, develops alternatives, and makes timely decisions in less-than-perfect conditions.
• Data and Information Management: Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data appropriately for various purposes.
• Influences and Persuades Others: Effectively presents cases to win stakeholder alignment.
• Focuses on Customers and Partners: Addresses internal and external customer needs with rapid, effective responses.

We are fully committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome flexible working patterns, including job share. If applying from Civil Service context, notes about status apply. For more information on recruitment and supplier options, see the Environment Agency policies included in the original posting.