Overview

Regulatory Officer 1 - Combined Packaging Regime - South East (Central West) - 31804

This role is part of the Combined Packaging Regime team within Waste Markets & Shipments (WM&S), part of Environmental Markets and Enforcement. We’re a national team with officers based across England, ensuring a consistent regulatory approach across the country.

Responsibilities

• Develop further relationships with customers and stakeholders
• Answer technical queries; interpret and diagnose problems and develop solutions
• Collate, analyse and use complex data to help make evidence-based decisions on regulation compliance
• Deal with confidential and sensitive information whilst keeping in line with data protection guidelines
• Contribute to the development and improvement of processes, procedures, and operational instructions
• Undertake audit and enforcement work both in the field and/or desk-based
• Work with businesses to bring them into compliance and investigate companies suspected of non-compliance. This work can involve conducting interviews under caution and compiling of casefiles for our legal teams

Responding to incidents is a central part of the role. 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 alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

Team & Environment

WM&S is a supportive and inclusive department that encourages health, safety, wellbeing, and development. We aim to improve the quality of recycling and ensure waste entering and leaving the country is handled appropriately for recycling and recovery. We help to protect and improve the environment by regulating industry, ensuring compliance, and eliminating illegal activities. The team works within a geographical area and is field and desk based.

Experience/Skills Required

• Ability to handle difficult/confrontational conversations
• Based in the South East packaging producer team and travel is expected
• Excellent influencing skills and success in developing good relations in complex environments
• Experience producing accurate reports; collation, analysis and interpretation of data using Microsoft Office
• Ability to manage multiple demands on time in a prioritised manner to achieve outcomes and deliver against plans
• Knowledge of compliance and enforcement legislation is desirable but not essential as full training will be given
• Must have a valid full UK driving license

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome flexible working patterns including job share; please include information about preferred working arrangements in your application. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability.

Additional Information

Interviews are expected to take place in person from mid-October. You will need to be comfortable with working in a dispersed team. A hybrid working approach is used with office and home working. Regular travel within your base area (South East) and travel for training and meetings is expected. The Environment Agency may use recruitment outcomes for future vacancies within the next 6 months. For an informal discussion please contact jessica.crumpton-banks@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Role Specific License

Full UK Driving License