Overview

This role will be based in 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. We ensure that companies are disposing of their waste correctly by enforcing government regulations – ‘right waste, right place’.

You will be key to planning, monitoring and delivering compliance and enforcement activity within your area of waste regulation, to drive a circular economy.

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, including conducting interviews under caution and compiling 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 be 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 and environment

We are a supportive and inclusive department that encourages health, safety, wellbeing, and development. Our work aims to improve the quality of recycling and ensure waste entering and leaving the country is handled appropriately for recycling and recovery. We regulate industry to protect and improve the environment and eliminate illegal activities. The role is field and desk based within a dispersed team with hybrid working (office and home) and regular travel within your base area (South East) and for training/meetings.

Experience/skills Required

• Ability to handle difficult / confrontational conversations
• Based in the South East packaging producer team with travel expectation
• Excellent influencing skills and success in developing good relations in complex environments
• Experience of 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
• 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

Role specifics

Interviews are expected to take place in person from mid-October. You will need to be comfortable with working in a dispersed team. The Environment Agency uses a hybrid working approach and some travel within South East is required.

General information

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns, including job share; please include information about your preferred working arrangements on your application. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body and uses government frameworks for recruitment. For more information on supplier opportunities, visit gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know.