Regulatory Officer 1 - Combined Packaging Regime - South West - 31805

We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please clearly include any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

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.

As a Regulatory Officer, you will:

• 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 what we do. 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.

The team

WM&S is a supportive and inclusive department that encourages our teams’ 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.

We work within a geographical area, and our work is both field and desk based.

Experience/skills Required

We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate:

• Ability to handle difficult / confrontational conversations.
• You will be based in the South West packaging producer team and you will have an expectation to travel.
• 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 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

Everyone starting in a new role with the Environment Agency will be welcomed into the team and given all the training and support you need to succeed.

Contact and additional information

• We offer an attractive and competitive benefits package including:
  – A fantastic pension scheme, competitive salary, flexible working and a starting annual leave allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata).
• 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 utilise a hybrid working approach, including office and home working. Regular travel within your base area South West and travelling for training and meetings is expected.
• We may use the outcomes from this recruitment for future vacancies within the next 6 months.
• For an informal discussion please contact juliet.smith@environment-agency.gov.uk

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal

The Environment Agency is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment.

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