Senior Environment Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 18 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £41,132 i £44,988 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 30 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Buckley |
| Cwmni: | Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 200408 |
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Team / Directorate: Denbighshire Team / Operations
Starting salary: £41,132 rising to £44,988 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)
Interview Date: 02/09/2025
Post number: 200408 (For office use only: GRJ, ENV)
The role
Are you ready to take the lead in protecting Wales' water environment and driving real change on the ground?
As a Senior Environment Officer based in Buckley, you'll play a pivotal role in leading our water regulatory programme, tackling pollution, and supporting NRW's incident response service. You'll be at the forefront of safeguarding Denbighshire's environment-working across rivers, coastal zones, and bathing waters to ensure they meet the highest standards.
In this senior role, you'll mentor and guide colleagues, helping to shape the team's technical capabilities and response strategies. You'll lead on critical issues such as Bathing Water quality, working closely with partners, stakeholders, and even local politicians to influence improvements and ensure that waters like Prestatyn Beach meet and exceed national targets.
You'll also:
• Lead and support complex regulatory investigations and enforcement actions.
• Deliver key elements of our water quality and pollution prevention programme.
• Represent NRW with communities, councillors, and stakeholders to build collaborative solutions.
• Support a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team covering permits, protected sites, and incident response.
If you're passionate about water quality, thrive on responsibility, and want to use your environmental expertise to drive forward change-this is your opportunity to make a real difference in Wales' natural environment.
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Rhys Ellis
Rhys.Ellis@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
About us
We value working as a team to protect and enhance our Environment . You will be joining a fast paced team who turn their hands to many different tasks . As an operational team we cover a range of remits, alongside the regulation of permits, we manage protected sites, Bathing waters and respond to environmental incidents and provide local advice and guidance to others.
What you will do
Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills
In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method .
1. Experience of project development and management. (desirable)
2. Experience of technical and advising team members.
3. Overall understanding of the sustainable management of natural resources, with focused expertise in a distinct area of the Environment Team remit.
4. Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, regulated business and the public, explaining issues and gaining support by influencing.
5. Good knowledge and experience of regulatory and enforcement processes.
Welsh language level requirements
Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Benefits
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.
Please keep reading
We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards . Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.
Starting salary: £41,132 rising to £44,988 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)
Interview Date: 02/09/2025
Post number: 200408 (For office use only: GRJ, ENV)
The role
Are you ready to take the lead in protecting Wales' water environment and driving real change on the ground?
As a Senior Environment Officer based in Buckley, you'll play a pivotal role in leading our water regulatory programme, tackling pollution, and supporting NRW's incident response service. You'll be at the forefront of safeguarding Denbighshire's environment-working across rivers, coastal zones, and bathing waters to ensure they meet the highest standards.
In this senior role, you'll mentor and guide colleagues, helping to shape the team's technical capabilities and response strategies. You'll lead on critical issues such as Bathing Water quality, working closely with partners, stakeholders, and even local politicians to influence improvements and ensure that waters like Prestatyn Beach meet and exceed national targets.
You'll also:
• Lead and support complex regulatory investigations and enforcement actions.
• Deliver key elements of our water quality and pollution prevention programme.
• Represent NRW with communities, councillors, and stakeholders to build collaborative solutions.
• Support a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team covering permits, protected sites, and incident response.
If you're passionate about water quality, thrive on responsibility, and want to use your environmental expertise to drive forward change-this is your opportunity to make a real difference in Wales' natural environment.
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the NRW office at the above location and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Rhys Ellis
Rhys.Ellis@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
About us
We value working as a team to protect and enhance our Environment . You will be joining a fast paced team who turn their hands to many different tasks . As an operational team we cover a range of remits, alongside the regulation of permits, we manage protected sites, Bathing waters and respond to environmental incidents and provide local advice and guidance to others.
What you will do
- Represent NRW in discussions with partner organisations.
- Act as technical mentor and advisor to team members.
- Closely assist Team Leader in the planning and delivery of compliance programme and enforcement.
- Take appropriate actions to collect evidence for enforcement purposes, in accordance with defined procedures.
- Where non-compliance is identified, determine and implement the most appropriate intervention option.
- Co-ordinate the technical development of team members.
- Play a key role in identifying opportunities for new Management Agreements and Partnership Projects to deliver NRW priorities at place.
- Play a senior role in supporting a resilient and competent NRW Incident Management Service that follows NRW process.
- Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
- Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy , together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
- Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills
In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method .
1. Experience of project development and management. (desirable)
2. Experience of technical and advising team members.
3. Overall understanding of the sustainable management of natural resources, with focused expertise in a distinct area of the Environment Team remit.
4. Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, regulated business and the public, explaining issues and gaining support by influencing.
5. Good knowledge and experience of regulatory and enforcement processes.
Welsh language level requirements
- Essential: Level A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)
Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Benefits
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
- Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
- 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
- generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
- commitment to professional development
- health and wellbeing benefits and support
- weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose
See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.
Please keep reading
We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards . Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.