Water Efficiency Officer

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By the end of March 2025, you will have been part of a team that will have developed a new mandatory water efficiency label that will appear on all water related goods. In doing so, you will have one of the biggest roles in improving water efficiency across England and meeting the Government’s statutory demand target. You will help both the Environment Agency and Defra achieve the demand management goals as outlined in the Plan for Water and Environment Improvement Plan.

To do this, you will work closely with senior colleagues in the immediate team as well as Defra colleagues. You will be responsible co-ordinating a series of projects, undertake specific procurement tasks and supporting the wider water resources security of supply team. You will also support work on the creation of a water credit system to ensure a sustainable supply in Cambridge as part of the Government’s Long-term plan for Housing.

The role involves working closely with experts in the Environment Agency, Defra, Ofwat and externally with water companies, consultants and important partners such as Waterwise.

This post is offered as an internal assignment and as a fixed term contract for external appointment to the water resources security of supply team.

We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application..

Having an incident role is an essential part of working for the Environment Agency and an active way to support communities and prevent harm to the environment. Further information on incident response can be found within your candidate pack.

The team  

You’ll join our water resources security of supply team. We set the direction for water resources planning including our statutory duty to conserve water through water efficiency and demand management. We advise government on long term resilience, future strategic water needs and the management of public water supplies, including scrutiny of water companies’ statutory water resources management plans and drought plans. Our outcome is to ensure there are secure water supplies and a protected environment.

Experience/skills required  

We are looking for an enthusiastic person, who is willing learn at pace from the team supporting you. It would be beneficial if you have some experience of project management and good communication skills. We would be very interested in hearing from you if you have the following experience:

• building, maintaining and maximising relationships with good communication skills
• Involvement in projects and project management
• excellent written and verbal communication skills
• demonstrating good organisational skills