Environmental Officer

Attractive benefits package

• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (Norfolk Pension Fund)
• Car Allowance

About Us (WMA)

The Water Management Alliance (WMA) is a group of like-minded Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) who share vision,
values and standards and have chosen to jointly administer their affairs in order to reduce costs, strengthen
their own organisations and increase influence at both regional and national level. An overview of the WMA can be
found on our homepage.

Internal Drainage Boards (“IDBs”) are local public authorities that manage flood risk and land drainage within
areas of special drainage need in England. IDBs undertake a vast range of vital work to reduce flood risk and
manage water in a way that meets the local needs of residents, businesses and agriculture in accordance with their
environmental duties whilst enhancing the ecological wellbeing of their districts.

As an Environmental Officer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring that WMA’s activities protect and enhance the natural environment, specifically focusing on the Upper Ouse Water Management Board in Bedfordshire.

Working closely with Operational and Technical (Catchment) Services, you will work with the WMA’s Environmental Manager to provide ecological advice to support the daily activities of the Boards such as watercourse maintenance and water level management activities. You will also lead on projects identified within the Board’s Biodiversity Action Plan.

The role focuses primarily on proactive engagement with the operations teams, both prior to and during delivery watercourse maintenance and small to medium-scale watercourse improvement projects, including:

• Culvert replacements
• Watercourse restorations
• Natural Flood Management (NFM) schemes

You will ensure works and projects:

• Prevent environmental harm
• Minimise ecological disturbance
• Enhance biodiversity wherever possible

About You

You will typically have:

• At least two years’ relevant experience in an ecological or environmental role
• Experience undertaking a range of ecological surveys and assessments, such as:
  • Habitat and species surveys
  • Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)
  • Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessments
  • Habitats Regulations Assessments (HRAs)

Experience working with or alongside public authorities, infrastructure projects, or water management schemes would be advantageous.

For more information about the role or the WMA, please visit our website
www.wlma.org.uk
or contact Caroline Laburn
on 01553 819600
or caroline.laburn@wlma.org.uk.

To apply, please send your CV and a brief covering letter to caroline.laburn@wlma.org.uk.