Anglian Water Services
Enforcement Oversight Programme Manager
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Enforcement Oversight Programme Manager
Circa £68,000 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexible working options
Huntingdon / Peterborough
Dive into a world of opportunity, and join our team! We are looking for an Enforcement Oversight Programme Manager to join our Natural Environment team!
You will lead the governance, coordination, and delivery oversight of critical regulatory and legal compliance programmes within our water quality function. This role is responsible for overseeing Final Enforcement Orders (FEOs), Regulatory Notices, Undertakings, and other Drinking Water and Environmental Legal Instruments. Working across multiple business areas, you'll ensure legally binding commitments are delivered effectively, risks are managed proactively, and regulatory obligations are met.
As the focal point for enforcement programme governance and reporting, you'll play a key role in safeguarding the organisation from regulatory escalation, enforcement action, and reputational risk while driving continuous improvement and compliance excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic oversight of all active and emerging Legal Instruments and Final Enforcement Orders
- Maintain a consolidated view of obligations, milestones, delivery status, and compliance risks
- Ensure robust governance arrangements are in place, with clear accountability for delivery
- Support Legal Instrument Owners and delivery teams in understanding regulatory requirements and expectations
- Define and maintain an audit strategy to ensure delivery of enforcement requirements across multi-disciplinary teams, effectively and on time
- Coordinate activities across operational, scientific, analytical, assurance, and regulatory teams
- Track actions, evidence submissions, reporting milestones, and programme performance
- Provide first-line assurance on enforcement reports prior to regulatory review and submission
- Ensure compliance tracking, monitoring, and reporting arrangements meet enforcement requirements
- Champion continuous improvement across legal instrument management and regulatory compliance
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We invest in our people
- Personal private health care
- Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
- 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
- 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
- Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
- Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
- Excellent family-friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
- Bonus scheme
- Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
What does it take to be successful?
- Degree or equivalent professional qualification/experience/study in environmental science, drinking water quality, regulation, engineering, or a related discipline
- Substantial experience of managing, leading, or overseeing projects, programmes, studies, or similar systems
- Demonstrable experience in coordinating multi-disciplinary projects, programmes, investigations, or systems
- Proven experience in tracking, communicating, and reporting frameworks for projects, commitments, investigations, or compliance programmes
- In-depth experience of identifying, managing, and escalating risks in advance of statutory or commitment deadlines
- Excellent leadership skills
- Risk identification and escalation skills, ensuring emerging delivery or compliance risks are surfaced early and appropriately managed
- Attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and completeness in regulatory reporting submissions
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Inclusion at Anglian Water:
Inclusion is for everyone, and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
Closing date: 20th August 2026
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