Environment Agency
High Hazard Regulatory Team Leader - 33994
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Job Description
We are committed to enhancing our regulatory practices and building an effective regulatory framework. To achieve this, we are looking for Team Leaders to lead dedicated, values-driven regulatory teams that will focus on enhancing regulation of COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015) sites and Oil Refineries in England.
As an experienced leader with an understanding of major industry, you will be applying your broad regulatory and regime knowledge to manage your specialist regulatory team to deliver compliance work funded through charge income.
You will be committed to developing yourself and your team, providing a positive role model who creates an open, inclusive, and trusting culture where people can achieve their best and be safe and well.
As part of this role, you will:
- Develop a delivery plan with your team and have autonomy to adapt the plan according to changing priorities.
- Share good practice and ways of working, identify opportunities for the business, and ways to realize them.
- Have a strong understanding and awareness of your team’s work so that you can assess risks and provide assurance to your Regulatory Manager.
You will be leading a new team, so you will need to demonstrate your ability to lead and coach them through cultural and business change.
Your role will include maintaining the health, safety, and wellbeing of your team, supporting their development, and managing ways of working to ensure we can meet the needs of the future. You will need to balance the work within your team to ensure that they are focused on the areas that will deliver the greatest environmental benefit.
This position requires the ability to work effectively across the organisation, in an agile way to deliver outcomes.
Please read the additional pack of further information relating to this role.
The Team
You’ll lead a newly formed team and will report to the High Hazard Regulatory Manager.
Your team will work directly with site operators, while collaborating with national and local colleagues to improve high hazard delivery and assurance. Your team will be responsible for delivering their regulatory plan by delivering robust inspections, audits, and investigating incidents.
You’ll have an office base location, though your team will be dispersed, so regular travel will be required.
Experience/Skills Required
With a track-record of collaborative working at all levels of an organisation, you’ll bring skills in leading, managing, and developing others.
Essential Criteria
- Understanding of COMAH and/or Oil Refinery regulation, or previous regulatory/industry experience in these sectors
- Strong leadership skills demonstrated by successfully leading teams to work in collaboration to achieve objectives
- Proven working knowledge of Health, Safety & Wellbeing
- Enthusiasm to achieve results, the ability to coach and mentor others to enhance their abilities and foster growth
- Ability to collaborate with a range of customers and stakeholders, whether internal or external to support our goals
- Skills to prioritise effectively for your team and the wider business
- A flexible approach to work and capacity to make decisions using information and evidence
- Full UK driving licence
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Desirable criteria
- Degree in a scientific or engineering subject
- Membership or working towards membership of a relevant professional body
Contact and Additional Information
You'll be recruited into a specific area with an office base, but flexibility is essential. The role involves leading a dispersed team and working with colleagues in other locations, so regular travel and occasional overnight stays are expected.
This role attracts an additional allowance of £4,750 for expertise in High Hazard regulation. It is payable after appointment, subject to eligibility. To qualify, you’ll need significant COMAH or Oil Refinery industry experience and a relevant degree/equivalent technical expertise.
Interviews will be held virtually and include competency-based questions.
Successful candidates must pass a criminal record check and Counter Terrorist Check.
If you agree to join a reserve list, we'll retain your details for six months and may contact you about similar roles.
For queries, contact regulationresourcing@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Competence 1
Delivers Results Through Others
Description
Description: Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards, and in line with organisational processes and procedures.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted against this capability only. Candidates who achieve the minimum required standard will be progressed to a full sift of the remaining capability questions.
Question: Tell us about a time where you have delivered a complex regulatory outcome through others. How did you prioritise work, manage risks and resources, and ensure delivery against objectives?
Competence 2
Leads People
Description
Description: Provides leadership that inspires and motivates others to achieve their personal goals and the goals of the Environment Agency.
Question: Tell us about a time when you led a team through a significant change in priorities, ways of working, or organisational direction. How did you maintain performance, engagement, and wellbeing, and what was the outcome?
Competence 3
Focuses on Customers and Partners
Description
Description: Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses.
Question: Tell us about a time when you had to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders with competing priorities. How did you build relationships, manage expectations, and achieve a successful outcome?
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Role Specific License Requirements
Full UK Driving Licence
If you are applying from the Civil Service, please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status, then you should contact your own HR Team.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. 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.
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