Natural England
West Anglia Project Officer - ( Ref : 6658 )
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Job Summary
This position can be based at Cambridge Shaftesbury, Peterborough Unex House Peterborough
Job Description
West Anglia Area Team has an ambitious plan to build a resilient natural environment. We want to create flourishing landscapes that are a source of pride, employment, access and enjoyment. The habitats across our landscapes will provide benefits to biodiversity, water quality, flood management, climate change and the wider farmed environment.
West Anglia Area Team contains four county-based teams (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Beds & Hertfordshire and Essex) – where we develop our plans and deliver our services under the leadership of a Team Leader. The county teams are multi-disciplinary, enabling us to bring together different tools and advice to deliver our outcomes in partnership with others, this role is part of the Beds & Herts team. Supporting our county teams is our People & Nature cross cutting team, essential to provide over-arching leadership and support in a number of areas.
We have offices in Peterborough and Cambridge as well as some staff based in our London office
Location
Can be based in Essex, Beds, Herts, Cambs or Northants Office base: Cambridge or Peterborough preferred
The Role
West Anglia has an ambitious programme of project delivery for large scale nature recovery impact. This role will support project delivery across the team through use of project resources, GIS mapping, delivery tracking and coordination of tasks with project leads.
This role will be line managed as part of our People & Nature team. They will be delivery-focused, with a direct impact on the ability of Area Teams to achieve both local ambition and corporate performance indicators. The Project Officer will work independently on a day-to-day basis, applying their technical knowledge, research abilities and judgement in decision-making.
The role will be office-based (hybrid) but regular travel will be required to attend site visits, meetings and training events within the Area Team geography.
Key Tasks/Principal Accountabilities
- GIS mapping as commissioned by Project Leads in the team
- Use of project resources to support Project Leads in coordinating and tracking delivery
- Secretariat functions for Project Teamlets
- Research tasks
- Helping to prepare communication and presentation resources e.g. story maps
- Part of a ‘network’ sub-team to support delivery across the team through triage and management of reactive work
Knowledge And Skills
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written) to convey complex and/or difficult messages to a variety of different audiences.
- Use of Microsoft applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams) and digital mapping systems.
- Experience of applying new technology to improve the way we deliver our work
- Ability to drive for site visits.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
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Competencies
Competence 1
Professional competency
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Technical Skills
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- Proficient in producing maps using GIS (essential)
- Proficient in Microsoft applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams) (essential)
- Excellent organisational and time management skills (essential)
- Experience in support of project planning, scheduling and delivery activities (essential)
- Experience of supporting budget tracking and resource planning (essential)
- Experience of monitoring and tracking project risks and issues (essential)
- Experience of procurement (desirable)
- Experience of spatial data visualisation (desirable)
Competence 2
Professional competency
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Work delivery
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- Handle data responsibly, understand your role in good governance, and comply with delegations, policies and procedures
- Manage and deliver your work to meet agreed targets and deadlines
Competence 3
Professional competency
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Personal Effectiveness
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- Use clear and appropriate language, communication styles and techniques that engage your audience
- Apply new technology to improve the way we deliver our work
- Use clear and appropriate language, communication styles and techniques that engage your audience
Person specification
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Benefits
- Alongside your salary of £28,910, Natural England contributes £8,375 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
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Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
- Name : Sarah Clarkson
- Email : sarah.clarkson@naturalengland.org.uk
- Telephone : 07717 356825
Recruitment team
Email : defra-recruitment-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
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