Team Leader - 33199

Job Description

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don't just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.

We’re looking for an individual with the drive and vision to provide leadership and direction to our asset operations field team. By ensuring your team have the capabilities, training, and experience you will be responsible for delivering our flood risk asset maintenance programmes across Greater Manchester. The team predominately work outside in or near water, regularly using specialist equipment. You will therefore maintain a close overview on the health, safety, and wellbeing of their work due to its high-risk nature. You will be a Site Liaison Officer for some of our most important assets, this involves the day-to-day management of the site or asset to ensure that it is safe, secure, and ready to operate.

You will provide leadership to the teams around testing, training and exercising for asset operation and incident response, ensuring your team are able to respond professionally during flooding and environmental incidents. You will also play a role in our Incident Management work, through a duty role and being involved in all aspects of our incident management and response work. This may attract an additional payment, full training and alternative working arrangements

will be available to support you with your incident role.

We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment. As an organisation we strive to reflect the communities we serve and continue to develop diversity throughout our workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, sexual orientation, or religion.

The team

The team is one of six field teams in the Greater Manchester, Cheshire, and Merseyside Area, and consists of operatives with a varied range of technical skills delivering our asset maintenance programmes. They support the prevention or mitigation of incidents across the Area both day and night through operating our assets and providing a response service.

Experience/skills Required

You’ll have the skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to lead people. You’ll be able to provide clear direction, instruction, and guidance through effective leadership. You’ll have the ability to recognise the strengths, vulnerabilities, and motivations within a team, as well as inspire development of team members and help them to embrace organisational change.

You’ll be able to resource, prioritise and deliver a work programme. Identifying the required competencies and skills needed to complete the necessary work. Experience of leading a team and managing construction and/or maintenance activities is preferable

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Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties when the need to respond arises, having an incident role is an essential part of working for the Environment Agency and is an active way to support communities and prevent harm to the environment.

Contact and additional information

The role is primarily office-based working from Sale Depot Monday-Friday with frequent local field site visits required, visiting locations which may not be easily accessible via public transport so a full UK driving licence is required.

Occasional travel to customers and Environment Agency offices in our area and further afield is also required for this role.

Interviews are anticipated for mid-March.

For further details please contact stuart.lester@environment-agency.gov.uk

Competence 1

Leads People

Description

(Please note: More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack. Yours answers to the Competency questions will determine interview selection. Feedback is generally not available at sift stage.)

Competency Definition: Provides leadership that inspires and motivates others to achieve their personal goals and the goals of the Environment Agency.

Question: Give an example of when you have led your team to accomplish a significant achievement.

Competence 2

Works in Teams

Description

Competency Definition: Works co-operatively as part of a team to achieve common goals.

Question: What are you doing in your current/last role to contribute towards a successful team?

Competence 3

Delivers Results Through Others

Description

Competency Definition: Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards and in line with organisational processes and procedures.

Question: Describe how you ensure that your team’s work is produced to the expected standard.

Competence 4

Health Safety & Wellbeing

Description

Competency Definition: Making sure that risks to your team are controlled safely and effectively.

Question: How do you ensure you keep up to date with Health and Safety requirements that affect your team.

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 yo