Senior Environmental Assessment Officer - (Water Quality Data)

The role

We are looking for a Senior Environmental Assessment Officer to join our multidisciplinary environmental monitoring and assessment team. In this role you will undertake freshwater chemistry data analysis, interpretation and reporting as well as provision of technical water quality monitoring advice.

As a member of the Environmental Assessment and Advice Team northwest in our Operations directorate, you will report directly to the team leader.  You will also be a contributing member of our all-Wales virtual water quality technical group.

You will ensure NRW makes efficient, insightful and wide-reaching use of its freshwater environmental monitoring data and also of data from relevant external sources whilst ensuring that our data meets and maintains the required quality standards.

In this role you will be involved in planning and implementing monitoring, assessment and reporting programmes. You will ensure that the resultant data, where possible, meets the often reactive needs of NRW’s agile Operations Directorate, so that our data and evidence drives positive changes in water quality across Wales.

Using your experience and technical knowledge you will interpret legislation to inform the development and implementation of NRW policies, procedures and guidance, especially regarding the techniques and methods used in our water quality work. You will lead at an all-Wales level, on certain aspects of our work and the provision of advice and guidance regarding water quality data.

As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Claire Liversage at claire.liversage@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk  

Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.