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North East

Newcastle

Tyneside House

Staff Grade 4

Permanent

Full Time

Operational Delivery

£29,706

There is an exciting opportunity to join our Fisheries team in the north east of England. This is a small team, working with both internal colleagues and external partners to create a better place by maintaining, improving and developing fish populations, opportunities for angling

Within this role you will:

• Provide fisheries advice to Environment Agency programmes, plans and projects to ensure compliance with legislation as well as habitat creation.

• Provide technical input into statutory consultations, including planning applications and environmental permits.

• Provide fisheries management advice to customers

• Work with customers, partners and internal colleagues to identify opportunities to enhance fish passage and improve habitats

• Work with colleagues to identify and influence opportunities to deliver multiple benefits for the environment and to work with natural processes.

• As responding to incidents is a central part of what we do, you will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.

• Assist in the management and maintenance of Environment Agency assets including fish passes.

You will join an experienced, supportive team of fisheries professionals providing freshwater fisheries expertise to the Environment Agency to deliver our functional, corporate and statutory duties. You will work in a diverse, beautiful part of the country which has both rural and urban areas, upland and lowland rivers, stillwaters and estuaries. The North-East supports some of the most important salmon and sea trout populations and fisheries in England, as well as coarse fish and eels.

We are seeking two Fisheries Technical Officers with both field and desk-based experience, and a proven ability to deliver successful outcomes for fish and fisheries.

You will have a degree in a relevant environmental discipline, and a full UK driving license.

You should also have:

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence a broad range of customers
• Personal motivation and adaptability in delivering priorities
• The ability to build, develop and nurture relationships
• A track record of collaborating with others to deliver shared priorities
• Knowledge of fisheries legislation and experience of applying legislation in fisheries management

This role is primarily office based but involves travel across the area and work in the field, requiring a full driving license is required.

All Environment Agency staff receive training to support our response to environmental incidents.

For further details please contact Fisheries Team Leader, Jon Shelley jonathan.shelley@environment-agency.gov.uk