Job Title: Flood Resilience Analyst
Location: Coleshill / Haywards Heath / Newport / Wallingford
Salary: £30k-£40k
Type: Perm / Full time
Please note: applicants would need to be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and already have UK sector experience to be considered.
The role:
We have opportunities at varying levels to join our clients established and growing flood resilience teams. Our clients’ teams provide strategic, catchment and site-specific flood and water management advice to Local Authorities, the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, central government, emergency planners and private sector clients.
The work they do is varied and includes supporting many of the 25 Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme (FCRIP) Projects, Property Flood Resilience (PFR) surveys, Strategic Flood Risk Assessments (SFRAs), Local Flood Risk Management Strategies, Flood Investigations, Incident Management training and development of emergency plans.
The successful candidate will help them grow and shape flood resilience and climate adaptation services across the business and will have experience working with a range of stakeholders, alongside an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of different Risk Management Authorities (RMAs). Our clients work provides vital support to clients and communities in helping them prepare and adapt to become more resilient to climate change.
Key areas associated with this role will be:
- Responsibility for delivering projects to time and budget for our clients and engaging with project stakeholders.
- Undertaking technical work, which may involve using and analysing GIS datasets, model outputs and mapping, and carrying out site surveys to inform project reporting.
- Working closely with leading experts in flood resilience, climate adaptation and risk management, for clients such as Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, local authorities, and the private sector.
Key competencies required for the role:
- You should have a geography or environmental science related degree or equivalent.
- Chartered status (ICE, CIWEM or equivalent) is important to our client and valued by their clients therefore applicants should be chartered or be working towards becoming chartered. (They will support you through your professional mentoring programming to gain chartership if required).
- Strong and proven communication skills are a prerequisite for this position.
- They are looking for hardworking professionals who are empathetic towards communities, businesses and individuals who have suffered from flooding and able to demonstrate a desire to help.
- You will have the ability to work on your own and as part of a team, able to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally with colleagues, clients, and members of the public.
- The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on projects across the UK, involving some travel and occasional working away from home.
Core skills required include:
- Understanding of coastal, fluvial, and surface water flood risk policy and management approaches.
- Experience of Property Flood Resilience (PFR) scheme implementation.
- Project management.
- Stakeholder engagement.
- Teamwork and mentoring junior staff.
- Report writing and quality assurance.
Desirable skills include:
- Direct incident management/ duty role experience.
- Contract management and tender preparation.
- Policy and strategy development.
- Flood warning / forecasting experience.
- Experience in, or knowledge of, the Local Plan process.
- GIS (e.g. ArcGIS, QGIS).
- UK driving licence.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
































































































