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The Environment Agency is an Executive Non-departmental Public Body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It's main aims are to protect and improve the environment, and to promote sustainable development. It plays a central role in delivering the environmental priorities of central government and the Welsh Government.

The Environment Agency recruitment website has a wealth of information for job seekers including some examples of job profiles to give prospective employees an idea of what the agency has to offer in roles as diverse as; Project Support Officer, HR Business Partner, Environment Officer, Procurement Officer, Permitting Officer, Support Analyst, Hydrologist, Incident Communication Advisor, Coastal Engineer, Service Assurance Supplier Manager, Customer Service Advisor, Civil Engineer, Flood Risk Mapping, Finance Business Partner, Planner and Business Relationship Manager. These are just a sample of operational roles within the organisation.

To give you an idea of where to start this is a selection of vacancies published on the website (at the time of writing):

Advisor (Digital Editing) Head Office £30,723 - £34,280 full-time
Biodiversity Technical Officer, £24,287 - £27,099 full-time
Compliance Officer 2, £24,287 - £27,099 full-time
Development Chemist Head Office, £24,287 - £27,099 full-time
Digital Team Leader Head Office £30,723 - £34,280 full-time
Environment Officer National £19,062 - £27,099 full-time
Environmental Crime Officer, £24,287 - £27,099 full-time
Environmental Monitoring Officer 2, £20,100 - £22,370, full-time
Fisheries & Biodiversity Officer, £24,287 - £27,099, full-time
Flood Risk Mapping and Data Management Team Member, £20,100 - £22,370, full-time
Hydrometry & Telemetry Officer, South West £24,287 - £27,099, full-time
National Environmental Crime Officer, £24,287 - £27,099, full-time
Planning Officer, £24,287 - £27,099, full-time
PPC Officer, £24,287 - £27,099, full-time
Principal Officer, Information & Environmental Assessment, £30,723 - £34,280, full-time
Regulatory Officer, £30,723 - £34,280, full-time
Regulatory Officer, Head Office, £24,287 - £27,099, full-time
Regulatory Specialist, Head Office, £30,723 - £34,280, full-time
Senior Environment Planning Officer, £30,723 - £34,280, full-time
Technical Assistant/Secretary to Environment Manager, £16,225 - £18,046, part-time
Technical Officer (Groundwater and Contaminated Land), £24,287 - £27,099, full-time
Technical Officer (Hydrology & Water Resources Management) Yorkshire & North East, £24,287 - £27,099, full-time

The core benefits of working for the Environment Agency included (at the time of writing):

Final salary pension scheme - employee contributions range from 5.5% to 7.5% (dependent on earnings) and the Environment Agency's contribution rate is more than double what the employee pays
Annual leave entitlement starting from 25 days and increasing up to a maximum of 30 days
A flexible working policy
Excellent maternity and adoption leave scheme
Personal and ongoing development
Occupational health benefits
Eye care service
Interest free loans for season tickets and/or bicycles and safety equipment
Lease car scheme for selected roles
Free car parking at many of our main offices
Relocation assistance in some circumstances

The Environment Agency website makes the following statement on diversity:

"We believe that diversity is as important to the workplace as it is in the natural environment. Diversity in this context means differences visible and non-visible, differences of background, socio-economic group, personality, and work-style, as much as the more overt differences of the protected characteristics : age, disability, ethnicity ,gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, religion/belief and sexual orientation....."

From an organisational (and career perspective the Environment Agency is divided into the following areas: managing flood risk, graduates and Foundation Degree, taking care of the environment, land and water, communications, support services and customer services.

The Environment Agency Head Office is at:

Environment Agency, Horizon House, Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AH

Offices in The South East are at:

Environment Agency South East Regional Office, Kings Meadow House, Kings Meadow Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8DQ
Environment Agency West Thames Area Office, West Area Office, Howbery Park, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BD
Environment Agency Solent and South Downs Area Office, Guildbourne House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, Sussex, BN11 1LD
Environment Agency North East Thames Area Office, Apollo Court, 2 Bishops Square Business Park, St Albans Road West, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9EX
Environment Agency Kent South London Office, Orchard House, Endeavour Park, London Road, Addington, West Malling, Kent, ME19 5SH

To make a general employment enquiry or apply for a specific Environment Agency job visit the Environment Agency recruitment website.