Specialist Environment & Health Assessment Advisor in London

The role involves providing expert advice and undertaking impact assessments for NRW's projects and plans, including Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Health Impact Assessment (HIA). You will work on a varied portfolio of projects such as Flood Risk Management, Coastal Adaptation, Metal Mine Remediation, River Restoration, Peatland Restoration and River Basin Management Plans, helping to deliver positive outcomes for Wales' environment and communities.

Working within multidisciplinary project and plan teams, you will provide trusted advice and influence decision-making across NRW. You will collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and within the wider team, sharing knowledge, promoting best practice and supporting the delivery of sustainable, high-quality projects and plans.

Driving is essential to this role. You must hold a full and current UK driving license as you will be required to visit sites that can be remote and inaccessible by public transport. This is a fixed-term role up until the end of March 2027.

What you will do:

• Undertake or manage delivery of environmental and/or health assessments making complex determinations and decision making for your area of technical expertise.
• Assist the Team Leader in the development of environmental and health assessment guidance for NRW staff and for sectors/partners.
• Liaise with external stakeholders such as Welsh Government, sector representatives and partners.
• Represent the Environmental & Health Assessment team on relevant internal technical groups and meetings.
• Commission and manage specialist consultants to undertake assessments and surveys.
• Support engagement with sectors, partners, WG, JNCC and other Environment bodies in the UK.
• Contribute to task and finish groups to prepare defined products as required.
• Collaborate with the Team Leader to develop and deliver an agreed Personal Development Plan.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy.
• Participate in incident response activities.
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge of Welsh, UK and EU legislation related to SEA, EIA, HIA, Town and Country Planning, Habitats Regulations Assessment; WFD; Welsh & UK Governments policy drivers.
• Competent expert in impact assessment, reflected in chartered membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g. ISEP).
• Experience of managing a portfolio of projects and plans related to environmental and/or health assessment.
• In-depth understanding of the impact assessment disciplines.
• Working in a programme and project management environment with Project Management experience and/or qualifications.

Welsh Language level requirements:

Essential: Level A1 - Entry level Welsh language levels. NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment.

Additional Information:

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.

Benefits:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97%.
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days.
• Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs.
• Commitment to professional development.
• Health and wellbeing benefits and support.
• Weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose.

We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We are committed to equal opportunities, and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on a variety of topics.

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.