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About the Role

Two exciting new roles are being created to work across the South East and Thames River Basin Districts, aiming to ensure local knowledge from catchment partnerships informs regional water resource investment decisions. This role, hosted by South East Rivers Trust (SERT), is a fixed-term position for two years, funded by WRSE.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main liaison between WRSE and catchment hosts, working mainly through hosts to reach CaBA partnerships.
• Support partnerships to engage with Environmental Destination, Regional WINEP, catchment solutions and wider regional water resources planning processes.
• Coordinate and make sense of existing catchment evidence to support the identification of catchment options, including nature-based solutions.
• Help join up this work with other planning processes catchment partnerships are engaged in, including Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans, River Basin Management Plans and Local Nature Recovery Strategies.
• Translate technical water resources and modelling outputs into clear, accessible briefings and materials.
• Identify and help resolve barriers to progressing catchment options, working with WRSE and partners.

Requirements

• A good understanding of catchment-based approaches and water resource issues.
• Experience facilitating engagement with multi-partner programmes and a variety of environmental stakeholders.
• The ability to interpret technical information and translate it into practical, accessible messages for different audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently across multiple workstreams.

Skills

• Communication
• Facilitation
• Interpretation of technical information
• Analytical skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Organisational skills

Location

• Leatherhead (office attendance up to 4 times a month)
• South East England (extensive travel required within the region)

Work Type

• Fixed-term contract (2 years)
• Hybrid working

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working
• Opportunities to build experience
• Mileage paid at current HMRC amount for travel within the SERT region

About the Company

• South East Rivers Trust (SERT) is a supportive, values-led organisation making a positive impact for the environment.