About the role

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements will be considered where this can be managed)

2 year fixed term contract or Secondment

Salary up to £30,145 per annum depending on experience.

Location Pity Me, Durham, County Durham

About the role

Are you passionate about the environment? We’re looking for Catchment Monitoring Advisors to work within the Environment & Sustainability team to support our data and evidence collection through our collaborative Thriving Catchments programme.

Through Thriving Catchments, we’re building on the Catchment Based Approach, partnering with national experts and local rivers and wildlife trusts to identify actions to improve river health and water quality and develop catchment and nature-based solutions. Our current focus for catchment monitoring is on addressing nutrients to enhance the ecological status of waterbodies.

Your work will primarily be field based, involving tasks such as collecting river samples, conducting catchment walkovers and surveys, gathering information on issues and problems and managing simple and complex monitoring equipment. You will also meet with stakeholders and partners, discussing findings to support the programme. Additionally, you may need to interact with members of the public during your fieldwork.

Lone working may be required, but for most of the time, we expect you to work alongside a team member to investigate and gather evidence of water quality issues and potential improvements.

About you

If you have a keen interest in improving the environment and rivers, along with a questioning mindset and love being outdoors, then we want to hear from you.

You should be comfortable to work outside in all weather conditions, including in remote areas, and you’ll enjoy working as part of a team.

We need you to be proactive in managing your own workload. The role will involve travelling around Northumbrian Water’s operating area, so you’ll need a full driving licence.

You should be IT literate and familiar with Microsoft Office packages, as some reporting and written communication will be part of this role.

While prior experience in the environment and an understanding of environmental monitoring is beneficial, full training will be provided.

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

Please note due to the nature of travel with this role the successful candidate will need a Full UK Driving licence

About us

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

At NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

Generous holiday entitlement, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
Free access to local attractions.
A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

· This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test.

· Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.

· Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked

About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.