Catchment Monitoring Advisor x4

About the role

We’re looking for a small team of Catchment Monitoring Advisors to work within the Thriving Catchments programme.

Thriving Catchments is an exciting new initiative which takes an innovative approach to working in river catchments. The initiative represents a strategic partnership between Northumbrian Water and The Rivers Trust, and builds on the Catchment Based Approach.

In Thriving Catchments, we’re creating a collaborative, cross-sector approach with a big ambition for the future. We’re working in partnership with local rivers and wildlife trusts and with land managers to identify catchment and nature-based solutions, with a particular focus on nutrients, to improve river water quality and waterbody ecological status.

We are seeking highly motivated, reliable and creative individuals to work within Thriving Catchments. You’ll be responsible for monitoring our river catchments and providing data and evidence to support the programme.

Your work will be principally field based, and will include undertaking catchment walkovers and surveys, gathering information on issues and problems, managing simple and complex monitoring equipment, collecting samples, meeting stakeholders and partners, and discussing findings with others to support the programme. You may also need to interact with members of the public when you are out an about on the job.

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

About you

You’ll be approachable and engaging, with excellent communication skills. You’ll have a keen interest in the environment and rivers and have a questioning mindset. You’ll be happy to work outdoors in all weather conditions, potentially in some 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 require travelling around Northumbrian Water’s operating area, so you’ll need a full driving licence.

You should have some prior experience of working in the environment, and an understanding of environmental monitoring, but full training will be given. We need you to be IT literate and familiar with Microsoft Office packages, as some reporting and written communication will be required.

Here at Northumbrian Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity which means bringing your full self to work. We encourage and welcome all applications, as we believe and strive to be an equal opportunity employer committed in having a diverse community represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Interviews to be held 17th and 18th April

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.