Affinity Water have a new job opportunity available as an Asset Specialist - Integrated Catchment Lead on a 12 Month FTC.

The Role:

As an Asset Specialist - Integrated Catchment Lead you will support our WINEP Strategy and Delivery Manager on the development of the strategy, delivery plan and associated monitoring programme for our AMP8 (2025-2030) environmental programme. 

This role will facilitate the delivery of the programme, providing support to our Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) delivery teams (catchment management, biodiversity and river restoration) throughout the programme. Alongside this, the role will also develop, support and facilitate the partnership and engagement strategy, as well as providing support to our Water Resources and Environment and Capital Delivery (river restoration) departments.

What you'll be doing:

• Support our WINEP delivery teams to meet the requirements of our AMP8 environmental programme.

• Support management of our relationships with key stakeholders including the Environment Agency, CaBA catchment partnerships, Environmental NGO’s, river groups, Natural England, landowners and more.

• Track and report on progress against delivery of the WINEP through the Delivery Monitoring Framework.

• Represent Affinity Water in a range of external meetings including catchment partnerships, river group meetings, regulatory liaison meetings.

• Speak publicly at a range of events promoting Affinity Water’s environment programme

• Gather evidence to support effective delivery and sign off of our programme including tracking of agreed milestones and deliverables across the programme.

What you'll need:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline. 6+ years of experience in a relevant environmental discipline.

• Experienced in influencing and managing relationships (and managing stakeholder engagement).

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• Ability to summarise technical information and effectively support briefing of senior leaders to support decision making.

• Experienced in strategic planning, strategic management, and stakeholder management.

• Proficient in all Microsoft Office Packages.

• UK Driving Licence.

Advert Close Date:  14/9/25

Benefits:

• Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 (salary dependant on skills and experience)
• Hours: 08:30am - 17:00pm (Mon  - Thurs) 08:30am - 16:30pm (Friday)
• Hybrid Working: Minimum 2 days working in the office.
• Car Allowance
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.
• Disability confident: if you need to apply in a different format, please contact us

Disability Confident Employer

Disability Confident is a voluntary government scheme which Affinity Water has signed up to. It means we are committed to employing, fairly assessing, and supporting our disabled employees through reasonable adjustments and an inclusive culture.

Offer an interview scheme

As a Disability Confident employer, we commit to offering interviews to disabled candidates who evidence that they meet the essential criteria for the role and who opt in on the application form. To see all the essential criteria please contact the Talent Acquisition lead to request the full job description.

Please note that in some situations where we have a very high volume of applications, it may not be practical to offer interviews to everyone, in which case we commit to take through a fair and proportionate number, offering interviews to those disabled candidates who best meet the criteria.

What is a disability?

A disability is a long-term physical or mental health condition that has a substantial impact on someone’s day-to-day activities.

What if I need adjustments during the recruitment process?

Please contact the Talent Acquisition lead mentioned on the job advert if you need any adjustments during the process.

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