Location
Central London

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£41,132 per annum

About the Role
The role sits within a small, closely working team of permitting specialist scientists who share knowledge, experience, and best practice. You will be responsible for supporting, mentoring, and training your peers to facilitate risk-based decisions and produce robust, enforceable permits. You will lead on complex permit determinations and decisions under Installation permitting legislation by carrying out appropriate technical assessments in accordance with NRW policies and procedures, issuing, refusing, or varying permits within timescales.

You will influence and implement mentoring and coaching frameworks to aid the technical development of other permitting officers within the Installation Permitting Team and, where applicable, throughout the permitting service, ensuring consistency in approach. The role requires extensive experience of permitting decision making using a range of technical guidance, software, and modelling programmes as required by the Installation regime.

You will support operational teams by providing specialist expertise in pre-application discussions and post-permit work for a range of application types within various sectors of the installation regime. Identifying and delivering opportunities for process and procedural improvements will be key, as will coordinating change that leads to improved internal and external stakeholder experience of the Permitting Service.

Additionally, you will coordinate and lead in preparing defence related to legal challenges against permit decisions for your assigned area of work. You will represent the Permitting Service on relevant internal technical groups and external stakeholder events.

The role also involves undertaking health and safety duties appropriate to the post and being committed to Natural Resources Wales’ Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy. You will be expected to engage in your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs). Other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade of this role may be requested.

Experience
- Extensive experience assessing complex installation permit applications or significant practical work experience in the regulated process industry.
- Proven coaching and mentoring skills.
- Strong customer-focused approach to delivery.
- Track record of delivering timely, optimal solutions through effective information analysis and risk-based decisions.
- Effective planning and organisation skills.

About You
You will demonstrate the ability to lead technical assessments and decisions, mentor colleagues, and influence process improvements. A commitment to equality, diversity, and personal development is essential. You should be confident representing the Permitting Service both internally and externally and able to manage legal challenges related to permit decisions.

Qualifications
Education to degree level or equivalent in a relevant scientific discipline.

Welsh Language Level Requirements
Essential: Level A1 - Entry level (ability to understand basic phrases and pronounce Welsh names correctly). NRW offers learning support to help meet this requirement during employment.