Senior Flood Risk Officer - Projects

We have a brand new opportunity to work as a Senior Flood Risk Officer on flood resilience projects across Cambridgeshire.

The Flood Risk team sits within the Natural and Historic Environment Service to deliver a varied programme of flood resilience work across the county, working closely with partner organisations and communities.

This is a two year fixed term role with the potential for extension depending on funding.

You can hear more about working in the flood risk team here

Interviews will take place in-person at New Shire Hall during the week of 1st July 2024.

When submitting an application, please ensure you fully complete the personal statement.
What will you be doing?

We have seen an increasing amount of flooding across Cambridgeshire in recent years and as a Lead Local Flood Authority we are looking at ways we can manage this to reduce the frequency and severity in the future. We are in the fortunate position of having a dedicated flood risk management programme running for the next two years to develop a programme of schemes in collaboration with other partner organisations.

This role will engage with partners across the county and work with our Flood Risk Programme Coordinator to monitor and apply for external funding as it becomes available and will develop and oversee a number of flood resilience projects such as:

• Natural Flood Management schemes


• Sustainable drainage retrofit


• Watercourse restoration


• Water level telemetry


• Property Flood Resilience


In addition to the above there will be the opportunity to get involved with all aspects of the team's work including flood investigations and enforcement, land drainage consenting and community engagement., You will need to work closely with internal colleagues and external partner organisations to deliver actions and projects within our Local Flood Risk Management Strategy. This means you will need to have practical knowledge of working and negotiating with stakeholders and the ability to build networks of contacts, maintaining effective relationships across a variety of organisations., Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

You will have experience working in the flood risk management sector, ideally having had previous involvement in project management and delivery. This means you'll have an understanding of the different sources of flooding across Cambridgeshire and knowledge of relevant policies, strategies and guidance documents.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working


• Flexible Bank Holidays


• A comprehensive wellbeing package


• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts


• A comprehensive pension scheme


• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.


• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed


• An employee recognition scheme