In brief
This Regulatory Information Advisor role manages formal responses to the Environment Agency following pollution incidents or permit non-compliance. The work involves gathering data from internal stakeholders, verifying facts, and drafting robust written correspondence to ensure regulatory requirements are met and enforcement actions are effectively mitigated.
Best for
Professionals with experience in regulatory assurance, incident review, or enforcement-risk management.
Non-negotiable
Ability to travel to sites across the entire Thames Water area is required.
What you need
Required
Project management
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Interpersonal skills
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Communication
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Report writing
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Data analysis
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Professional writing
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Document management
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Regulatory knowledge
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Microsoft Office
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SharePoint
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Preferred
Degree
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Legal privilege experience
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Environmental legislation
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Regulatory assurance
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Microsoft Excel
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Your day-to-day
Respond to regulatory requests
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Gather and verify data
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Provide regulatory assurance
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Produce reports and reviews
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Manage documentation
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Full job description (from employer)⌄
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to contribute to Thames Water’s mitigation of enforcement risk as a result of water discharge non-compliance against an environmental permit and/or pollution incident. You will be part of a team responding to the Environment Agency (EA) across a variety of communication mediums. This high-profile role will involve working with our legal team and the Environment Agency (EA). As a result, you will gain exposure across the business at all levels and have the opportunity to contribute towards the company's wider environmental function.as a result of water discharge non-compliance against an environmental permit and/or pollution incident. You will be part of a team responding to the Environment Agency (EA) across a variety of communication mediums. What you will be doing as Regulatory Information Advisor The paramount focus of this role will be to respond to EA informal requests for information within the agreed deadline via written correspondence. You will need to work closely with multiple stakeholders across the business to gather the relevant information and act as a level of assurance by assessing whether the mitigation and actions to reduce the risk of recurrence are robust enough to satisfy the EA. You will also need to interrogate the information request in the first instance in order to understand if the basis of the request is factually correct and if not, you will need to clarify the facts as part of your prepared written correspondence. Our team objective is to mitigate any enforcement action potentially taken by our regulator because of a pollution incident or non-compliance. As such, you may get the opportunity contribute towards the team’s wider information and enforcement risk function. What you should bring to the role Essential Ability to project manage and work under your own initiative whilst managing your workload by prioritising it effectively with a level of commitment, ensuring both individual and team deadlines are achieved Able to work within a team environment with excellent interpersonal and organisation skills Confidence and ability to communicate with multiple internal and external stakeholders on a day-to-day basis. This will be across a variety of communication mediums. Ability to produce reports, incident reviews and interpret data, and communicate this verbally as well as written Ability to manage and interpret large data sets and different types of data (quantitative and qualitative) Good understanding of Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint Good level of professional writing skills, proofreading and document-management capability Ability travel to sites across our entire Thames Water area for site visits, training & team activities where required Ability to understand the Environment Agency’s Common Incident Classification Scheme (CICS), Water Industry Regulation Incidents (WIRI) and Compliance Classification Scheme (CCS), National Compliance Assessment Database (NCAD)Desirable Hold a degree (or equivalent) Relevant experience in an applicable sector, operational role, technical position or knowledge of wastewater and/or clean water processes would be advantageous Previous experience of working with legal privilege Experience of working with Environmental and Water Industry Legislation and Regulation Previous experience of contributing to regulatory assurance, incident review, enforcement-risk management or process improvement Experience of using approved AI-enabled tools to support drafting, proofreading, data analysis or process improvement with appropriate verification of outputs Skilled in applying advanced Excel techniques to analyse, reconcile or present regulatory information Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment) Who are we? We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toil
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