Industry & Waste Regulation Officer

Team / Directorate: Operations

Starting salary:  £36,246 rising to £39,942 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern:  Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

Interview Date: Week commencing 04/08/25

Post number: 200801

The role

Are you ready to be at the frontline of protecting Wales’ environment while influencing real change in how industry and waste are managed?

As an Officer 2 in our Southwest Waste Regulation team, you’ll play a vital role in tackling environmental challenges head-on—regulating permitted waste sites, investigating illegal activity, and responding to environmental incidents. Every day is different. One moment, you could be inspecting a major waste site to ensure compliance; the next, leading an incident response to stop pollution in its tracks.

This is your chance to make a real difference while developing your skills within a supportive, forward-thinking organisation. You’ll work closely with businesses, applying our regulatory principles to drive improvements, reduce environmental harm, and promote sustainable practices. Your decisions will shape the future of environmental protection in South West Wales and beyond.

You’ll be part of a flexible and inclusive team, supported with hybrid working, continuous development, and a strong wellbeing culture. If you bring knowledge of regulation or the waste sector, excellent communication skills, and a passion for safeguarding the natural world—we want to hear from you.

As an organisation we support flexible working.  You will be contracted to an NRW office within the place base / location above and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Edward Davies at edward.j.davies@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk.  

Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams.

Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.

What you will do 

• Assess compliance at waste sites.
• Take appropriate actions to collect evidence for enforcement purposes, in accordance with defined procedures.
• Where non-compliance is identified, recommend the most appropriate intervention option to ensure operators return to compliance as quickly as possible, with minimum environmental impact and consideration of the economic impacts. 
• Assist in the development of medium-term regulatory strategies for regulated sites.
• Respond to incidents and complaints.
• Contribute to a positive health, safety and well-being culture. Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs). 
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
• Required to take part in incident response activities.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

1. Knowledge and experience of either working in a regulated industry or as a regulator.
2. Ability to communicate effectively with regulated business and the public, explaining issues and gaining support by influencing.
3. Good understanding of commercial business processes and pressures.

Welsh language level requirements

• Essential: Level A1 – Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Benefits 

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

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We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.  

We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.  

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards.  Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. 

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