Bluespaces Advisor

Bluespaces Advisor

Location: Durham

Permanent 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements will be considered

Salary: up to £30,145 (depending on experience)

About the role

Are you passionate about nature recovery and enhancing the environment for communities? At Northumbrian Water, we’re committed to restoring and regenerating the natural systems and wildlife that make our region special and we’re looking for someone who shares that vision to join our Environment and Sustainability team.

This exciting role will play a key part in delivering our Bluespaces programme, which is all about improving the water environment in places where people live, work, and explore. From rivers and reservoirs to beaches and wetlands, Bluespaces are the accessible, beautiful water environments across our region and we want to make them even better for both people and wildlife.

You’ll support the partnership delivery of Bluespaces projects and take a leading role in shaping how we communicate and engage with communities, stakeholders, and colleagues about the work we’re doing. You’ll help us tell the story of Bluespaces, delivering engaging communications both internally and externally, and supporting the development of a vibrant engagement strategy.

Your role will also involve maintaining and updating vital spatial data in our GIS systems, managing internal project governance processes, and keeping project data accurate and up to date to support performance reporting throughout the year. You’ll help run our Bluespaces community grants platform, offering technical support to project partners and ensuring smooth operation.

Working closely with other members of the Environment and Sustainability Team, you’ll support the delivery of Bluespaces projects alongside other environmental initiatives, helping to ensure our work is aligned and impactful. You’ll also be a go-to contact for queries, consultations, and communications related to Bluespaces, helping us stay connected and responsive.

This is a brilliant opportunity to be at the heart of our nature recovery efforts, making a real difference to the environment and to communities across our North East and South East operational areas. If you're motivated by purpose, thrive on collaboration, and love the idea of working for a company where sustainability is a genuine priority, we’d love to hear from you.

The Bluespaces scheme focuses on delivering improvements to areas where the water environment can be accessed and enjoyed by our customers.

About you

We’re looking  for someone with a strong foundation in environmental, geographical, or science-based work, ideally educated to degree level or with equivalent technical experience, who’s ready to make a difference through our Bluespaces programme.

You’ll bring proven experience of working collaboratively with partners and stakeholders, with the confidence and communication skills needed to engage a wide range of audiences. Your ability to write clearly, accurately, and persuasively, combined with visual communication skills, will help bring our environmental projects to life and ensure our messages reach and resonate with communities and colleagues alike.

A strong understanding of GIS is essential, along with experience using it to manage spatial data and integrate information into wider reporting. You’ll also have a knack for interpreting multiple data sets, producing clear, insightful reports that support project delivery and help drive strategic decisions.

You’ll be confident managing your time, balancing priorities, and delivering to deadlines, all while working as part of a passionate, collaborative team. Your attention to detail will ensure our communications are consistently high quality, and your knowledge of Microsoft Office and GIS tools will support you in the day-to-day delivery of the role.

We’re looking for someone who not only understands the importance of environmental stewardship but who lives those values,  someone who brings integrity, commitment, and a real enthusiasm for sustainability to everything they do.

Here at Northumbrian Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. 

Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 11%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

This role has also been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. 

Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date. 

Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked