Flood Risk Management Officer

Number of Vacancies:

1

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular

Proposed Interview Date:

Monday, December 7, 2026

Hours of Work:

37

Hiring Manager:

Rachel Glossop

Contact Number:

01482 612129

Job Description Summary:

This is a full time, permanent position.

An exciting opportunity is available for a role in Hull’s Flood Team working closely with the Living with Water partnership. If you are passionate about the environment and making Hull a resilient city, adaptable for climate change then this is the role for you.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

Hull has the 2nd highest level of flood risk in the UK outside of London. The risk is a combination of multiple sources; tidal, fluvial, surface water, sewer and ground water. There are many organisations with a role in managing the flood risk. These organisations have formed the Living with Water Partnership which aims to create a thriving community in Hull and Haltemprice through working together on flood risk management to become an international exemplar for living in harmony with water.

Over the last 6 years, the flood risk team have been involved in delivering £220 million investment programme into flood infrastructure across the city working alongside partners. Over the next 6 years, the flood risk team will continue to lead and support other risk management authorities, as well as the Living with Water Partnership, to set a global standard for flood resilience. The future of flood risk management will involve using innovative solutions to build resilience through community and educational engagement across schools, partners and stakeholders.

The Flood Officer has an essential role within the Flood Risk Management Team, supporting the Senior Flood Risk Officers Flood Risk Planning Manager, the Development Delivery team and the Living with Water Partnership. This helps ensure that the Council fulfils its duties as a Lead Local Flood Authority as required in the EU (European Union) Floods Directive, the Land Drainage Act 1991, Flood Risk Regulations 2009, Flood and Water Management Act 2010, and the Environment Act 2021.

The post will entail considerable partnership working with the Living with Water Partnership in developing and delivering long term flood risk management proposals. This includes:

•Working with communities to promote the principles and aims of the living with Water partnership
•Ensuring that the Flood Risk Planning team have joint flood risk data from the Living with Water Partnership and information in an evidence base which is easily accessed, understood and robust. Examples of this are the GIS system and electronic filing system on the network
•Act as a statutory consultee advising the Planning Section and developers on flood risk and appropriate Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) in relation to planned development in accordance with the statutory instruments of 15th April 2015
•To assist the Flood Risk Manager in the provision of an effective service that will significantly support the community sustainability through the delivery of efficient and well co –ordinated services which impacts upon the local physical environment.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Support the Flood Risk Planning Manager in the development of the Council’s flood risk management leadership role through the development and implementation of the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.

2. Ensures that the Flood Risk Planning team have an accessible electronic filing system which is robust, straightforward and in-line with GDPR. Ensure that the flood risk team are involved in keeping this system current and maintained. This includes agreeing a retention period for any letters or information containing personal data, monitoring and implementing policy on data protection.

3. Works with the Living with Water partnership to keep the existing and new key flood risk and land use datasets, and information systems (including GIS) updated and maintained. This includes being able to produce technical GIS data to assist in responding to queries. Reviews to ensure information available represents joint integrated flood risk and has been quality assured by the relevant partners.

4. Undertakes public participation and consultation to engage and raise awareness of the Living with Water aims and objectives. Assists in preparing exhibitions and public and partner consultation events. Undertakes preparation of documents and presentation material for inclusion in development delivery documentation. An example of this is organising the Flood Bus events or attending public events to represent the council run by other Living with Water partners.

5. To assist the Senior Flood Officers and Flood Risk Planning Manager in carrying out the land drainage functions of the Council in line with the Living with Water partners and under the Land Drainage Act 1991, the Public Health Act 1936, The Water Industry Act 1991, and Kingston upon Hull Act 1984, EU (European Union) Floods Directive, Flood Risk Regulations 2009 and Flood and Water Management Act 2010 in order to:-Monitor and enforce under section 39 of the Kingston upon Hull Act 1984, in conjunction with the EA, the maintenance of the statutory flood defence levels by the riparian owners along the length of River Hull within the city boundary and to prevent overtopping and breaching of the defences. Work with the Living with Water partners to educate and inform riparian owners and watercourse users of their responsibilities. Ensure that riparian owners maintain watercourses in an acceptable condition and use permissive power where appropriate and necessary.Monitor watercourses, rivers and open water for statutory nuisances and advice environmental health officers on issuing and enforcement of any notices.Approve or otherwise the culverting of watercourses and control the activities of developers where they affect watercourses under the Public Health Act, 1936.Decide when to use the council’s permissive power to serve notices and carry out works in relation to preventing flooding within the city.

6. Along with the Senior Flood Officers, provide expert flood risk management advice as a statutory consultee to the Planning Section and developers on flood risk and appropriate surface water drainage in relation to planned development and in particular:-Assist with the implementation of a joint Supplementary Planning Document with the Living with Water partnership. Responding to preliminary enquiries by prospective developers.Appraising submitted site specific Drainage Impact Assessments/Strategies in terms of technical issues in relation to surface water.Work with planners to check understanding and compliance with guidanceAdvise on proposing conditions to be attached to planning consents in relation to drainage and surface water. Carry out checks on completed developments and add details of SuDS to the Council’s SuDS register, as per Biodiversity net gain in National Planning Policy Framework 2019.

7. Lead in monitoring and actioning emails sent to the flood risk management team under the generic email account. Assist in the preparation and delivery of responses for flood risk management data and reporting requests from customers, elected members and other partners.

8. Pursue opportunities to publicise, promote and present on the aims and objectives of Hull’s Local Flood Risk Management Strategy and the Living with Water partnership, both internally within the Council and externally. An example of this could be using the website and social media working with the Senior Flood Risk Management Officer and Hull City Council Comms team. Monitor the systems and keep them regularly updated.

9. Assist the Living with Water partnership to help in identifying flood mitigation measures such as Aquagreens, property level protection, retrofitting sustainable drainage. Provide local knowledge and expertise on flood sources, flow paths, capacities and work with partners to look for options to implement schemes. This involves acting as the link between aspirations of Area Teams/communities/ other council departments and Living with Water and working with the Senior Flood Risk Management officer to seek funding.

10. Respond to flooding emergences and report on incidents (section 19 of the FWMA) giving technical assistance to professional partners.

11. Provide general support to Development Delivery team, in terms of maps, reports, letter writing.

12. Use the results from the Living with Water baseline survey to build on community groups to raise awareness of local flood risk and work with communities to build resilience using a bottom-up approach to empower local communities to take responsibility of flood resilience.

13. Provide the input into any Marine Management Organisation issues and act as the department link providing knowledge and expertise to assist colleagues.

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Compensation Grades:

GRADES 7.

Pay Ranges:

£33,673.00 - £36,581.00

Job Classifications:

3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post)

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:
- A competitive salary
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
- Supportive and forward-thinking culture
- Great career development opportunities

PLEASE NOTE: you MUST complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. For example: If the closing date is Friday 16 October 2026 then your application must be submitted by 11:59pm on Thursday 15 October 2026.

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