Integrated Water Management Plan (IWMP) Internship

Job ID: UU00483

Location: Warrington, UK (Possibility for some hybrid working)

Salary: £23,152 per annum

Working Hours: 37.00 per week

Role Overview
United Utilities is committed to achieving integrated water management within the five counties of the North West of England, to benefit customers, society and the environment. This commitment has brought an exciting opportunity for a Place Based Planning Analyst to work across United Utilities and with partner organisations to support the scaling up of this approach.

The successful candidate will work directly with the Place Based Planning Manager in the Catchment Planning, Conservation and Partnership (CaPCoP) team.

The CaPCoP team is newly formed and responsible for providing environmental leadership through developing and embedding robust plans which promote nature-based interventions and protect the natural ecosystems our services rely on. The team work in an integrated and collaborative manner with other teams in United Utilities, as well as with partner organisations to drive our Catchment Systems Thinking (CaST) approach.

It is an excellent time to join as key deliverables such as the Greater Manchester Integrated Water Management Plan and Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) are high profile within the business. You will gain exposure to lots of teams within the Asset Management directorate and around the business as a lot of the team’s interactions is outward facing.

What we are looking for
You will be aiming for/ achieved a minimum of a 2:1 in an environmentally focussed degree such as Geography, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or Natural Science. This opportunity is aimed at someone who has graduated in the past year, but providing you can demonstrate the required skills we will consider applicants who are still at university.

You must have a researched the water industry and United Utilities. Have well-developed analytical skills, with an attention to detail, ability to interpret and analyse data and contribute towards recommendations that consider the needs of the environment, customers and businesses. Ability to use GIS is strongly desirable.

You should possess excellent written and interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and influence across multiple stakeholder groups, including being able to creatively use a range of media and presentation skills for qualitative and quantitative information that can be understood by all.

You must be highly computer literate (in particular word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and GIS). Demonstrate a willingness to learn and genuine interest in Catchment management. Motivated, enthusiastic, understand the importance of teamwork and possess drive to succeed and make the most out of your internship. You should be comfortable working flexibly across a range of tasks and activities to deadlines and be able to prioritise your time.

Key Responsibilities
In line with the published Greater Manchester Integrated Water Management Plan (IWMP), there is a commitment to develop and implement a new way of working, that will enable systematic collaboration and integration across multiple partners and sectors. The IWMP team needs a competent data analyst to enable integrated opportunities to be identified and progressed in line with the Living Integrated Opportunity Programme process.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Analysis of spatial data through the appropriate mapping software and determining the best way to represent it visually to the Integrated Water Management (IWM) team and stakeholders;
• Identify and obtain additional (or new) datasets that could be used to support analysis and keep the data catalogue up to date;
• Quality assurance and process documentation of the data sources;
• Managing a digital library of geographic programme data in various file types;
• Create new spatial data sets by geographically representing data, as well as through digitising spatial information for use in geo-spatial analyses;
• Prioritise the data and develop routines to create integrated opportunities against pre-defined objectives;

• Produce maps that will inform the IWM team and stakeholders by overlapping various datasets;
• Run queries, produce reports/ slide pack visuals in line with IWMP governance and stakeholder meetings;
• Create and maintain cluster trackers and work alongside the Business Change Managers to ensure the trackers are as complete as possible to enable cluster screening;
• Support the IWMP team with the Ofwat Innovation Fund: Digital Platform if successful (from April 2024).

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the activities listed above are delivered on time and to a high quality. This internship will require working with partners in the IWMP team and wider, so there will be opportunities to interact and shadow other roles. The Greater Manchester IWMP is high profile within United Utilities; therefore the successful candidate should be adaptable and able to flex their workload and re-prioritise.

Benefits
Your mentor and manager will work with you as you progress through your placement and support you as you work towards your personal development goals.

When you join our Intern Scheme you'll receive a good salary, and you'll also be eligible for a bonus of up to 7.5%.

You get 26 days holiday to take during your placement, and at our fantastic Lingley Mere site we have an onsite gym, coffee shops and other great facilities. Access to an award-winning pension scheme - you'll pay 5% in to your pot and you'll get an extra 10% from the company. You'll also be able to buy company shares in the employee share buy scheme.

Internship Duration
12 months

If you are offered a job with us, pre-employment checks need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure Scotland / the Disclosure and Barring Service.