Catchment Coordinator

This role offers an exciting opportunity to work closely with environmental stakeholders and catchment partnerships to support the development and delivery of their catchment plans. A key focus of the role is identifying and advancing partnership opportunities that align with Thames Water’s business drivers while contributing to the improvement of river health and the wider water environment.

Working alongside a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, you will support the co-creation and co-design of partnership schemes across multiple river catchments. This is fundamental to ensuring we deliver the right solutions, in the right
way, with the right partners.

Please note a we are recruiting for a permanent position and a 12-month fixed-term
contract.

What you’ll be doing as a Catchment Coordinator

• Support the management of stakeholder relationships within allocated catchments, ensuring regular engagement through workshops, consultations, and events. Facilitate contributions to relevant statutory consultations.
• Deliver tailored engagement activities to ensure all partners and stakeholders are well-informed, aligned with our plans, and able to contribute positively to catchment and river health improvements.
• Support the understanding of catchment needs, constraints, and opportunities, enabling the identification of solutions that deliver tangible benefits. Work collaboratively with internal teams and partners to ensure catchment opportunities are effectively evaluated and prioritised for their potential to improve river health and stakeholder relationships.
• Collaborate with organisations such as the Catchment-Based Approach (CaBA), Rivers Trust, Wildlife Trusts, and other environmental groups to foster long-term opportunities and address barriers to achieving catchment-scale improvements.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders to support integrated and innovative approaches to improving river health and catchment management.

Base location: Hybrid - Clearwater Court - RG1 8DB

What you should bring to the role

• Proven ability to build and manage productive relationships with diverse stakeholders, preferably environmental groups, councils or regulators.
• Experience organising and facilitating workshops, consultations, and engagement activities to align stakeholders and gather input effectively.
• Good communication skills with exposure to a variety of audiences
• Experience in planning, delivering, or monitoring environmental or water-related projects.
• Track record of driving projects forward, overcoming barriers, and ensuring outcomes align with organisational and partnership goals.
• Be fully competent at using the appropriate company IT systems and Office software
• Familiarity with tools, data, and frameworks for evaluating and addressing poor water quality and environmental challenges.
• Experience in working at a catchment scale to develop and implement plans that improve river health, water quality, and catchment resilience.
• Experience in developing and delivering projects that incorporate natural flood risk management (NFM) solutions, such as wetland creation, river restoration, and woodland planting, is desirable.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary up to £50,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays) 
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks

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 toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.

So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. Our aim is to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.