Head of Catchment Flow Compliance

Information Commissioner's Office

Lead Water Recycling compliance strategies as a senior leader within Anglian Water, focusing on wastewater management and regulatory compliance. Transform operational practices and outcomes while enhancing team collaboration.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeHuntingdon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLead💰 £110,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and lead end-to-end wastewater performance and regulatory compliance across all catchments
Provide clear line of sight on risk, performance and compliance to Executive and Board
Drive a shift from reactive reporting to proactive, real-time operational control
Work across all of Anglian Water to align operational, capital, regulatory and corporate teams around a single approach to performance and compliance
Break down silos and bring together Operations, Planning, Capital Delivery, Data & Digital and Regulatory teams
Ensure the business operates as one integrated system with shared ownership of outcomes
Lead delivery of one of the sector’s top priorities: reducing wastewater spills and improving river and coastal health
Translate regulatory commitments into tangible operational and investment outcomes
Lead a step-change transformation in wastewater data, reporting and insight
Build a trusted, end-to-end data model – from asset to Board
Replace manual processes with automated, scalable and auditable systems
Embed a culture where data drives decisions, early intervention and operational control
Shape multi-AMP investment to deliver compliance and performance outcomes
Lead delivery of regulatory commitments, plans and reporting
Establish strong governance, assurance and relationships with Ofwat and the Environment Agency
Work across the sector, regulators and partners to shape best practice and future approaches
Build strong relationships with supply chain and technology partners
Champion innovation, new technology and more integrated, catchment-based ways of working
Lead and inspire a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team
Build a culture of ownership, accountability, curiosity and continuous improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant leadership experience in Water Recycling or a comparable regulated environment
Proven ability to design and deliver complex, organisation-wide strategies
Strong commercial awareness, including shaping TOTEX investment decisions
To be comfortable making high-impact decisions with incomplete information
Able to think and act systemically, balancing customer, environmental, regulatory and commercial priorities and have experience of data transformation or insight-led decision making
To be credible and influential with executive leaders, partners and regulators
To have the ability to be motivated by stretch targets and takes pride in building teams that consistently outperform
To champion collaboration, innovation and new ways of working and lead people and culture with clarity, energy and purpose to ensure effective delivery.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A wealth of flexi-bens plus double matched pension up to 14% company contribution

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Hard Skills & Tools

Performance ManagementRegulatory ReportingData AnalysisInvestment StrategyOperational Control

Soft Skills

Influential CommunicationTeam BuildingProblem SolvingAccountabilityContinuous Improvement