Gail Gray

Experience

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  The North Halifax Grammar School

  Nov 2006 - Sept 2008

  Sustainable Education Coordinator

  • Provision of professional leadership and management for sustainable education within the whole school.• Promotion of sustainable education within both the school and the wider community.• Responsibility for ensuring that the school successfully met the criteria necessary to gain an accredited award in Environmental Sustainability.• Development of School recycling schemes• Development of programmes of study, within all subject areas, to increase student awareness of sustainability.• Coordination of staff and students for off-timetable events.• Development of whole school policy on Sustainability. Show less

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  Environment Agency

  Sept 2008 - now

  • Oversight of environmental offending across Yorkshire and accountability for ensuring appropriate action is taken• Liaison between Area, National and external teams, collating and sharing information and advice on enforcement activity• Support and enable the delivery of efficient enforcement decision-making, helping colleagues to prioritise and deliver enforcement work across all functions of the business• Assist the production of investigation plans and risk assessments where required and ensure plans are delivered to time and resource ( Governance)• Support and coach officers to assess case complexity, develop investigation strategies and identify desirable outcomes• Provide constructive advice to help improve the way enforcement is delivered (Benchmarking)• Advise on enforcement tools and use of appropriate sanctions to deliver the desired outcomes• Ensure that relevant Deputy Directors and Directors are aware of ongoing investigations with potential reputational or public interest implications (Stakeholder management)• Influence Area and National Managers on the appropriate allocation of Area-based resources (Resource planning)• Use data and qualitative feedback to identify capability and performance issues Show less • Organised, facilitated and managed over 20 conferences / seminars to provide learning and networking opportunities for over 500 professionals with varying links to the waste management industry, including processors, manufacturers, carriers, consultants and regulators• Closure of numerous illegal waste operations, causing risk to the environment and/or undercutting legitimate business, through a variety of measures from advice and guidance to prosecution.• Secured compliance at several previously persistently non-compliant sites through creation of strong working relationships with business owners • Development of internal procedures for ensuring compliance with numerous legislative requirements • Lead on projects, using continuous improvement methodology, to streamline existing processes Show less

  • Senior Regulatory Officer (Hazardous Waste) ,Installations, Yorkshire

    May 2022 - now

  • Regulatory Officer (Hazardous Waste) ,Installations, Yorkshire

    May 2022 - now

  • Regulatory Officer, Installations North & East Yorkshire

    Jul 2021 - May 2022

  • Senior Enforcement Officer, Illegal Waste Exports

    Apr 2020 - Sept 2021

  • Senior Enforcement Officer, Yorkshire

    Apr 2016 - Apr 2020

  • Assignment - Project Manager

    Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Environment Officer

    Sept 2008 - Aug 2015