OverviewG5 Communications and Engagement Business Partner - 31973This is an opportunity to help tell the story of the Environment Agency. The Internal Communications and Engagement (ICE) team supports the Strategy, Transformation and Assurance (STA) Directorate across high-profile areas as the organisation evolves to respond to environmental challenges, set out in EA2030. This role involves building cohesion across directorates and planning and coordinating activity across STA to ensure our people receive the right information, in the right format, at the right time.Transformation: work with the Director for Service Transformation to understand the totality of change programmes and describe the narrative for change. People: work with the People and Inclusion directorate to understand themes such as the People Plan and Health, Safety and Wellbeing. Strategy: help colleagues understand their role in delivering the corporate strategy, business plan, and the STA Leadership Team’s role in leading the organisation.You will:Work across a portfolio of themes, acting as a vital link between the directorate and the wider ICE team.Develop effective relationships with stakeholders and customers across the organisation.Plan strategy, share and drive best practice, set editorial standards, ensure executional consistency, and align with organisational priorities and brand.Align communications and engagement with the central narrative and assure corporate discipline to improve messaging consistency.Champion high standards and help our people engage with what matters.Influence teams and departments to maximise the effectiveness of our work.The teamThe business partner team is a small cross-functional group of communication and engagement experts within the ICE team, part of the STA Directorate. We collaborate with Defra Group Communications and other colleagues to enable effective communications and engagement by ensuring we have the right tools, skills and ways of working, and to plan and deliver integrated activities that continually improve engagement with our people.ENABLE effective communications and engagement by ensuring we have the right tools, skills and ways of working.PLAN AND DELIVER integrated activities, continually improving how we engage with our people.Experience/skills RequiredYour ability to persuade, influence and reason with others will be vital in this role.Experience and understanding of planning and delivering excellent communications and engagement activities to bring operational improvements.Ability to balance wide understanding of the EA’s challenges in delivering EA2030 with prioritisation of projects and programmes.Comfort in creating and maintaining relationships at all levels of the EA and Defra. Ability to work as part of a dispersed team.Comfort with constructive challenge and driving high standards for all communications and engagement activities.Contact and additional informationThis is a hybrid working role with flexibility to work from home and at your nearest Environment Agency office. Occasional travel may be required. We are committed to an inclusive workforce and welcome flexible working, including job share. Responding to incidents is a central part of our work; you may be required to assume an incident role and may receive additional payment. Training and workplace adjustments are available to support you in this role. Interviews will take place towards the end of October. Please contact sam.elfer@environment-agency.gov.uk for more information.NotesWe are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. The Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service. If you are applying from local government or eligible bodies, you may have rights to continuous service for redundancy purposes. If unsure, contact your HR team. We support flexible working patterns and offer a Guaranteed Interview Policy to assist disabled applicants whose applications meet minimum criteria. We also provide information about becoming a Crown Commercial Service supplier on GOV.UK if relevant.Artificial intelligence note: AI can be a useful tool to support your application, but all examples must be truthful and from your own experience. Plagiarism or misrepresentation of AI-generated content may lead to disqualification. We align with Civil Service guidance on AI use.Seniorit y levelAssociateEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionMarketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing #J-18808-Ljbffr