G5 Communications and Engagement Business Partner - 31973

This is an opportunity to help tell the story of the Environment Agency.

This role supports the Internal Communications and Engagement (ICE) team within the Strategy, Transformation and Assurance (STA) Directorate across several high-profile areas as the organisation evolves to respond to environmental challenges, outlined in EA2030. The ICE team builds cohesion across directorates and the role involves planning and coordinating activity across STA to ensure people receive the right information, in the right format, at the right time.

Transformation: works with the Director for Service Transformation to understand the totality of change programmes and describe the narrative for change.

People: works with the People and Inclusion directorate to understand themes such as the People Plan and Health, Safety and Wellbeing.

Strategy: helps colleagues understand their role in delivering the corporate strategy and business plan, and the STA Leadership Team’s guidance 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.
• Interact widely and develop effective relationships with stakeholders and customers across the organisation.
• Plan strategy, share and drive best practice, set editorial standards, ensure executional consistency, and adhere to organisational priorities and our brand.
• Align communications and engagement with the central narrative and assure corporate discipline to improve message consistency.
• Champion high standards and help people engage with what matters.
• Influence teams and departments to maximise the effectiveness of our work.

The team

The business partner team is a small cross-functional team of communication and engagement experts. We are part of the Internal Communications and Engagement team within 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.
• PLAN AND DELIVER integrated activities, continually improving how we engage with our people.

Experience/skills Required

• Your ability to persuade, influence and reason with others will be vital in this role.
• Experience and understanding of how planning and delivering excellent communications and engagement activities can bring operational improvements.
• Ability to balance wide understanding of EA2030 challenges with prioritisation of individual 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.
• Comfortable challenging constructively and driving high standards for all communications and engagement activities.

Contact and additional information

This is a hybrid role; you will work from home and your nearest Environment Agency office. Occasional travel may be required. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome flexible working patterns, including job share. You may be required to respond to incidents as part of the role, with potential additional payment. Training and workplace adjustments will be provided to support you with this role. Interviews will take place toward the end of October. For further information, please contact sam.elfer@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Competences

• Communicates Effectively – Listens and asks questions to understand and engage; conveys information clearly in writing and speech.
• Engages others – Plans, carries out and evaluates effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders following collaborative approaches.
• Influences and Persuades Others – Presents a case convincingly to win support and align plans.
• Builds and Sustains Relationships – Develops and maintains effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders.

Additional policy notices

If applying from Civil Service, note the Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service and does not provide Crown Servant continuous service. Guidance on continuous service and redundancy rights applies as appropriate. We support diverse, inclusive hiring and flexible working patterns, including job share. We also operate a Guaranteed Interview Policy for applicants with a disability whose applications meet minimum criteria. The Environment Agency uses government frameworks for external recruitment. Information on becoming a Crown Commercial Service supplier is available at gov.uk.

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Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

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Location and schedule

Penrith, England, United Kingdom 3 hours ago

G5 Communications and Engagement Business Partner - 31973

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