G5 Communications and Engagement Business Partner - 31973

The Internal Communications and Engagement Business Partner roles support the Strategy, Transformation and Assurance (STA) Directorate across several high-profile areas as the organisation evolves to respond to environmental challenges, EA2030.

This is a new way of working as the Internal Communications and Engagement (ICE) team builds cohesion across directorates. Each will oversee a portfolio of work but collaborate to share insight and provide resilience. The roles involve planning and coordinating activity across STA to ensure our people receive the right information, in the right format, at the right time.

• 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, executional consistency, ensure adherence 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 effectiveness of the work.

The team: The business partner team is a small cross-functional team of communication and engagement experts within the ICE team, part of the STA Directorate. We collaborate with Defra Group Communications to enable effective communications and engagement, plan and deliver integrated activities, and continually improve engagement with our people.

• Enable effective communications and engagement by ensuring 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 is vital.
• Experience and understanding of planning and delivering excellent communications and engagement activities to bring operational improvements.
• Ability to balance understanding of EA2030 challenges with prioritisation of individual projects and programmes.
• Comfortable building relationships at all levels of the EA and Defra; able to work as part of a dispersed team.
• Comfortable challenging constructively and driving high standards for communications and engagement.

Contact and additional information

This is a hybrid role with flexible working from home and at a nearest Environment Agency office. Occasional travel required. We are committed to an inclusive workforce and flexible working patterns, including job share. Incident response may attract additional payment; training and workplace adjustments available.

Interviews will take place towards the end of October. For more information, contact sam.elfer@environment-agency.gov.uk.

Competencies

• Communicates Effectively
• Engages others
• Influences and Persuades Others
• Builds and Sustains Relationships

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