G5 Communications and Engagement Business Partner - 31973

This is an opportunity to help tell the story of the Environment Agency. 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 outlined in EA2030. This is a new way of working as the 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, ensuring our people receive the right information, in the right format, at the right time.

Responsibilities

• Work across portfolio 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 the things that matter.
• Influence teams and departments to maximise the effectiveness of our work.

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 and other colleagues to enable effective communications and engagement, plan and deliver integrated activities, and continually improve how we engage with our people.

Experience/skills Required

• Ability to persuade, influence and reason with others.
• Experience and understanding of planning and delivering excellent communications and engagement activities to drive operational improvements.
• Ability to balance broad 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, and ability to work as part of a dispersed team.
• Comfort challenging constructively and driving high standards for all communications and engagement activities.

Contact and additional information

This is a hybrid working role with flexible arrangements; occasional travel may be required. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome flexible working patterns, including job share. Responding to incidents is a central part of our work and may attract additional payment. Training and workplace adjustments are available. Interviews are expected towards the end of October. For further information, contact sam.elfer@environment-agency.gov.uk.

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