G5 Communications and Engagement Business Partner - 31973This 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, set out in our corporate strategy, EA2030. This is a new way of working as the Internal Communications and Engagement (ICE) team builds cohesion across directorates. Each role 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.What you will doWork 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 our brand.Align communications and engagement with the central narrative and assure corporate discipline to improve message consistency.Champion high standards and help colleagues 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 providing the right tools, skills and ways of working.PLAN AND DELIVER integrated activities and continually improve how we engage with our people.Experience/skills RequiredAbility 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 drive operational improvements.Ability to balance broad understanding of Environment Agency challenges in delivering EA2030 with prioritisation of individual projects and programmes.Comfort with 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 role with flexible working from home and the nearest Environment Agency office. Occasional travel may be required. We are committed to an inclusive workforce and flexible working patterns, including job sharing. Responding to incidents is a central part of our work; you may be required to respond to or support incident-related work, which may attract additional payment. Training and workplace adjustments are available to support you in this role. Interviews are expected toward the end of October. For more information, contact sam.elfer@environment-agency.gov.uk.Competencies and evaluationCommunicates Effectively: Listens, questions, and conveys information clearly and persuasively in speech and writing.Engages others: Plans, conducts and evaluates engagement with internal and external stakeholders following the “Working with others” approach.Influences and Persuades Others: Presents a convincing case to encourage following plans willingly.Builds and Sustains Relationships: Develops and maintains effective working relationships across stakeholders.Important notesIf applying from Civil Service: Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service; continuous service may not apply. For local government or similar, continuous service for redundancy payment calculation may be eligible. We support flexible working patterns and offer a Guaranteed Interview Policy for applicants with disabilities.The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body, committed to diversity and inclusion and using Central Government frameworks for recruitment. For supplier opportunities, visit the Crown Commercial Service website.Disclaimer about AI Artificial intelligence can assist with applications, but all content must be truthful and derived from your own experience. Plagiarised or AI-generated content presented as your own may be grounds for withdrawal of the application. #J-18808-Ljbffr