Overview

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 (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 our corporate strategy, EA2030. This is a new way of working, as the ICE team builds cohesion across directorates. Each partner will oversee a portfolio of work while collaborating to share insight and provide resilience. You will plan and coordinate activity across STA to ensure colleagues receive the right information, in the right format, at the right time.

Responsibilities

• 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 most.
• Influence the teams and departments you work with to maximise the effectiveness of our work.

Team

The business partner team is a small cross-functional group 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, 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 is vital.
• Experience and understanding of planning and delivering excellent communications and engagement activities to bring operational improvements.
• Ability to balance the broad challenges facing the Environment Agency in delivering EA2030 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.
• Comfort challenging constructively and driving high standards for all communications and engagement activities.

Contact and additional information

This is a hybrid role; you will work flexibly from home and your nearest Environment Agency office. Occasional travel may be required. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcoming flexible working patterns, including job share. Responding to incidents is a central part of our work; you may have an incident role and be available to respond or provide support during an incident, which may attract additional payment. Training and workplace adjustments will be available to support you with your incident role. Interviews will take place towards the end of October. Please contact sam.elfer@environment-agency.gov.uk for further information.

Competencies

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

Descriptions and sample questions accompany each competence in the original posting.

Notes

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all vacancies, including job share. We have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by Defra.