G5 Communications and Engagement Business Partner - 31973

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

Overview

The Internal Communications and Engagement (ICE) Business Partner roles support the Strategy, Transformation and Assurance (STA) Directorate across several high-profile areas, as the organisation evolves to respond to the environmental challenges of the future, set out in our corporate strategy, 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.

Transformation: includes working with the Director for Service Transformation to understand the totality of change programmes across the EA, and help describe the narrative for change. People: includes working with the People and Inclusion directorate to understand themes such as our People Plan and Health, Safety and Wellbeing. Strategy: working across the organisation to help colleagues understand their role in delivering our corporate strategy, business plan, and the STA Leadership Team’s role in leading the organisation.

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, 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 our people engage with what matters.
• Influence teams and departments to maximise the effectiveness of our work.

Experience/skills Required

• Ability to persuade, influence and reason with others is vital for this role.
• Experience and understanding of planning and delivering excellent communications and engagement activities to drive operational improvements.
• Ability to balance broad understanding of EA challenges with prioritisation of individual projects and programmes.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels of the EA and Defra; comfortable working 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 with flexible working from home and an EA office. Occasional travel may be required. The Environment Agency is committed to equal opportunities and inclusive working patterns, including job share. Responding to incidents is a central part of our work; you may be required to have an incident role and be available to respond or provide support during incidents, which may attract additional payment. Training and workplace adjustments will be provided.

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

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome flexible working patterns. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability. The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body and uses central government frameworks for external recruitment.

Competencies

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

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