Strategy & Government Relations Officer - 32590
This high‑profile role requires organisational skills, political awareness, and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively to deliver outcomes that matter. It is an excellent opportunity to deepen your understanding of how arm’s‑length bodies work with government departments and ministers on policy and parliamentary matters, think ahead, and devise strategies that meet tomorrow’s environmental challenges.
Key Responsibilities
* Managing shared inboxes, tracking actions, and improving information flow.
* Supporting responses to parliamentary questions, ministerial or senior briefings.
* Delivering impactful engagement with external stakeholders.
* Monitoring trends, government and political activity, and sharing good intelligence across the organisation.
* Building and maintaining effective relationships across the Defra Group, including senior leadership.
* Supporting incident management activities.
Qualifications
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Strong attention to detail and ability to present information clearly and accurately.
* A flexible approach with the ability to deliver high‑quality work to tight deadlines.
* Resilience under pressure and confidence in knowing when to seek guidance and support.
* Experience in a customer‑facing or stakeholder engagement role, with a focus on building relationships and maintaining a positive reputation.
* Strong organisational skills, including effective management of knowledge and information.
* Understanding of parliamentary and government processes, or experience in stakeholder engagement (desirable but not essential).
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it – for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.
Contact and Additional Information
You’ll have an EA Office base location; as a national role the working location is flexible / hybrid, however some travel and overnight stays may be required.
For queries, contact eatalent@environment-agency.gov.uk. Applications are “blind” assessed using competency question responses. Interviews will be held via MS Teams from mid‑January.
Additional Notes
This role includes incident response duties. Please see the Candidate Information Pack for details.
Applicants who are currently in local government or other public bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999 may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment.
You are encouraged to use artificial intelligence to support your application, but all examples and statements must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience.
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