Overview
The Environment Agency is committed to an inclusive workforce reflecting the communities we serve. This role sits at the centre of our transformation on water industry enforcement. As a Programme Manager you will support the programme team to identify objectives and deliver significant business change to our enforcement capacity and capabilities.
Responsibilities
* Identify the key outcomes required from programmes and projects and present these with clarity.
* Develop and maintain a programme plan and present it as a product to help the team track progress, join up work, and create efficiencies.
* Work with workstream leads to identify activities, resource requirements, milestones, and where support is needed.
* Set programme controls and assurance to enable adaptation to change.
* Advise on governance, including creating business cases.
* Capture, manage and report risks and issues, escalate appropriately, and distinguish programme-specific risks.
* Lead programme meetings to align team members, engage them, and motivate delivery.
* Report progress to different levels of the organisation and to Defra, tailoring communications to diverse audiences.
Team and Environment
The role works closely with the Chief Regulators Group and Water Regulation in national Environment and Business Directorate. The Water Regulation Programme Office is a new team focused on high-profile, cross-cutting work, offering a view of water industry enforcement across the organisation.
Experience/Skills Required
* Demonstrable experience leading projects and project teams.
* Understanding or experience of transforming complex organisations.
* Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to present complex information clearly to enable decisions.
* Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with dispersed customers and work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures; actively consider diversity in work.
* Ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritise; thrive in a fast-paced, complex, changing environment; lead project teams through uncertainty and ambiguity.
* Understanding of water industry, regulation or enforcement is useful.
Contact and Additional Information
* This role is advertised until end March 2026 and may be extended to end March 2027.
* Flexible/hybrid working location; national role with potential travel and overnights.
* Inclusive incident management objective in development plan; appropriate training provided.
* Applications are blind assessed based on competency questions.
* For queries, contact Tamsin Appleton at tamsin.appleton@environment-agency.gov.uk.
* Interviews will be held via MS Teams. If placed on a reserve list, details may be kept for 6 months and a different post offered.
Competences
* Programme and Project Management – Selects, plans and manages contractors, programmes or events to achieve EA objectives cost-effectively. Describe a time you established a new project as Project Manager.
* Delivers Results Through Others – Harnesses the team to deliver on time and to required standards.
* Influences and Persuades Others – Presents a convincing case to win support for plans.
* Communicates Effectively – Listens, asks questions, and conveys information clearly in speech and writing.
Note: The Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service. There is guidance on continuous service for local government or other listed bodies. Flexible working patterns and guaranteed interview policy for disability applicants are in place. For supplier opportunities on government frameworks, see the Crown Commercial Service guidance.
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