Overview
It’s a fantastic time to work for the Environment Agency as we step forward to tackle the climate emergency. Do you want to help make England a better place to live and work in?
Role and responsibilities
As a member of the FCRM Improvements Portfolio team, you will be supporting the Portfolio Management Office and sub-portfolio projects and programme work delivering over £150m of improvements in the next three years. You’ll play a critical role in helping us to better inform the changes we are delivering, enabling us to deliver outcomes that protect communities and businesses from the devastating impacts of flooding. You will start up and inform new projects, help assure live projects, support our project managers, build relationships with our Portfolio Management Office and help improve and embed our Portfolio management and data practices.
Team and scope
Our Improvements Portfolio is a professional portfolio, programme and project management service in the Flood & Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) directorate. We drive innovation and continuous improvements across FCRM and Incident Management and play a key part in delivering our corporate and FCRM strategies and delivery plans. This covers almost all of the national business improvement in FCRM.
Experience / skills Required
* Formal project / programme management experience is essential.
* Highly numerate with good data gathering, manipulation and interpretation skills, able to deal with large datasets and multiple users. Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel required, experience of Power BI / Tableau (or similar) is desirable.
* Experience in a project support type role in a complex organisation using Agile and waterfall methodologies.
* Administrative and organisational skills, supporting regular meetings, agenda and minutes for the Portfolio governance cycles.
* Financial data management and project planning skills desirable.
* The ability to gain credibility, respect and co-operation throughout the business by showing the appropriate collaborative behaviours.
* Experience in tackling and automating routine issues with a continuous improvement and problem-solving mindset.
* An ability to work with uncertainty and find innovative solutions to solve problems.
Additional information
This role is not eligible for Skilled visa sponsorship. Responding to incidents is a central and important part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role (usually virtual) and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and will include full training. Alternative working arrangements and full support will be available to enable you in your incident role.
Contact and selection details: This role does NOT qualify for sponsorship. Applications from those wanting full, shared or part-time working arrangements are welcome. There is good opportunity for blended home and office working. Our team is dispersed across the country and you can be based at one of our Environment Agency offices (subject to Facilities approval). Some travel and overnight stay will be required. We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you have questions please contact Arifur Rahman, Portfolio Delivery Manager, arifur.rahman@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Equality and diversity: We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome flexible working patterns, including job share. We have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment.
Note: If applying from the Civil Service, the Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. The Environment Agency subscribes to guidance on the use of artificial intelligence; all examples must be truthful and from your own experience.
Competences
1. Programme and Project Management: Tell us about a time you coordinated a project with many interlinked tasks and how you delivered on time and to standard.
2. Data and Information Management: Provide an example of collecting, analysing, and presenting data; describe methods and data accuracy; what technology you regularly use.
3. Communicates Effectively: Describe how you communicate complex information to a range of audiences and how you plan your approach.
Job details
* Seniority level: Associate
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Finance and Sales
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