Overview
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect 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. The newly established Transformation Portfolio Management Office (PMO) is focused on creating a centralised portfolio that drives change, transformation, and continuous improvement. We’re currently looking for two Benefits and Efficiencies Analysts to join the team. The team plays a vital role in shaping and optimising the project Portfolios, ensuring strategic alignment, enhancing decision-making, and providing evidence to manage risk across change and transformation. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in change and transformation, with plenty of development opportunities and strong support from your team and peers. You will be an important part of our PMO team, analysing data from PMO colleagues and project and programme managers across our portfolio, helping to set the standards for benefits and value management and then helping to embed them. You will help our teams to identify, value and validate their project benefits. The team is part of the Transformation Team within the Strategy, Transformation and Assurance (STA) directorate, supporting change, transformation, and continuous improvement across the business. STA fosters inclusive, supportive cultures and uses evidence and innovation to influence policy and delivery.
Responsibilities
* Analyse data from PMO colleagues and project and programme managers across the portfolio.
* Help to set the standards for benefits and value management and embed them within projects and programmes.
* Identify, value, and validate benefits for projects and ongoing transformation initiatives.
* Support the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) in shaping and optimising the project Portfolios to ensure strategic alignment and informed decision-making.
* Contribute to managing risk across change and transformation by providing evidence-based insights.
Team and Context
You will join the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) within the Transformation Team of the STA directorate. The PMO supports change, transformation, and continuous improvement across the business. The STA fosters inclusive, supportive cultures and uses evidence and innovation to influence policy and delivery.
Experience/skills Required
* Strong analytical skills with proven experience as a Benefits Analyst, Efficiencies Analyst, or Business Analyst.
* Proven experience building and maintaining dashboards or reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or advanced Excel).
* Ability to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries and build constructive relationships.
* Clear communication skills, able to explain complex analysis simply and persuasively to non-technical audiences.
* Self-motivation and adaptability; comfortable working independently as well as in a team.
* Experience producing guidance, toolkits or frameworks to support colleagues.
* Ability to work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and encourage others to consider diversity issues in their work.
* A range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.
Contact and Additional Information
* You’ll have an inclusive incident management objective in your development plan and support finding a role to suit your needs. Appropriate training will be given. The role is hybrid with an EA Office base location; as a national role, some travel may be required.
* Please read the Candidate / Additional Information Pack. Any queries, contact rebecca.atkinson@environment-agency.gov.uk.
* Applications are “blind” assessed using competency questions. Interviews will be via MS Teams during the week commencing 3rd November 2025.
Competencies
1. Competency 1 – Data and Information Management
Description: Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data, material or information appropriately for a variety of purposes.
2. Competency 2 – Focuses on Customers and Partners
Description: Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses.
3. Competency 3 – Achieves Results
Description: Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets, prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results.
Important notices: For applicants who currently work in local government or other listed bodies, continuous service for redundancy purposes may apply. The Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service. We welcome flexible working patterns and have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support candidates with disabilities.
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