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?
As a member of the FCRM Improvements Portfolio team, you will be supporting the Portfolio Management office and sub portfolio’s project 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, which in turn will enable us to deliver outcomes that protect communities and businesses from the devastating impacts of flooding.
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.
You will start up and inform new projects, helping assure live projects, supporting our project managers, building relationships with our Portfolio Management Office and helping improve and embed our Portfolio management and data practices. This is a great role for someone with data analytics and / or project management skills that wishes to get experience at programme / portfolio level.
Team
We are a professional portfolio, programme and project management service provided by the FCRM directorate for the benefit of the FCRM business across National and Area teams. We are part of the Innovation & Continuous Improvement.
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.
* 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.
Contact and Additional Information
Please note, this role does NOT qualify for sponsorship. Applications from those wanting full, shared or part-time working arrangements are welcome.
We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community who wish to join an organisation which values everyone.
If you have any questions please contact Arifur Rahman, Portfolio Delivery Manager.
Competences
1. Programme and Project Management: Tell us about a time when you have coordinated a project or piece of work containing many interlinked tasks.
2. Data and Information Management: Please provide an example of when you collected, analysed, and presented data.
3. Communicates Effectively: Communicated complex information to a range of different audiences.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment.
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