Senior Advisor - Future Agriculture - Environmental Land Management - 31666
The Environment Agency is committed to an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value diversity and strive to create a welcoming, safe and supportive environment for our staff and partners.
England is reforming agricultural policy and expenditure, moving from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes. ELM schemes incentivise farmers and land managers to deliver water, soil and biodiversity outcomes alongside food production. This role involves working with Defra and delivery partner colleagues to improve services to farmers and to help grow and sustain a resilient, productive agricultural sector aligned with the EA2030 strategy and government targets for water, environment and climate. The role will influence the design and delivery of incentives within the wider response to government reviews aimed at clean and plentiful water and enhanced nature recovery through regulation.
The Environment Agency ELM team seeks dynamic, strategic thinkers to inform and shape the future of ELM, particularly the delivery of Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT). You will contribute to the delivery and continuous improvement of CSHT products for the Farming and Countryside Programme, including advising in meetings, managing commissions, delivering and overseeing programme milestones, and identifying risks and resource needs. You will work across multiple teams and organisations with senior leaders to articulate a scheme that supports our outcomes.
Team context: The team sits within the Nature & Place Directorate, part of the National Agriculture and Land Team, working with government, statutory bodies and industry. We operate in an agile, fast-paced, flexible and collaborative environment and use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and value flexible working patterns.
Experience/skills Required
The role represents our expertise to Defra, delivery bodies and the agriculture sector to achieve consistency and facilitate collaboration between organisations. Essential experience includes:
* Experience of Agriculture and working with Defra and other statutory bodies.
* Politically aware with excellent communication and networking skills.
* Understanding of environmental sensitivities related to significant agriculture sector reform.
* Experience interpreting/evaluating evidence to propose risk-based solutions for challenging problems.
* Ability to prioritise and deliver complex work.
* Self-starter who actively develops and advances ideas.
Ideal candidates will demonstrate the following capabilities:
* Get stuff done, including through others
* Embody our culture
* Ensure information is trusted
* Cascade key information
* Build relationships quickly
* Soothe troubled waters
Relevant capabilities: Shapes Organisational Approach & Delivery; Achieves Results; Seeing the Bigger Picture (Business of the EA); Focuses on Customers and Partners; Delivers Results Through Others.
Contacts and Additional Information
* Kate Bayley: kate.bayley@environment-agency.gov.uk
* D-J Gent: dj.gent@environment-agency.gov.uk
Application information: You’ll have a development-plan objective related to incident management. Training will be provided. The EA base location is flexible/hybrid in England, with some travel/overnights required. Please read the Candidate/Additional Information Pack for more information. Applications are blind, assessed on competency questions. Interviews are expected via MS Teams two weeks after the closing date. If you are placed on a reserve list, your details may be held for 6 months for potential alternative posts.
Competencies and descriptions (examples):
1. Shapes organisational approach & delivery: Informing and influencing government policy and agricultural scheme design. Provide examples of strategic work and prioritisation of resources.
2. Achieves Results: Prioritise and organise tasks and resources amidst uncertainty. Provide example of timely delivery under uncertainty.
3. Focuses on Customers and Partners: Address internal and external customer needs. Provide a rapid and effective response to a group of customers and manage expectations.
4. Delivers Results Through Others: Harnessing a team to deliver on time and to required standards.
5. Seeing the Big Picture: Understand and respond to changing agency direction and government reviews and implications for the water sector and regulatory reform.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome flexible working patterns, including job sharing. We guarantee an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria. For candidates applying from Civil Service or local government, status and continuity of service may vary; contact your HR team if unsure.
Location notes: Redruth, England, United Kingdom. This is a national, flexible/hybrid role within England. We use frameworks to recruit and may not engage directly via post, email or phone. See GOV.UK guidance for supplier opportunities if applicable.
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