G5 Communications and Engagement Business Partner - 31973
This is an opportunity to help tell the story of the Environment Agency.
The Internal Communications and Engagement (ICE) team supports the Strategy, Transformation and Assurance (STA) Directorate across several high-profile areas, as the organisation evolves to respond to environmental challenges, set out in our corporate strategy, EA2030. The ICE team builds cohesion across directorates and works with Defra Group Communications and other colleagues to enable effective communications and engagement.
You will oversee a portfolio of work, collaborating to share insight and provide resilience. You will plan and coordinate activity across STA to ensure people receive the right information, in the right format, at the right time.
Scope of work
* Transformation: work with the Director for Service Transformation to understand the totality of change programmes across the EA and help describe the narrative for change.
* People: work with the People and Inclusion directorate to understand themes such as the People Plan and Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
* Strategy: help colleagues understand their role in delivering the corporate strategy, business plan, and STA Leadership Team's role in leading the organisation.
You will
* Work across a portfolio of themes, acting as a vital link between the directorate and the wider ICE team.
* Interact widely and develop effective relationships with stakeholders and customers across the organisation.
* Plan strategy, share and drive best practice, set editorial standards, ensure executional consistency, and align with organisational priorities and our brand.
* Align communications and engagement with the central narrative and assure corporate discipline to improve message consistency.
* Champion the highest standards and help our people engage with what matters most.
* Influence teams and departments to maximise the effectiveness of our work.
The team
The business partner team is a small cross-functional group of communication and engagement experts. We are part of the Internal Communications and Engagement team within the STA Directorate. We collaborate with Defra Group Communications and other colleagues to:
* ENABLE effective communications and engagement by ensuring we have the right tools, skills and ways of working.
* PLAN AND DELIVER integrated activities, continually improving how we engage with our people.
Experience/skills required
* Your ability to persuade, influence and reason with others will be vital in this role.
* Experience and understanding of planning and delivering excellent communications and engagement activities to achieve operational improvements.
* Ability to balance wide understanding of challenges facing the Environment Agency in delivering EA2030 with prioritisation of individual projects and programmes.
* Comfort in creating and maintaining relationships at all levels of the EA and Defra. Ability to work as part of a dispersed team.
* Comfortable challenging constructively and driving high standards for all communications and engagement activities.
Contact and additional information
This is a hybrid role with flexible working from home and an Environment Agency office. Occasional travel may be required. We welcome flexible working patterns, including job share. Responding to incidents is a central part of our work; an incident role may attract additional payment. Training and workplace adjustments are available to support the incident role. Interviews will take place towards the end of October. For further information, contact sam.elfer@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Competences
1. Communicates Effectively
Description: Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information clearly and persuasively through speech and writing.
2. Engages others
Description: Plans, carries out and evaluates effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders following the ‘Working with others’ approach.
3. Influences and Persuades Others
Description: Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way to win people over.
4. Builds and Sustains Relationships
Description: Develops and maintains effective working relationships.
Important information for applicants
The Environment Agency is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and supportive of flexible working patterns, including job share. We guarantee an interview to any applicant with a disability who meets the minimum criteria. The Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra and uses Central Government frameworks for external recruitment. For information on becoming a Crown Commercial Service supplier, please visit gov.uk.
Note: If you are applying from the Civil Service, please note the Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service and you would not have Crown Servant continuous service.
We are unable to engage with the market directly by post, email or phone for recruitment purposes. If you wish to learn more, please contact the provided email.
Location: Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom
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