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Senior Advisor - Future Agriculture - Environmental Land Management - 31666
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Job Description
England is undertaking the most significant reform of agricultural policy and spending in decades, moving from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to the Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes. ELM schemes support farmers to provide public goods in return for public money, incentivising land managers to deliver water, soil and biodiversity outcomes alongside food production. Working with Defra and delivery partner colleagues, you will aim to improve our services to farmers. These reforms are essential to grow and maintain a resilient, productive agricultural sector and to realise our EA2030 strategy and government targets for water, the environment and climate. The role will include influencing the design and delivery of incentives within the wider context of shaping our organisational response to recent government reviews, which aim to achieve clean water and greater economic growth and 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). Your expertise will contribute to continuous improvement of the scheme through its design and delivery. You will provide advice in meetings, manage commissions, deliver and oversee Programme milestones, and identify future risks and resource requirements. You will work across a variety of teams and organisations, with senior leaders, to articulate a scheme that supports and delivers our outcomes.
The team sits within the Nature & Place Directorate, part of the National Agriculture and Land Team, working with government, statutory bodies and industry. We work in an agile, fast-paced, flexible and collaborative environment, managing uncertainty to deliver clarity. We foster a welcoming, safe, supportive environment where everyone feels valued. We are a dispersed team and use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel.
Experience/Skills Required
The role represents our expertise to Defra, delivery bodies and the agriculture sector to achieve consistency and improve collaboration. Essential experience includes work with Agriculture, Defra and other statutory bodies. You should be politically aware with excellent communication and networking skills and understand environmental sensitivities linked to significant agriculture sector reform. You should have experience interpreting/evaluating evidence to propose risk-based solutions for challenging problems, be able to prioritise and deliver complex work, and be a self-starter who actively develops and moves ideas forward.
Ideal candidates will demonstrate:
* get stuff done, including through others
* embody our culture
* make sure our information is trusted
* cascade key information
* build relationships quickly
* soothe troubled waters
Relevant capabilities include: Shapes Organisational Approach & Delivery; Achieves Results; Seeing the Bigger Picture (Business of the EA); Focuses on Customers and Partners; Delivers Results Through Others.
Working Arrangements & Applicants
You’ll have an incident management objective in your development plan. Appropriate training will be given. Your EA Office base location is flexible/hybrid in England. Some travel/overnights will be required. We use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel.
Please read the Candidate/Additional Information Pack for information. For more information please contact:
* Kate Bayley: kate.bayley@environment-agency.gov.uk
* D-J Gent: dj.gent@environment-agency.gov.uk
Applications are blind assessed using your competency answers. Interviews are expected to be held via MS Teams two weeks after the closing date. If you consent to a reserve list, we may hold your details for 6 months and offer an alternative post.
Competencies & Descriptions
Competence 1 — Shapes organisational approach & delivery: Informing and influencing Government Policy and Agricultural scheme design and implementation. Provide examples of supporting strategic work and prioritising resources.
Competence 2 — Achieves Results: Prioritising and organising tasks and resources under uncertainty. Provide examples of delivering timely results.
Competence 3 — Focuses on Customers and Partners: Address internal and external customer needs. Provide examples of rapid, effective responses and managing expectations.
Competence 4 — Delivers Results Through Others: Harnessing teams to deliver on time and to required standards with organisational processes.
Competence 5 — Seeing the Big Picture: Understanding and reacting to changing direction, goals and business of the Environment Agency. Explain the implications of government reviews on the water sector and regulatory reform.
Note: If applying from Civil Service, the Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant. Flexible working patterns are welcome, including job shares. We guarantee an interview to disabled applicants meeting minimum criteria.
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Employment Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Management and Manufacturing
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