Strategy & Government Relations Officer - 32590
This high‑profile role requires organisational skills, political awareness, and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively to deliver outcomes that matter. It is an opportunity to deepen your understanding of how arm’s‑length bodies work with government departments and ministers on policy and parliamentary matters and think ahead to devise strategies that meet tomorrow’s environmental challenges.
Key responsibilities
* Coordinating and quality‑assuring responses to high‑profile requests, such as ministerial correspondence.
* Managing shared inboxes, tracking actions and improving information flow.
* Supporting responses to parliamentary questions, ministerial or senior briefings.
* Delivering impactful engagement with external stakeholders.
* Monitoring trends, government and political activity and sharing good intelligence across the organisation.
* Building and maintaining effective relationships across the Defra Group, including senior leadership.
* Supporting incident management activities.
Experience and skills required
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Strong attention to detail and ability to present information clearly and accurately.
* Flexible approach with ability to deliver high‑quality work to tight deadlines.
* Resilience under pressure and confidence in seeking guidance and support when needed.
* Experience in a customer‑facing or stakeholder engagement role, building relationships and maintaining a positive reputation.
* Strong organisational skills, including effective management of knowledge and information.
* Understanding of parliamentary and government processes, or experience in stakeholder engagement (desirable but not essential).
Contact and additional information
You’ll have an EA Office base location; as a national role the working location is flexible/hybrid, however some travel and overnight stays may be required.
For queries, contact eatalent@environment‑agency.gov.uk.
Applications are blind assessed using competency question responses. Interviews will be held via MS Teams from mid‑January.
This role includes incident response duties; please see the Candidate Information Pack for details.
Commitment to diversity and inclusion
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all vacancies, including job shares, and we have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability seeking employment.
Artificial Intelligence usage notice
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application; however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified, applications may be withdrawn.
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