Overview
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. This covers almost all of the national business improvement in FCRM.
This role is not eligible for Skilled visa sponsorship. Responding to incidents is a central and important part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role (usually virtual) and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and will include full training. Alternative working arrangements and full support will be available to enable you in your incident role.
Responsibilities
* Start up and inform new projects, helping assure live projects, supporting project managers, building relationships with the Portfolio Management Office, and helping improve and embed portfolio management and data practices.
* Support the team in data analytics and/or project management at programme/portfolio level.
* Contribute to delivering improvements and to the success of FCRM strategy and plans.
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. Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required; experience of Power BI / Tableau (or similar) is desirable.
* Experience in a project support 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 and cooperate across the business by showing collaborative behaviours.
* Experience in tackling and automating routine issues with a continuous improvement 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. For visa information, contact UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) or visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration. Applications from those wanting full, shared or part-time working arrangements are welcome. There is good opportunity for blended home and office working. Our team is dispersed across the country and you can be based at one of our Environment Agency offices (subject to Facilities approval). Some travel and overnight stay will be required. 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, via email at arifur.rahman@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Competencies
* Programme and Project Management
* Data and Information Management
* Communicates Effectively
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Job Details
* Seniority level: Associate
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Finance and Sales
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