Strategy & Government Relations Officer - 32590
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Job Description
This high‑profile role requires organisational skills, political awareness, and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively to deliver outcomes that matter. It offers an excellent opportunity to deepen your understanding of how arm‑sized bodies work with government departments and ministers on policy and parliamentary matters and to devise strategies that meet tomorrow’s environmental challenges.
Key Responsibilities
* Coordinating and quality‑assuring responses to high profile requests, such as for 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, helping to share good intelligence across the organisation.
* Building and maintaining effective relationships across the Defra Group, including senior leadership.
* Supporting incident management activities.
* Supporting the Environment Agency’s emergency response, particularly during major flood incidents.
Experience and Skills Required
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Strong attention to detail and ability to present information clearly and accurately.
* A flexible approach with the ability to deliver high‑quality work to tight deadlines.
* Resilience under pressure and confidence in knowing when to seek guidance and support.
* Experience in a customer‑facing or stakeholder engagement role, with a focus on building relationships and maintaining a positive reputation.
* Strong organisational skills, including effective management of knowledge and information.
* An understanding of parliamentary and government processes, or experience in stakeholder engagement (desirable but not essential).
Competence 1: Manages Self
Definition: Has full awareness of own strengths, weaknesses, impact and approach. Effectively organises self and takes personal responsibility for own role in the Environment Agency.
Question: Tell us about a time you personally organised a high volume workflow (e.g., tracking work, a shared inbox, and high‑profile correspondence) to meet tight deadlines while maintaining quality. How did you prioritise, track actions, share intelligence with others, and improve the flow of information? What was the outcome?
Competence 2: Communicates Effectively
Definition: Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.
Question: Provide an example of where you have needed to communicate a complex message to a wide range of people in an innovative and engaging form.
Competence 3: Focuses on Customers and Partners
Definition: Addresses the needs of internal and external customers, provides rapid and effective responses.
Question: Describe a time when you had to manage multiple internal and external customers with competing priorities. How did you assess and prioritise their needs and manage expectations quickly and decide whether to involve senior colleagues? What was the outcome and what did you learn?
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.
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Legal
Equal Opportunities Statement
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it — for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.
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