Humber Strategy Advisor - strategic planning, partnership and investment, Ref. 9811

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East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber
Beverley , Leeds , Lincoln , York
Various
Staff Grade 5
Permanent
Full Time
Environment & Sustainability, Planning, Programme and Project Management, Risk Management
£34,879.00
As a member of the Humber team, you'll forge and manage relationships with strategic partners, working collaboratively to inform strategic plans and deliver activity that supports sustainable development, builds resilience to climate change and creates opportunities to improve the environment. As part of the comprehensive review of the Humber Strategy, you'll lead work to support the development of a funding & investment strategy and to assess and maximise the value of flood risk management. You will provide technical advice to colleagues on strategic planning and economic growth. You'll maintain intelligence on environmental and growth priorities around the Humber to allow the provision of high quality advice to partners.
We focus on managing tidal flood risk around the Humber Estuary and tidal rivers, aiming to achieve social, economic and environmental outcomes. We work on a variety of Humber wide projects and activities, the most significant of which is the Comprehensive Review of the Humber Flood Risk Management Strategy, which will redefine the approach to managing tidal risk over the next 100 years. We work with many partners and stakeholders in everything that we do.
You will:
- have proven experience in building effective relationships with large numbers of people within and outside your organisation
- have excellent communication, influencing and networking skills
- be able to manage work and deliver results in a fast paced and changeable environment, both to tight deadlines and over the long term
- work collaboratively to identify and solve challenges
- manage, interpret and convey complex information clearly, effectively and sensitively.
- think strategically and understand wider implications of decisions and actions
- have an understanding of spatial planning and the land use planning system

Experience in the management of projects or programmes and of identifying, creating investment opportunities and economic assessment would be advantageous.
The team is dispersed, currently based in Beverley, York, Lincoln and Leeds. The post holder would be expected to work closely with the team, and colleagues based in East Midlands, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, along with Environment Agency national teams. You would spend most of your time in these office locations and travelling around the Humber area, sometimes further afield.

For further details please contact - Lucy Marshall on 07900136169 or lucy.marshall@environment-agency.gov.uk. You can also download the candidate pack for more information.

Closing date: Sunday, 24th February 2019 at 23:55 hours

24/02/2019, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Achieves Results
Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results

Question: Please describe an occasion when you delivered a piece of work on time and to required standards, in challenging circumstances, and how you did this?
Builds and Sustains Relationships
Develops and maintains effective working relationships.

Question: Please provide an example of how you built and maintained relationships with a large number of people to allow you to successfully deliver an objective and/or activity? What lessons did you learn?
Influences and Persuades Others
Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.

Question: Please demonstrate how you have championed sustainable development by influencing and informing a strategic plan or strategic decision?
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.

Question: Please tell us about a time when you identified an issue or solved a problem that would have prevented you or your organisation from delivering a priority. How did you identify the problem or issue and implement a/the solution(s)? What difficulties did you have to overcome and what did you learn?
Full UK driving licence
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This Vacancy is closed to applications.