Advisor - Strategic Environment Planning - 22886

Are you a great problem solver? Can you spot issues and come up with solutions to improve ways of working? Are you great with data and information? We're looking for a proactive, creative and people focused person to join the National Strategic Environment Planning team in the Water Strategy and Partnerships team, part of Water Land of Biodiversity.

If you're looking to apply your environment planning knowledge and experience in a national team, our team is a brilliant place for you to develop and shape how the Environment Agency works from a different perspective.
We can offer you opportunities to practice and develop your excellent communication skills, contribute to the environment planning work programme and showcase your data and interpretation skills. You'll be joining a friendly and highly motivated team who genuinely love working together.
We need an experienced environment planner who can:
1. Support the coordination and delivery of the overall environment planning work plan by the business
2. Maintain and improve communications and work planning between environment planners from across the business
3. Support the reporting, development and wider use of the information we collect under ‘km enhanced’

The team has a broad remit to develop and steer how we do Environment Planning. Key work areas include:
• Setting the strategy and direction for evidence based Environment Planning
• River basin planning and modified waters, including updating the river basin management plans
• Technical and management networks to improve delivery of environment planning
• Providing business support through the Planning Support Tool, weekly Planning Channel and quarterly reporting on Km Enhanced

You will need:
• A sound understanding of environment planning and the diverse tasks it involves, including experience of the Catchment Planning System and River Basin Planning
• Excellent communication skills. Not just writing, but refining and improving messages to make them clear and effective
• Experience of managing and interpreting qualitative and quantitative data
• Confidence with using Excel and other Office applications
• Proactive problem solving skills. Influencing how we deliver work and change is a key element of the role
• Networking skills: Building and maintaining relationships with environment planning colleagues across the business and at all levels is vital

You will be working as part of a dispersed team, so occasional travel to meetings in Birmingham and Bristol and other offices will be required, with some overnight stays included.

For further details or for an informal discussion about the post, please contact:
Dave Trewolla (Tel: 07778991643 or email dave.trewolla@environment-agency.gov.uk),
Lindsey Powell (Tel: 07768278503 or email lindsey.powell@environment-agency.gov.uk) or
Ben Bunting (Tel: 07867 901971 or email ben.bunting @environment-agency.gov.uk)

For this role you will need to be able to adapt quickly to changing demands and pressures whilst keeping an eye on the long term goals. Other teams will rely on you keeping information up to date.

You will need to be able to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally, in writing and often at short notice with colleagues at all levels, adapting your approach to enable you to effectively get your message across.

Our team relies on good quality data and information to give others a picture of what is happening in the business. Our data and information informs critical business decisions and influences priorities, and we are always exploring ways to more benefit from our information.

We work across teams and with people in a variety of settings; face to face meetings, telecoms and via email. You will need to develop relationships with numerous people at all levels, adapting your approach to each to ensure you get what you need to inform decisions and priorities.