Benefits and Efficiencies Senior Advisor - 33359

Benefits and Efficiencies Senior Advisor - 33359
1
National
Any
Various
Staff Grade 6
Permanent
Business Management & Improvement, Knowledge & Information Management, Programme and Project Management, Strategy
Full Time, Part Time/Job Share, Compressed Hours
£54,940

22/02/2026, 23:55 hours

BS06 Job Family Role Profile Business Support Services, Grade 6

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The Environment Agency is committed to building an inclusive workforce that truly reflects the diverse communities we serve. We don’t just talk about diversity — we actively seek it, embrace it, and embed it into everything we do.

Our newly established (Environment and Business) E&B Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) is focused on creating a centralised portfolio that drives change, transformation, and continuous improvement. The E&B Portfolio team is recruiting a Benefits and Efficiencies Senior Advisor to drive forward the PfMO vision.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in change and transformation. You’ll have the chance to creatively shape a  portfolio office, with development opportunities and strong support from your team and peers.

This is a strategic, hands-on role, you will help shape the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of benefit and efficiency frameworks, shaping how E&B reports benefits and efficiencies while ensuring they are measurable and deliverable, driving informed decision-making at all levels.

 Key responsibilities:

  • Benefits realisation plan – Establish and maintain a directorate-wide benefit realisation plan that defines, assures, tracks and reports P3M deliverables against strategic performance, (including change-control, risk to benefits realisation and propose mitigations).
  • Efficiency reporting – Develop and lead a consistent efficiency reporting framework that provides clear evidence-led insights into P3M performance.  
  • Support and educate delivery teams in consistent application of benefits management frameworks, processes, procedures and tools
  • Tracking, assurance and reporting – Assuring benefits data and coordinating a consistent view through the project/programme lifecycle into realisation.
  • Support consistent practice of benefits identification, evaluation, optimisation, planning and realisation (including measurement and tracking) across the portfolio 
  • Stakeholder engagement – Collaborating with the cross-directorate benefit community to ensure benefits are identified, understood, owned and optimised. Conduct benefits reviews, engage with others to implement, enhance and improve benefit and efficiency best practice.

 

E&B fosters an inclusive, supportive culture and uses evidence and innovation to influence policy and delivery.

 You’ll join the PfMO in the E&B directorate under the Change and Continuous Improvement team which supports change, transformation, and continuous improvement across the business.

 The team plays a vital role in shaping and optimising the project Portfolios, ensuring strategic alignment, enhancing decision-making, and providing evidence to manage risk across change and transformation.

 

This role will work across six-leadership areas to define, assure, track, and report benefits and efficiencies that support strategic objectives and demonstrate value for money. This is a high-visibility role and requires strong analytical skills and excellent stakeholder engagement skills to train others in new corporate frameworks while adopting to suit the E&B directorate.  

 You'll be comfortable working with data and confident to challenge assumptions and communicate complex information appropriately across all business levels. You will be able to work comfortably in a collaborative and inclusive way to support others through change.  

 Essential skills include:  

  • Benefits management experience within a project/programme/portfolio setting
  • Ability to engage and influence key stakeholders
  • Strong ability to interpret data

 Desirable skills and experience:  

  • Managing Benefits Foundation/Practitioner
  • Data analysis skills and experience, such as creating Power BI reports
  • Experience delivering training and/or mentoring on benefits management or another technical area

We are a Category-1 responder, and all staff are required to take on an incident role. You will be given appropriate training and support to find a role that suits your role and situation. 
 

You’ll have an EA Office base location, as a national role the working location is flexible/hybrid, however some travel and overnights may be required. 
 
If you wish to discuss this opportunity or for additional information, please contact Ben Robinson (ben.robinson@environment-agency.gov.uk).


Applications are “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions. Interviews are anticipated to be held in March. As part of the interview process there will be an additional assessment, if selected for interview these details will be sent closer to the time.

Programme and Project Management
Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data, material or information appropriately for a variety of purposes.

More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.

If a large number of applications are received, an initial sift using this lead capability may be conducted. Successful candidates will then proceed to a full sift or directly to assessment/interview.

Feedback is generally not available at sift stage

Using an example, tell us about your knowledge and experience of applying benefits management within a project, programme and/or portfolio environment.
Influences and Persuades Others
Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards and in line with organisational processes and procedures.

More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.

Provide an example when you had to use your influencing and persuading skills to deliver a piece of work. Who were you trying to influence, what approach did you take and what did you learn about your approach?
Data and Information Management
Collects, analyses, interprets, records, manages, develops and shares data, material or information appropriately for a variety of purposes.

More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.

Give an example of a time when you have had to present complex data to a non-technical audience. How did you present the information and how did you ensure the audience understood it?
Delivers Results Through 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.

More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.

Using an example, tell us about a time where you successfully secured others’ commitment to deliver work to the required standard. How did you monitor and ensure progress to a high quality?
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.

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 (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Although the Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, we subscribe to and align with the candidate guidance on the use of artificial intelligence found on the  Civil Service Careers website. Please review for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

This Vacancy is closed to applications.