Programme Manager – Water Industry Regulation Transformation (E&B Water Industry Regulation) - 28718

This is an exciting new opportunity in the E&B Water Industry Regulation team. Reporting to the Deputy Director (Water Industry Regulation Transformation), you’ll programme manage our work to transform our regulation of the water industry. You will be helping us to make recommendations for water industry regulation in the future. Co-ordinated management of this work will achieve strategically important benefits for the Environment Agency and the environment.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

- providing a structured plan and framework for implementing actions to move towards a more resilient and sustainable approach to water industry regulation.

- securing resources, maintaining programme finances and providing regular governance updates
- overseeing risk and issue management, ensuring mitigations are in place.

- working with project leads and business as usual activities to ensure dependencies are managed.
- steering the work of the Senior Project Manager and Project Manager.

- building relationships to deliver the transformation programme into the business, in particular working with the water industry regulation leadership team to finalise and deliver the programme objectives.

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect 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.

We’re a dispersed team and work with a wide range of people across the country both internally and externally. We use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel, but some travel and overnight stays may be required.

An incident response role is not required for this post however you will have the opportunity to apply for this to contribute to your development should you wish to do so.

This role is one of several new positions required to take forwards this important work. You will be working with the whole team across the various strands of the water industry regulation programme as well as colleagues across the business including senior leadership, legal services, operations, communications, finance and business planning. You will need to be able to work on your own initiative while maintaining effective communication with the team and customers.

We are looking for a confident, enthusiastic, and proactive individual with excellent organisational skills and a solid understanding of water industry regulation gained from an Ops or E&B background. You will have great communication skills and be able to develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external partners.

Programme and project management skills and experience will be vital to your success.

You will be well connected and have an excellent understanding of the wider activities of the Environment Agency and use this network to enhance your input into the role.

We would love to hear from people who:
• Can provide inspiring leadership
• Are natural organisers and planners
• Have experience of influencing peers and managers and bringing colleagues along with them
• Work collaboratively across multiple teams and departments and deliver through others
• Are confident and experienced in using governance in appropriate, timely and effective ways.

For more information about working for us, who to contact regarding these roles and how to apply please read the Candidate Pack.

If you have any queries, or want to discuss the role, working patterns, base locations etc, please contact: alan.cansdale@environment-agency.gov.uk

Applications will be “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions.

Interviews will be held using MS Teams during early-mid April 2024.

If you consent to be recruited onto a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for 6 months and we may offer you an alternative post.

Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards and in line with organisational processes and procedures.

Please give an example of how you deliver outcomes through others

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

Selects, plans and manages contractors, programmes or events to achieve a set of Environment Agency objectives cost-effectively.

With specific examples please outline how you have demonstrated the following competency: Selects, plans and manages contractors, programmes or events to achieve a set of Environment Agency objectives cost-effectively.

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

Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.

With specific examples please outline how you have demonstrated the following competency: Listens and questions to understand and engage. Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing.

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

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.

Please can you give an example of when you have had to engage and influence senior stakeholders with different perspectives to reach a good outcome?

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