Environment Planning and Engagement (Planning) Manager - 28882
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Yorkshire and the Humber
Beverley , Leeds , Rotherham , York
Templeborough, Crosskill House, Lateral, Foss House
Staff Grade 7
Permanent
Full Time
Operational Delivery
£63,144
We are permanently recruiting an Environment Planning and Engagement Manager (EPE Manager) with a focus on environment programme and planning within the Yorkshire Area Leadership team. This is an exciting leadership opportunity for someone who wants to help make Yorkshire even better by working in partnership with our customers and stakeholders to improve the environment for wildlife and people.
We are looking for a highly visible operational leader, able to organise, inspire and motivate people to achieve great outcomes across the area.
As Environment Planning & Engagement Manager you will help ensure that the great work we are delivering across all our area teams is delivering the most we can for people and for the environment. This will include ensuring we maximise the opportunity to work in partnership with a wide range of external stakeholders. You will naturally establish great relationships and always be looking for innovation and continuous improvement.
You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity during an incident.
You will work closely with the EPE Business Manager and will also form an essential part of our Area Leadership Team, providing forward thinking and strategic direction to Yorkshire Area. Your leadership will also enhance the Areas incident response capability by holding a senior incident management role.
We are looking for a highly visible operational leader, able to organise, inspire and motivate people to achieve great outcomes across the area.
As Environment Planning & Engagement Manager you will help ensure that the great work we are delivering across all our area teams is delivering the most we can for people and for the environment. This will include ensuring we maximise the opportunity to work in partnership with a wide range of external stakeholders. You will naturally establish great relationships and always be looking for innovation and continuous improvement.
You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity during an incident.
You will work closely with the EPE Business Manager and will also form an essential part of our Area Leadership Team, providing forward thinking and strategic direction to Yorkshire Area. Your leadership will also enhance the Areas incident response capability by holding a senior incident management role.
You will lead the following teams: Environment Programme; Integrated Environment Planning; and Sustainable Places. Ensuring effective delivery of multiple benefits from cross-cutting programmes and projects and supporting relationships with Local Authorities, Yorkshire Water, Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations, and Defra family partners, to promote sustainable development and secure environmental assets, outcomes, and funding.
The role will require you to be able to:
• Have an understanding of sustainable growth and the role the Environment Agency plays in this.
• Have an ability to deliver results through others
• Have advanced negotiation and influencing skills to develop and motivate people and change behaviours in a complex business environment.
• You will be able to build trusting relationships with our partners, within and outside the Environment Agency, that help us deliver more and better outcomes across Yorkshire.
• Have very good organisational skills.
• Communicate effectively with a diverse range of people.
• As a leader you’ll be committed to developing yourself and those around you, providing a positive role model who can create an open, inclusive, and trusting culture.
• Have an understanding of sustainable growth and the role the Environment Agency plays in this.
• Have an ability to deliver results through others
• Have advanced negotiation and influencing skills to develop and motivate people and change behaviours in a complex business environment.
• You will be able to build trusting relationships with our partners, within and outside the Environment Agency, that help us deliver more and better outcomes across Yorkshire.
• Have very good organisational skills.
• Communicate effectively with a diverse range of people.
• As a leader you’ll be committed to developing yourself and those around you, providing a positive role model who can create an open, inclusive, and trusting culture.
This role will be based in Yorkshire. Travel will be required to other offices, depots and locations which may not be easily accessible via public transport, and so you will need a full UK driving licence.
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce which reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from different backgrounds as we value race, sex, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity or marital status. We also support flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share.
For further information on this role, please download the candidate pack.
For any questions relating to this role, please contact: Mike Dugher, by email mike.dugher@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on 16th-17th May.
We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce which reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from different backgrounds as we value race, sex, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity or marital status. We also support flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share.
For further information on this role, please download the candidate pack.
For any questions relating to this role, please contact: Mike Dugher, by email mike.dugher@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on 16th-17th May.
29/04/2024, 23:55 hours
Basic Check
Leads People
Please describe your leadership style and what you think is most important when leading a diverse team with complex and competing priorities.
Delivers Results Through Others
Harnesses the team to deliver results on time, to required standards and in line with organisational processes and procedures.
Using examples from previous roles please describe how you ensure that your team’s activities work well with other, interdependent teams within time pressures.
Using examples from previous roles please describe how you ensure that your team’s activities work well with other, interdependent teams within time pressures.
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
This role will require water company regulatory decisions, or WINEP approval decisions and decisions that can lead to conflict with other parts of the business.
Describe a time when you had to solve a particularly unusual or difficult business problem.
Describe a time when you had to solve a particularly unusual or difficult business problem.
Diversity
In Yorkshire, we don’t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities we serve, and the environment. Please demonstrate how you have and will continue to support this approach.
Full UK Driving Licence
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.
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.