Senior Programme Advisor - 24306

We have an exciting opportunity within Solent & South Downs to help deliver our future pipeline of Flood Risk Management Schemes. Drawing on the strategic direction in our Area Local Outcome Plans you will determine where investment is best placed. This role is integral in reducing flood risk and improving the local environment by creating places where people will want to live, visit, and work.

As a senior specialist you will seek opportunities to deliver flood and coastal erosion risk management improvements as well as supporting growth and infrastructure development whilst considering the crucial challenge of adapting to a changing climate. Working with our Strategy and Adaptation Team, you will identify where programmes of work can be integrated to deliver savings and efficiencies to our ambitious capital programme.

You need to be able to work with other risk management authorities and infrastructure providers, you will build and maintain strong working relationships at a catchment and community level. As a senior specialist in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management you will be part of the local leadership team, supporting the development of staff and working with our National team supporting policy and strategy implementation at the local level.

This role will form a core part of the Area Programming Team, working with colleagues from across the business in order to develop, manage and deliver Flood Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) programmes of work. The role will also form part of a national community working with colleagues in the Directorate and across Areas, contributing to ways of working in a 'one business approach'.

We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate;

• A strong track record and experience of working with and building effective working relationships with others.
• You will have excellent negotiation and persuasion skills with a proven leadership background.
• The ability to achieve successful outcomes with those who have differing viewpoints is essential for this role.
• You will have experience of developing a strategic approach to delivering outcomes.
• Programme and project management experience are necessary.
• You will need to demonstrate your experience of partnership working, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills to be successful in this role.

The post holder will require a relevant degree or equivalent experience, be chartered, or working towards it, with a professional body i.e (Chartered Water and Environmental Manager) CIWEM.

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 support flexible working hours and practices.
We also encourage you to keep developing your skills and professional knowledge throughout your career.

The Environment Agency is a Category 1 Responder, responding to serious flood and pollution incidents, protecting the environment, lives, and livelihoods of the communities that we serve. Everyone has a role to play and we’ll help you to identify an incident role that fits with your skills, experience and personal circumstances.

If you'd like more information please get in touch with ian.s.walker@environment-agency.gov.uk

Interviews will be held remotely by video conference date to be confirmed.

In this role you will need to enable and facilitate project managers to work towards shared goals. Please describe a time when you have had to rely on individuals to deliver an outcome.

It is your answer given to the question that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to our "EA capability dictionary" which can be viewed by searching online using any web browser. You may find researching the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action and Result) useful when answering this question.

You will be required to work across our teams and engage with our partners. Please describe a time or situation where you developed and maintained a relationship with a key stakeholder. What approach/es and or experience did you draw upon to develop and maintain it? Why was this relationship important?

It is your answer given to the question that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to our "EA capability dictionary" which can be viewed by searching online using any web browser. You may find researching the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action and Result) useful when answering this question.

You will often need to influence upwards (including Senior Managers and Executive leadership) and outwards (across different Directorates and external Organisations) in this role.
Please demonstrate this competency by providing an example of when you have used your influencing skills and techniques effectively to change the way somebody works or effect a particular outcome

It is your answer given to the question that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to our "EA capability dictionary" which can be viewed by searching online using any web browser. You may find researching the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action and Result) useful when answering this question.

In this role you will need to balance potentially conflicting needs to find the best outcome. How you have successfully delivered portfolios and programmes? What did you have to consider and what was the outcome?

It is your answer given to the question that will be used for interview selection so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. We encourage you to refer to our "EA capability dictionary" which can be viewed by searching online using any web browser. You may find researching the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action and Result) useful when answering this question.

Membership of Professional body desirable