Overview
The Environment Agency are looking to recruit a communications specialist who will lead and set the strategic direction of engagement for major Flood and Coastal Risk Management Schemes in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Engagement with customers and partners will be critical to the success of these multi-million pound projects. You will drive the development and delivery of the engagement strategy and plan, working with the wider project team, managing engagement resource and personnel. Through effective leadership you will ensure effective engagement is undertaken, promoted, and integrated into the projects. You will coordinate and lead innovation and excellence. Leading the engagement personnel on the project team to deliver the engagement plan in line with the project objectives and outcomes. You will work effectively and compassionately with a diverse range of people.
You will identify potential risks to successful engagement and prepare strategies to manage them. You will provide the strategic link to national engagement, seek best practice from other projects around the country and develop innovative ways of working that are shared with the national engagement community.
For more information please see the Environment Agency’s online jobs board.
Closing date for applying: 22/07/2021, 23:55 hours
About Environment Agency
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 to help you strike a good balance between your work and your personal life. The role is suitable for remote homeworking if applicant has a suitable workstation set up, alternatively the Environment Agency have an office at Newport. Collocation days with the delivery team are expected at least once a week at either the Chichester or Romsey office. Site visits and attendance at public and partner meetings on the island, as well as mainland will also be required.
We will also encourage you to keep developing your skills and professional knowledge throughout your career.