Senior Advisor - Digital Workforce and Skills - 28964

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Job Description

Do you want to work for an organisation that values difference and includes everyone?

Then the Environment Agency is for you!

We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share.

We are looking for a Senior Advisor to join the exciting work of the Digital Strategy team. We are a small, but growing team with big impact where you will be able to make a real difference.

This new role will focus on the people element of digital transformation for the organisation. Specifically, the role will be responsible for:

• Developing a corporate view of our digital workforce, skills and future needs and requirements.
• Leading digital related capability and skills framework development for the EA
• Understanding needs and driving improvements in digital literacy
• Point of contact for advice/signposting on the potential impact and considerations of new technologies on the general workforce,
• Contributing to the development and delivery of Defra and EA’s Digital Strategies, and
• Line management of two people who will support this work.
  

The role requires a strategic thinker, who can lead a team and who excels in building relationships with partners and stakeholders. The role may particularly suit someone from an HR background and/or who has experience of digital and data workforce and skills planning.

Responding to incidents is an important part of what we do, and with this in mind you’ll have an incident role and should be ready to make yourself available to respond or provide business continuity support. This may attract an additional payment, and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you.

The team

The Digital Strategy team sits in Strategy, Transformation and Assurance. Working across the EA and with our Digital, Data and Technology Corporate Services partner (DDTS) and the wider Defra Group in three broad areas:

1 - Digital strategy development and the EA’s strategic approach to digitally-enabled business transformation,

2 – Ensuring our workforce has the people and skills it needs for a digital future.

3 – Enabling and supporting corporate level IT change with DDTS.

Experience/skills Required

We are looking for an experienced Grade 6 who has:

• experience working at a strategic level, is able to understand and contribute to the big picture and is comfortable working with senior stakeholders
• line management experience, who can develop and lead a small team
• good organisational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities and deliver to tight timescales
• good communication and influencing skills and can work effectively with others to understand their role in a sometimes complex delivery landscape
• Experience in planning, collecting, managing and using data.
  

Highly desirable skills/experience:

• Understanding and experience of the needs of digital service delivery / transformation
• An HR background
• Understanding the business of the Environment Agency
  

Contact and additional information

We’re a national team, giving you the flexibility to work from any office location. We offer flexible working hours, ideally covering the core hours of 10:00-15:00, but this can be negotiated.

For external appointees there will be an expectation to work at least one day a week from an office to support integration into the organisation, which is subject to regular review.

Occasional travel for meetings, away days etc including occasional overnight stays is required. On average once a month but may change subject to team needs.

Interviews will be held face to face in Bristol or via MS Teams in the first two weeks of June.

To discuss this position please contact Louise Every, Digital Strategy Manager on louise.every@environment-agency.gov.uk or 07748 883518.

Closing Date:

19/05/2024, 23:55 hours

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Competence 1

Organisational Development

Description

Builds organisational capability through design, development and implementation of efficient and effective organisation strategies, structures and processes.

In no more than 250 words please describe a time or times when you have worked to ensure that an organisation (or part of an organisation) has the right balance of skills, employees and development opportunities in the right place to achieve high levels of performance and efficiency.

Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answer given to this 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".

Competence 2

Workforce Planning

Description

Develops processes for analysing the workforce, predicting skill shortages and recommending action to ensure the Environment Agency has the right people at the right time to meet the challenges now and in the future.

In no more than 250 words please describe a time or times when you have developed processes to collect, analyse and monitor workforce data to identify current problems and opportunities and highlight future trends and anticipate future issues, ideally within a digital, data and technology context.

Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answer given to this 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".

Competence 3

Delivers Results Through Others

Description

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

In no more than 250 words please describe a time or times when you have worked with your team or a key delivery partner to assign workload and resources to achieve plans in line with both business priorities and an accurate profile of the team’s or partner’s capabilities.

Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answer given to this 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".

Competence 4

Manages Change

Description

Understands role in leading change. Successfully leads change in own team.

In no more than 250 words please provide an example or examples where you have played a part in leading a change or managed a change that affected people.

Please note we do not assess CVs. It is your answer given to this 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".

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.