City/Town
National
Region
National
Vacancies
1
Salary Minimum
£43,198
Post Type
Permanent
Job ID
35549
Closing date
13 Jul 2026
Published date
24 Jun 2026
Grade
Staff Grade 5
Role type
Project Delivery
Security check
Basic Check
Job description
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.
Our newly established Transformation Portfolio Management Office (TMO) is focused on creating a centralised portfolio that drives change, transformation, and continuous improvement. We’re currently looking for a Benefits and Efficiencies Advisor to join the team.
The team plays a vital role in shaping and optimising the project Portfolios, ensuring strategic alignment, enhancing decision-making, and providing evidence to manage risk across change and transformation.
As a Benefits and Efficiencies Specialist, you will support the developing and capturing, assuring, analysis of benefits and efficiencies data across programmes, projects, and portfolios, contributing to the development and embedding of standards for benefits and value management.
- contributing to the improvement and application of benefits management standards through providing advice, guidance and training to build benefits management capability across the portfolio and the wider organisation
- enabling consistent and evidence‑based reporting of benefits and efficiencies across the Environment Agency, this may include tool development and building/maintaining dashboards
- support the capture, tracking, and assurance of benefits data across the lifecycle of change initiatives, working with projects, programmes, and portfolios.
- supporting the development of benefits strategy, benefits maps, profiles, registers, and benefits realisation plans for projects, programmes and portfolios
You will also be involved in the reporting on benefits and efficiencies data at portfolio level by:
- Working closely with stakeholders, you will collaborate across directorates to support benefits reviews, promote ownership, and drive continuous improvement in benefits and efficiencies management practices.
- Opportunities to assist and deputise for the Portfolio Benefits Manager, as appropriate to support professional development and career progression.
You’ll join the Transformation Management Office (TMO) which is part of the Service Transformation Team within the STA (Strategy, Transformation and Assurance) directorate.
The TMO supports change, transformation, and continuous improvement across the business.
STA foster inclusive, supportive cultures and use evidence and innovation to influence policy and delivery.
Essential Skills include:
- Experience as a Benefits, Efficiencies, Continuous Improvement, or Business Analyst
- Ability to build effective working relationships across organisational boundaries
- Strong communication skills, able to convey complex insights to non-technical audiences
- Self-motivated and adaptable, working independently and as part of a team
- Experience building and maintaining dashboards or reporting tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, advanced Excel)
- Managing Benefits Foundation and/or Practitioner qualification (or willingness to work towards this).
- Experience in data analysis and visualisation, including development of Power BI reports.
- Experience working with internal stakeholders within an organisation.
- Experience working within the Environment Agency or another organisation on business improvement, digital or transformation would be highly desirable.
Experience directly working on benefits management activities within a project, programme or portfolio would be highly desirable.
Development opportunities and training will be provided.
You’ll have an inclusive incident management objective in your development plan. We’ll help you find a role to suit your needs. Appropriate training will be given. #LI-DNI R
You’ll have an EA Office base location, as a national role the working location is hybrid.
We use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel, some travel and overnights may be required.
Please read the Candidate / Additional Information Pack for information. Any queries, contact [email protected]
Applications are “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions.
Interviews will be held via MS Teams within two weeks of the closing date.
If you consent to being held on a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for 6 months and may offer you an alternative post.
More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.
Feedback is generally not available at sift stage
Describe a time when you led the analysis of complex data to support a service or organisational decision. How did you determine what data and metrics to use, ensure accuracy, and present your findings in a clear and impactful way to influence decision-making?
More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.
Tell us about a time when you reviewed a business case or report and provided feedback to improve its quality. How did you communicate your feedback to ensure it was clear, constructive, and effective?[
More information on how to answer competency questions can be found in the candidate pack.
Tell us about a time when you worked on a project, programme, or portfolio or within a project delivery team. How did you prioritise your work, maintain quality, and ensure your outputs were delivered on time and achieved the intended outcomes?
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.
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