Our work helps the Environment Agency understand flood and coastal risk, make evidence-based decisions and invest where it will have the greatest benefit for people, places and the environment. Mapping, modelling and evidence are fundamental to flood risk management, and we need robust planning, commissioning and assurance processes to ensure national investment delivers the right outcomes.

As a Programme Advisor, you will play a key role supporting the Head of FCRM Modelling and Mapping and senior colleagues to plan, commission and assure nationally significant modelling related programmes. You will help ensure modelling and related activities are prioritised effectively, deliver value for money and meet the needs of customers and stakeholders across the organisation.

Working closely with technical specialists, programme managers, delivery teams and senior leaders, you will help develop and maintain a coordinated approach to programme planning, governance and assurance. You will be comfortable working across organisational boundaries, managing competing priorities and supporting informed decision-making in a complex environment.

Your role will include:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of current and future-year modelling programmes and priorities.
• Providing strategic assurance to ensure programmes deliver the required products, outputs and benefits.
• Monitoring progress, risks, issues, actions and dependencies across commissioned work.
• Supporting the development, monitoring and assurance of service commitments.
• Preparing reports, briefings and management information for senior leaders and governance groups.
• Monitoring audit actions, assurance activities and improvement plans.
• Supporting guidance, tools and services used to manage programme planning.

We're looking for an organised, collaborative and proactive individual who can support strategic programme planning, commissioning and assurance activities within a complex national environment.

You will bring:

• Experience of programme, project or business management activities.
• Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience of monitoring delivery, risks, issues, actions and performance.
• The ability to analyse information and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Experience of preparing reports, briefings or governance information for senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, working effectively across teams and disciplines.
• The ability to influence and collaborate with colleagues at different levels of the organisation.
• Experience of developing or improving processes, guidance or ways of working.
• Sound judgement and the confidence to challenge constructively where assurance or governance concerns arise.
• An interest in flood risk management, modelling, mapping, data, evidence or environmental services.

You will have an EA office base location. As this is a national role, flexible and hybrid working is available.
We use smart tools to stay connected, and occasional travel and overnight stays may be required.

Please read the Candidate and Additional Information Pack for further details. If you have any queries, please contact [email protected].

We use a ‘blind’ recruitment process, assessing applications based on your responses to the competency questions. Interviews will be held via MS Teams.

If you consent to being placed on a reserve list, we will hold your details for up to 6 months and may consider you for alternative roles.