City/Town
Various
Region
National
Vacancies
1
Salary Minimum
£43,198 Pro-rata
Position Type
Fixed Term
Job ID
32430
Closing date
11 Jan 2026
Published date
18 Dec 2025
Grade
Staff Grade 5
Role type
Knowledge & Information Management
Post type
Full Time, Part Time/Job Share
Security check
Basic Check
Job description
We are recruiting a Grade 5 Advisor to lead the development of organisational know-how capabilities and support the integration of professions relevant to all staff. This versatile role sits within the Leadership and Capability team and contributes to the delivery of EA2030 and the People Strategy. It requires agility, strategic thinking, and the ability to work across boundaries to shape foundational capabilities that support workforce resilience/adaptability in a changing organisational landscape.
What you’ll do:
• Lead the development of organisational know-how capabilities that underpin effective performance across all roles.
• Collaborate on capability writing guidance, templates, and tagging for digital platforms.
• Engage stakeholders to identify where professions intersect with organisational knowledge and apply to all staff.
• Define a tipping point to determine when a capability should transition to the technical and professional skills.
• Support the mapping of professions by articulating their relevance to the wider workforce and identifying cross cutting capabilities.
• Contribute to audit readiness, reporting, and continuous improvement of capability development processes.
• Operate flexibly across the team, adapting to shifting priorities and supporting project-based delivery.
• Maintain awareness of emerging organisational needs and ensure capability frameworks evolve accordingly.
This is a delivery focused role requiring strong analytical skills, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to work flexibly across the team to achieve organisational outcomes. Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You'll be asked to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment, and full training will be available to support you with your incident role.
This role is within the Leadership and Capability team focused on delivering the People Strategy (see attached information), in particular the objective ‘investing in your capability and growth’. The role will be aligned to the work stream of Professions and Technical Skills.
• Experience in Organisational Development, capability frameworks, with an inclusive and systems-thinking approach.
• A strong track record of collaborating across boundaries and influencing senior stakeholders.
• A proactive, people-focused mindset: you enjoy helping others grow.
• An ability to analyse complex information to deliver strategic outcomes whilst adapting to change.
• The ability to quality assure, design and deliver strategic, user-centred solutions that drive impact.
• Project Management skills and experience - planning and delivering work packages with others to quality, time and budget.
• Building effective relationships with a diverse range of internal and external partners.
• Independent problem solving and effective decision making, with the ability to self-start and lead others.
Desirable
• Familiarity with government professions frameworks and standards.
Everyone starting in a new role will be welcomed into the team and given all the training/support needed. As part of your comprehensive induction, you'll be provided with all the equipment required for your role.
Please read the candidate pack for more information about working for us, our employee benefits and how to apply.
For questions relating to this role, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]
Interviews are expected to be held w/c 26/01/2026, via MS Teams.
Travel is required with occasional overnight stays.
If you consent to be recruited onto a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for 6 months, and we may offer you an alternative post.
Description: Identifies and seizes opportunities to create, introduce and implement new or improved methods, processes, without compromising quality or accuracy.
Question: Share an example of when you improved a process or system to enhance delivery.
• What prompted the change?
• What steps did you take to implement it?
• How did you ensure quality was maintained?
Question: Describe a time when you had to deliver multiple high-priority tasks under pressure.
• How did you prioritise and organise your work?
• What actions did you take to ensure quality and timeliness?
• What was the outcome?
Question: Tell us about a time when you worked with a diverse group of stakeholders to deliver a shared outcome.
• How did you build trust and manage differing views?
• What communication or collaboration strategies did you use?
• What was the result?
Question: Give an example of a time when you had to make a decision based on conflicting or incomplete information.
• How did you analyse the situation?
• What alternatives did you consider?
• What was the outcome and what did you learn?
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.
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Although the Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, we subscribe to and align with the candidate guidance on the use of artificial intelligence found on the Civil Service Careers website. Please review for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.