Deputy Director Planning Performance and Strategy

Job reference: 28754

Location: National

Post Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Salary Minimum: £75,000

As Deputy Director for Planning, Performance and Strategy youll shape, spearhead and deliver business strategy and cultural transformation across the Environment Agency, ensuring that our Business Planning, Performance and Financial allocation activities provide value for money and lead to improved outcomes.

This is an exciting and highly rewarding role that sits within the Environment Agencys new Strategy, Transformation and Assurance Directorate. Working closely with our Executive Directors Team and a range of key stakeholders, youll take a strategic view to ensure our planning and performance activities support the delivery of the stretching outcomes in our corporate plan. You will lead strategy development for the Environment Agency as well as leading our Business Planning and Performance functions.

You will be responsible for managing the Environment Agencys relationship with the Defra Group Finance team, working closely with their Director and associated Defra Finance colleagues to ensure that our service expectations are clearly defined and that delivery aligns to the needs of the Environment Agency

Youll be trusted to provide expert strategic advice on issues such as strategy development, business planning, financial allocations and performance to enable us to operate in an innovative, efficient and effective way.

Youll lead a direct a team of approximately 60 highly skilled individuals who will support you in providing essential strategy development, business planning, performance tracking and assurance, and financial allocations services to the Environment Agency.

Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You€¯will be required 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 and alternative working€¯arrangements will be available to€¯support€¯you with your incident role.

The team

Youll be part of the Strategy, Planning and People Leadership Team within the Environment Agencys new Strategy, Transformation and Assurance Directorate, working closely with the EA Board and Executive Directors team. Your direct team will play a pivotal role in ensuring a consistent EA approach to planning, performance and strategy. As a senior leader you will also contribute to our inclusivity, diverse thinking and problem solving, and help create a life enhancing place to work.

Experience/skills required

With substantial experience of both policy and operational roles you will be:

An inclusive and strategic leader with an extensive track record in strategic leadership roles

An excellent communicator and influencer, capable of translating strategy into action and shaping business culture and direction

Politically aware and able to navigate in a complex organisation

Experienced in directing a range of teams and departments through periods of change or ambiguity

Someone with a robust track record of improving business results and delivering excellent outcomes in an efficient way

Able to demonstrate experience of collaborative and partnership working

Someone with demonstrable knowledge of skills in programme and project management

Comfortable driving cultural change

Contact and additional information

We are committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We therefore particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), disabled, female and LGBT+.

As a national role, location is flexible. Travel to other Environment Agency offices is required as part of the role. This role is a permanent position.

For further information please contact: Rebecca.allen@environment-agency.gov.uk

Candidate assessments will take place using MS Teams w/c 29th April. These include a staff engagement panel. Further details will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

We will be running a virtual briefing session for those interested in applying for the role on 25th March. Invitations can be acquired by emailing: Rebecca.allen@environment-agency.gov.uk

Closing date: 14 April 2024, 23:55 hours.