Boston Barrier Communications and Engagement Officer - Lincoln, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

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  • City/Town
  • Lincoln


  • Building/Site

  • Ceres House, 2 Searby Rd, LN2 4DT


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Fixed Term


  • Role Type

  • Administration / Corporate Support, Communications / Marketing, Customer Insight, Environment & Sustainability, Press Relations, Social Research / Market Research
  • Salary Minimum £29,706 prorata


  • Job description

  • This is an exciting role, working as an officer within a small team who manage communications and engagement for the Boston Barrier project. You will work with members of the project team to plan and deliver communications and engagement activity. This will involve supporting colleagues to deliver bespoke engagement with our local authority partners and key stakeholders, as well as planning and producing materials for press, social media and internal communications. There will also be the opportunity to get involved with other communication and engagement projects to increase wider community awareness of flood risk. This is a great opportunity for a skilled professional to work in a dynamic team, making a real contribution to managing the impacts of climate change.
The team's work solely concentrates on the delivery of the Boston Barrier project.

The first phase of construction was completed between which included the building of flood walls and the centrepiece of the project, the 25m primary barrier gate, which became operational in December 2020.

The second phase of works is focused downstream of the primary barrier at the Port of Boston and includes installing two land
- based flood gates, a large 18m vertical sector gate in the wet dock entrance, and associated works to further protect properties downstream of the Barrier.
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
  • The Boston Barrier team focusses on delivering the Boston Barrier Scheme to manage tidal flood risk in the town of Boston. The unique team is based in Lincoln but works closely with colleagues from the national Programme and Contract Management team, external suppliers, and local support teams. The team's work solely concentrates on the delivery of the Boston Barrier project.
We are a friendly and inclusive team, based at a range of locations across Lincolnshire.

  • Experience/skills required
  • We're looking for an experienced communications and/or engagement professional to lead on planning and delivering communications and engagement activity for the Boston Barrier project

You will:
Have excellent communication, influencing and networking skills
Have proven experience in building and maintaining relationships with people within and outside your organisation
Have a strong track record of working to communicate and engage with stakeholders and communities on challenging issues, using a range of appropriate channels and techniques
Have experience delivering high quality materials such as briefings, presentations, and press releases, to support both internal and external engagement
Be able to demonstrate experience in effectively using social and digital media
Manage, interpret, and convey complex information clearly, effectively, and sensitively
Understand how communication and engagement activity can contribute to changing behaviour
Work collaboratively to identify and resolve challenges
Be able to manage your own work and deliver results in a fast-paced and changeable environment

  • Contact and additional information
  • We support our staff to do their work in a way that works for them and support flexible working. The team works in a hybrid way with remote working at home, working days in the Lincoln office and site days at the Boston Barrier Community Hub and on the project site itself. Key elements of this role may include the manning of the Boston Barrier Community Hub (or somewhere similar in Boston) between 12noon and 7pm every Wednesday. Other responsibilities include managing our digital engagement, external customer engagement and attending ad hoc evening stakeholder meetings in and around Boston town.
For further details please contact Alison Hukin (Boston Barrier Project Director)
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