Agriculture Engagement Specialist - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency
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3 weeks ago

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Number of jobs available- - Region- West Midlands

  • City/Town
  • Birmingham, Kidderminster, Shrewsbury, Fradley


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Fixed Term


  • Role Type

  • Environment & Sustainability
  • Salary Minimum £37,462 Prorata


  • Job description

  • We are the Environment Agency. Working with Government, councils, businesses, and communities, we create a better place for people and wildlife. Acting to reduce the impacts of climate change is at the heart of everything we do.
We're recruiting for an engagement specialist to support our regulation of the agriculture and farming industry in West Midlands.

We have an ambitious programme of funding and recruitment to improve compliance and environmental outcomes in the sector, and we see good engagement as a vital tool in delivering that.

We are looking for someone with enthusiasm, creativity and a strong belief in the value of engagement to help us work with the agriculture sector in the area.


Key areas of work will include:


Creating a proactive engagement strategy for the agriculture sector in West Midlands - identifying business and engagement objectives, analysing stakeholders, delivering engagement activities, and evaluating impact and outcomes.

Working closely with area agriculture team to understand their challenges and how engagement can support their work.
Embedding yourself with the team and enabling them to see engagement as an important tool in improving compliance.
Use the 'Working with Others' approach to engagement (training will be provided if needed) to inform how you work.

Working with DEFRA comms to develop a presence and voice for agriculture regulation on area (and national where appropriate) social media channels and in print and broadcast media.

Using stakeholder analysis to understand the needs, interests and influence of external partners and stakeholders.

Maintaining and enhancing the reputation of the Environment Agency as a regulator through all the engagement activity you carry out.

These are hybrid roles, working at least 40% of the time away from home (for full time workers this is at least 2 days per week).

You'll have flexibility to choose which days and locations.

  • The team
  • The Customers and Engagement team are at the centre of the West Midlands Area, working internally and externally to support and deliver outstanding customer service, stakeholder management, and engagement across our business.

The Enquiries part of the team coordinate and quality assure responses to complaints, information requests and sensitive correspondence within statutory timeframes.

The Engagement part of the team manage our relationship with MPs and oversee all engagement on complex or high interest projects.


  • Experience/skills required
  • This role requires someone who is a communications and engagement professional, being comfortable working with multiple partners in an environment with ever changing priorities and needs.

We're looking for someone who can:
Be a clear and passionate communicator, with the ability to build relationships and collaborate at all levels.

Be able to troubleshoot tricky situations - by listening, reflecting and questioning the situation to understand the facts and find a resolution.

Have innovative and creative IT skills to improve productivity.
Have outstanding organisation and multi-tasking skills.
Have a positive attitude and the ability to work independently to prioritise workload.
Build relationships with partners and external stakeholders, enabling us to widen the reach of our engagement and communication.
Bring yourself to the role - creativity, innovation, new ways of doing things.

Build relationships with national colleagues to maintain awareness of strategic objectives for the organisation and incorporate these into your work.


  • Contact and additional information
  • Everyone starting in a new role in the West Midlands Area will be welcomed into the team and given all the training and support you need to succeed.


We have a range of environmental and flood incident roles you can volunteer for, including out of hours duty roles.

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