Senior User - Worthing, United Kingdom - Environment Agency

Environment Agency
Environment Agency
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Worthing, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Number of jobs available- - Region- South East

  • City/Town
  • Worthing, Pevensey


  • Building/Site

  • Pevensey Office, Guildbourne House


  • Grade

  • Staff Grade
  • Post Type
  • Permanent


  • Working Pattern

  • Full Time, Part Time/Job Share


  • Role Type

  • Project Delivery


  • Salary Minimum £47,64

  • Job description
  • In the face of the climate and nature emergency, our role is to help make people and communities resilient to a future with more frequent and more extreme flooding.

We are one of the largest flood defence projects in the country, looking to invest over a hundred million pounds to better protect more than 10,000 homes, businesses, and significant infrastructure from flooding, erosion and the climate emergency.

Help us to deliver more than just a flood defence, by working with partners to deliver placemaking opportunities for the local area.

We aim to deliver a legacy for communities across the Pevensey Bay and Eastbourne area and make sure they are adaptable and resilient to the climate emergency over the next 100 years.

We are looking for a Senior User to drive the project forward, work with our stakeholders and partners to help unlock our wider aspirations.

Our ambition is to work wider than just our project space, to drive innovation and bring in international best practice.

You will be empowered to make this a reality.

The project team is mainly located in our Worthing office, but frequent (at least twice a week) travel to the Pevensey and Eastbourne area is needed, with the occasional evening meeting.

Responding to incidents is also 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
  • You will be part of our clientside team (6 people), where we focus on; coastal protection, environmental improvements and delivering a legacy to be proud of.
We are passionate about being a high performing team but also make sure our work life balance is right. You will be given a level of flexible working that is not common in most workplaces.

  • Experience/skills required
  • This is a senior role and as such we're looking for someone with:
  • A proven track record in driving, communicating and making decisions on the strategic direction of projects to ensure time, cost and quality remain on track
  • Confident, empathetic and experienced in leading and delivering potentially challenging communications and engagement with stakeholders
  • A strong skillset in working in partnership to build and sustain both internal and external relationships
  • Extensive experience in working within a project team where you have engaged and influenced other internal teams, supply chain and partners to deliver a successful project to time and budget is essential

The following are desirable but not essential:

  • Experience in the area of flood risk
  • Experience in identifying and developing innovative solutions
  • An understanding of; planning, regeneration and how local authorities work and deliver in a wider context
You'll need a full UK driving license to carry out this role.

  • Contact and additional informationWe support flexible working hours and practices. We offer an extensive range of employee benefits and encourage you to keep developing your skills and professional knowledge throughout your career.
Interviews will be held face to face in Worthing, likely around mid-September.
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