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<h2>Project Support Officer - Water Resources Resilience - 31495 </h2><h2>Project Support Officer - Water Resources Resilience - 31495 </h2><p>3 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants </p><p><strong>Job Description<br></strong>The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don\'t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment. </p><p><strong>Job Description<br></strong>The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We don\'t just talk about diversity; we seek it, embrace it, and live it, for the benefit of our staff, our communities, and our environment.<br>It’s an exciting time to be involved in planning England’s water resources. Our water supply is under continuing pressure. Drought and dry weather have spread across England after the driest start to year for England since 1976. We have also recently published our National Framework for Water Resources to ensure our future water supply is secure. In this post you will be crucial to its success.<br>First released in March 2020, the framework broke ground in planning for the nation’s water resources to be more resilient to climate change, droughts, and population growth alongside a new approach to enhancing the environment. The 2025 framework builds significantly on these achievements, reflecting the growing urgency of water resource challenges, to propel integrated, multi-sector planning at national, regional, and local levels.<br>The post holder will be responsible for supporting activities to deliver and implement the National Framework for Water Resources. This will involve working closely with team members and external stakeholders to keep work moving forwards on a range of water resources topics.<br>The team<br>You will join the Water Resources Resilience team, which leads the National Framework for Water Resources and works across water using sectors to improve resilience.<br>We’re part of the Environment and Business (E&B) Directorate. We inform and deliver the government\'s key environmental objectives; using evidence, expertise, engagement, and innovation we influence policy and legislation, facilitate, and enhance integrated delivery and, by building trust in the Environment Agency, secure resources to do more for the environment.<br><strong>Experience/skills Required<br></strong>We would be very interested in hearing from you if you have some or all of the following:<br><ul><li>good communication skills </li><li>a commitment to building and maintaining good relationships with colleagues and partners </li><li>experience of project and programme support </li><li>good organisation skills, including planning, tracking, delivering and evaluating work </li><li>experience of environmental planning and legislation, desirable but not essential.<br><br></li> </ul>We are a dispersed team, so you must be able to work on your own initiative while maintaining effective communication with colleagues.<br>You’ll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.<br>Contact and additional information<br>This role is fixed term until 31 March 2026.<br>You’ll have an inclusive incident management objective in your development plan. We’ll help you find a role to suit your needs. Appropriate training will be given.<br>You’ll have an EA Office base location, as a national role the working location is flexible / hybrid.<br>We use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel, some travel and overnights may be required.<br>Please read the Candidate / Additional Information Pack for information. Any queries, contact <br>Applications are “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions.<br>Interviews will be held via MS Teams within two weeks of the closing date.<br>Length of contract<br>up to 31/03/2026<br>Competence 1<br>Achieves Results<br><strong>Description<br></strong>Provide an example of a time when you have been set some challenging objectives.<br><ul><li>How did you ensure these were met? </li><li>What problems did you encounter? </li><li>What was the result? </li><li>What did you learn from this situation?<br><br></li> </ul>Competence 2<br>Communicates Effectively<br><strong>Description<br></strong>Tell us about a time when you have had to communicate effectively with a large number of stakeholders.<br><ul><li>What was the issue? </li><li>What method of communication did you use? </li><li>How did you go about making sure that your message was understood by all stakeholders? </li><li>How did you check their understanding? </li><li>What was the result?<br><br></li> </ul>Competence 3<br>Takes Decisions and Solves Problems<br><strong>Description<br></strong>Tell us about a time when you have made an important work decision in a short time.<br><ul><li>Why was it important? </li><li>What factors did you consider? </li><li>What problems did you encounter? </li><li>What was the outcome?<br><br></li> </ul><strong>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.<br>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.<br>We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. 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