31031 - Delivery Manager (South East)
| Posting date: | 27 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £66,301 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | Worthing, West Sussex |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Environment Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 31031 |
Summary
We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community wishing to join a workforce which embraces difference and welcomes everyone.
The role of Delivery Manager provides an exciting opportunity to lead an integrated team through business and cultural change, driving our aspirations to be exemplar in asset and programme management. As part of a collaborative team, you’ll be involved in award-winning work where you will be working closely with others across the Environment Agency, the wider Defra group, statutory bodies, our supply partners, businesses and communities, leaving a valuable legacy for the future.
Through our ‘Next Generation Supplier Arrangement’ programme we have commercial frameworks that bring together collaborative arrangements with our suppliers. The geographically based collaborative delivery hubs consist of integrated teams from across the Environment Agency (EA) and our suppliers to manage, design and construct programmes of work on infrastructure assets. Further development of our new ways of working will enable a greater opportunity to innovate, optimise resources, drive shared ambition and outcomes and put sustainability at the heart of everything we do.
In this role you will be a leader at the forefront of programme delivery, accountable for the performance of Programme and Project Delivery services, leading and facilitating collaborative working between our suppliers and EA teams.
Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties when the need to respond arises Having an incident role is an essential part of working for the Environment Agency and an active way to support communities and prevent harm to the environment. Further information on incident response can be found within your candidate pack.
The team
You will join the Programme and Project Delivery Team, co-locating with teams from across the Environment Agency (EA) and our supplier delivery partners in one of 6 geographical locations.
You will directly lead teams of typically between 50-100 staff specialising in Programme and Project Delivery Management disciplines across a delivery hub that covers 2-3 Areas. In your role you will enable the successful delivery of a programme of works, c£100m per annum.
Experience/skills required
Firstly, and foremost, you will be an experienced leader with proven track record of delivering significant and complex programmes of work in collaboration with others; harnessing the skills of others, promoting innovation and driving improved performance and continuous improvement. Ideally this will have been in an infrastructure asset environment where you can demonstrate strong commercial acumen having developed effective and trusting client and supply partner relationships.
As collaborative leader and role model you will be a skilled communicator with the ability to influence others to move towards a common vision or goal.
With collaborative working at the heart of our new approach to delivery, you will be able to demonstrate your ability to lead and coach others through cultural and business change to deliver expected programme outcomes and benefits.
The role of Delivery Manager provides an exciting opportunity to lead an integrated team through business and cultural change, driving our aspirations to be exemplar in asset and programme management. As part of a collaborative team, you’ll be involved in award-winning work where you will be working closely with others across the Environment Agency, the wider Defra group, statutory bodies, our supply partners, businesses and communities, leaving a valuable legacy for the future.
Through our ‘Next Generation Supplier Arrangement’ programme we have commercial frameworks that bring together collaborative arrangements with our suppliers. The geographically based collaborative delivery hubs consist of integrated teams from across the Environment Agency (EA) and our suppliers to manage, design and construct programmes of work on infrastructure assets. Further development of our new ways of working will enable a greater opportunity to innovate, optimise resources, drive shared ambition and outcomes and put sustainability at the heart of everything we do.
In this role you will be a leader at the forefront of programme delivery, accountable for the performance of Programme and Project Delivery services, leading and facilitating collaborative working between our suppliers and EA teams.
Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties when the need to respond arises Having an incident role is an essential part of working for the Environment Agency and an active way to support communities and prevent harm to the environment. Further information on incident response can be found within your candidate pack.
The team
You will join the Programme and Project Delivery Team, co-locating with teams from across the Environment Agency (EA) and our supplier delivery partners in one of 6 geographical locations.
You will directly lead teams of typically between 50-100 staff specialising in Programme and Project Delivery Management disciplines across a delivery hub that covers 2-3 Areas. In your role you will enable the successful delivery of a programme of works, c£100m per annum.
Experience/skills required
Firstly, and foremost, you will be an experienced leader with proven track record of delivering significant and complex programmes of work in collaboration with others; harnessing the skills of others, promoting innovation and driving improved performance and continuous improvement. Ideally this will have been in an infrastructure asset environment where you can demonstrate strong commercial acumen having developed effective and trusting client and supply partner relationships.
As collaborative leader and role model you will be a skilled communicator with the ability to influence others to move towards a common vision or goal.
With collaborative working at the heart of our new approach to delivery, you will be able to demonstrate your ability to lead and coach others through cultural and business change to deliver expected programme outcomes and benefits.