34874 - E&B External Affairs Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 27 Ebrill 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £34,320 bob blwyddyn, pro rata |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Fixed Term Up to 12 months |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 10 Mai 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | UK |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 5 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Environment Agency |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 34874 |
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Our External Affairs team is transforming the way Environment and Business (E&B) engages across the Directorate, the wider organisation, and with external stakeholders, government, partners, and the media. The E&B Directorate supports the Environment Agency’s (EA’s) vision by developing better ways to deliver environmental outcomes and improvements. Using evidence and innovation, our expert teams secure resources, influence policy and legislation, and enhance delivery for a better environment.
As an External Affairs Officer, you will co-ordinate and evaluate the team’s work while leading your own strategic communications and engagement projects. You will be adaptable, supporting our leadership’s priorities across the breadth of E&B’s work.
With strong written and verbal communication skills, fantastic organisational skills, a keen attention to detail, the ability to work under pressure, and the confidence to engage with people at all levels, you will help promote the work of the Environment Agency to a wide range of audiences, including the public, key stakeholders, and government.
Specific tasks you could support with in this role:
- maintaining stakeholder relationships, mapping and engagement logs
- coordinating briefings; key messages; blogs; vlogs; case studies
- engagement planning for key milestones
- developing updates for different subject areas working with multiple teams to deadlines
- monitoring media and trade press and providing updates
- coordination and organisation of engagement events
The team
You'll join our E&B External Affairs team focused on our Agriculture and Land portfolio. We lead on advising and influencing our directorate on building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and organisations; strengthening our voice and influence so that our work is better known, trusted, and has greater impact.
We use evidence, expertise, engagement, and innovation to enhance and support delivery, influence policy, legislation, and secure resources.
Experience/skills required
In your capability-based answers please demonstrate that you:
- have a positive, proactive, and hard-working attitude
- have experience of developing, delivering, and evaluating communication and engagement plans
- can advise and influence others on building and maintaining stakeholder relationships (desirable)
- are highly organised, flexible, and able to deliver quickly in a fast-paced environment
- have strong communication skills and work well in a diverse, dispersed team
- have experience of engaging and communicating with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- have strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- can work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and actively encourage others to consider diversity issues in their work.
You’ll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.
As an External Affairs Officer, you will co-ordinate and evaluate the team’s work while leading your own strategic communications and engagement projects. You will be adaptable, supporting our leadership’s priorities across the breadth of E&B’s work.
With strong written and verbal communication skills, fantastic organisational skills, a keen attention to detail, the ability to work under pressure, and the confidence to engage with people at all levels, you will help promote the work of the Environment Agency to a wide range of audiences, including the public, key stakeholders, and government.
Specific tasks you could support with in this role:
- maintaining stakeholder relationships, mapping and engagement logs
- coordinating briefings; key messages; blogs; vlogs; case studies
- engagement planning for key milestones
- developing updates for different subject areas working with multiple teams to deadlines
- monitoring media and trade press and providing updates
- coordination and organisation of engagement events
The team
You'll join our E&B External Affairs team focused on our Agriculture and Land portfolio. We lead on advising and influencing our directorate on building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and organisations; strengthening our voice and influence so that our work is better known, trusted, and has greater impact.
We use evidence, expertise, engagement, and innovation to enhance and support delivery, influence policy, legislation, and secure resources.
Experience/skills required
In your capability-based answers please demonstrate that you:
- have a positive, proactive, and hard-working attitude
- have experience of developing, delivering, and evaluating communication and engagement plans
- can advise and influence others on building and maintaining stakeholder relationships (desirable)
- are highly organised, flexible, and able to deliver quickly in a fast-paced environment
- have strong communication skills and work well in a diverse, dispersed team
- have experience of engaging and communicating with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- have strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- can work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and actively encourage others to consider diversity issues in their work.
You’ll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.