Strategy & Government Relations Officer

Strategy & Government Relations Officer - 32590

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This high‑profile role requires organisational skills, political awareness, and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively to deliver outcomes that matter. It offers an excellent opportunity to deepen your understanding of how arm‑sleeve bodies work with government departments and ministers on policy and parliamentary matters and to devise strategies that meet tomorrow’s environmental challenges.

• Managing shared inboxes, tracking actions, and improving information flow.
• Supporting responses to parliamentary questions and ministerial or senior briefings.
• Delivering impactful engagement with external stakeholders.
• Monitoring trends, government and political activity, and sharing good intelligence across the organisation.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships across the Defra Group, including senior leadership.
• Supporting incident management activities.
• Coordinating and quality‑assuring responses to high‑profile requests, such as ministerial correspondence.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to present information clearly and accurately.
• A flexible approach with the ability to deliver high‑quality work to tight deadlines.
• Resilience under pressure and confidence in seeking guidance and support when needed.
• Experience in a customer‑facing or stakeholder engagement role, with a focus on building relationships and maintaining a positive reputation.
• Strong organisational skills, including effective management of knowledge and information.
• Understanding of parliamentary and government processes, or experience in stakeholder engagement (desirable but not essential).

You’ll have an EA Office base location; as a national role the working location is flexible/hybrid, though some travel and overnight stays may be required.

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Applications are “blind” assessed using competency question responses.

Interviews will be held via MS Teams from mid‑January.

This role includes incident response duties; please see the Candidate Information Pack for details.

We are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce that reflects 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, communities, and environment.

The Environment Agency, as a Non‑Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs.

We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share. We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability.

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, but all examples and statements must be truthful, factually accurate, and taken directly from your own experience.

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