Senior Advisor, Spatial Planning - 33694
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Description
You’ll have a range of development opportunities and appropriate training will be provided.
Job Description
The Environment Agency is committed to having an inclusive workforce, reflecting 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.
Do you want to join the Environment Agency to shape and support the role it plays in spatial planning and growth?
We are recruiting Senior Advisors to lead and shape work on our future spatial planning service. These roles are central to our Sustainable Growth Delivery Plan and ensuring that our planning service is modern, resilient, customer‑focused, and ready for the future.
Key Responsibilities
Driving short‑term service improvements
Job Description
The Environment Agency is committed to having an inclusive workforce, reflecting 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.
Do you want to join the Environment Agency to shape and support the role it plays in spatial planning and growth?
We are recruiting Senior Advisors to lead and shape work on our future spatial planning service. These roles are central to our Sustainable Growth Delivery Plan and ensuring that our planning service is modern, resilient, customer‑focused, and ready for the future.
Key Responsibilities
Driving short‑term service improvements
- Lead practical improvements to how we deliver our spatial planning advice, focussing on efficiency, consistency, and responsiveness.
- Identify challenges in current processes, working collaboratively with colleagues to deliver quick-win improvements.
- Support shaping a future operating model for our planning services, ensuring alignment with existing and emerging priorities, legislation and expectations.
- Support development and roll-out of digital tools that underpin planning work, ensuring they meet user needs and improve service delivery.
- Work with project teams to define requirements, test solutions, and support adoption of innovative systems.
- Lead work with subject experts and operational teams to create and maintain clear, consistent staff guidance.
- Translate policy, legislative changes and business needs into practical tools that support frontline delivery.
- Advising on the planning service’s role in new national and local planning policies, including local plans, growth initiatives and environmental policy reforms.
- Provide supportive and effective line management, focussing on capability, wellbeing, and performance.
You’ll join our supportive and professional Planning and Place Team within the Environment & Business Directorate. We lead on sustainable places and integrated environmental and spatial planning; technical leadership; and workforce planning for Sustainable Places.
In Environment & Business we promote a positive, inclusive, and supportive culture where everyone feels valued. While geographically dispersed, we excel at remote collaboration and work and collaborate in person at our offices across the country
Experience/skills Required
We are looking for candidates with a broad range of skills and experience including:
Professional experience, or interest with transferable skills, of working in the planning and/or environment profession or sector (RTPI eligibility is an advantage but not a requirement)
- An understanding of the organisation’s role in spatial planning and growth, and a desire to shape our priorities in this space
- Experience of working in planning policy, development management or infrastructure planning at a local, regional or national scale
Contact and additional information
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.
You’ll have an EA Office base location, as a national role the working location is flexible / hybrid.
We use smart tools to stay connected and reduce travel, some travel and overnights may be required.
Please read the Packs attached for information. Any queries, contact andrew.mozley@environment-agency.gov.uk
Applications are “blind” assessed using your answers to the competency questions.
Interviews will be held via MS Teams within two weeks of the closing date.
If you consent to being held on a reserve list, we’ll hold your details for 6 months and may offer you an alternative post.
Competence 1
Influences and Persuades Others
Description
Presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.
What is your preferred approach to influencing? Give me an example of this.
If a large number of applications are received, an initial sift using this lead capability may be conducted. Successful candidates will then proceed to a full sift or directly to assessment/interview.
Feedback is generally not available at sift stage
Competence 2
Delivers Results Through Others
Description
Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results
Describe a time when you had to deliver important results through other people. How did you plan the work, allocate tasks based on the team’s capabilities, and ensure progress stayed on track? Please describe the situation, the actions you took, and the results achieved.”
Competence 3
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Description
What is your preferred approach to influencing? Give me an example of this.
- Why did you choose this approach in this situation?
- How effective was it?
- Did you have to adapt your approach to suit your customer?
If a large number of applications are received, an initial sift using this lead capability may be conducted. Successful candidates will then proceed to a full sift or directly to assessment/interview.
Feedback is generally not available at sift stage
Competence 2
Delivers Results Through Others
Description
Sets and delivers high work standards, demonstrates the drive to meet targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results
Describe a time when you had to deliver important results through other people. How did you plan the work, allocate tasks based on the team’s capabilities, and ensure progress stayed on track? Please describe the situation, the actions you took, and the results achieved.”
Competence 3
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Description
Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.
Give an example of when you have had to make a decision quickly, based on the information to hand.
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.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
Give an example of when you have had to make a decision quickly, based on the information to hand.
- What was the situation?
- What were the key factors?
- How did you make your decision?
- What was the outcome?
- Would you do it differently another time?
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.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Although the Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra, we subscribe to and align with the candidate guidance on the use of artificial intelligence found on the Civil Service Careers website. Please review for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.