Job Description

Early Careers and Skills Officer - 31038

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Early Careers and Skills Officer - 31038

Number of jobs available
1
Region
East Midlands
City/Town
Nottingham
Building/Site
DEFRA GRP EA TRENTSIDE OFFICE, NG2 5FA
Grade
Staff Grade 3
Post Type
Fixed Term
Role Type
Administration / Corporate Support, Business Management & Improvement
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time/Job Share
Salary Minimum
28,607 pro-rata
Closing Date:
15/06/2025, 23:55 hours


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Job description
Do you want to work for an organisation that values difference and includes everyone? Can you work with colleagues across different teams to help shape and build a diverse, skilled, and resilient workforce for now and the future? Would you like to help manage an industry-leading graduate training scheme?

As an Early Careers and Skills Officer, you will play an essential role in supporting the management and day to day delivery of our Environment and Science Graduate Training Scheme. A key responsibility is to build and maintain effective connections and communications across the community of graduates, their line managers and mentors In this 15-month assignment you will be part of a small, dedicated team at the Environment Agency that recruits and supports the development of 85 graduates at different stages on the scheme. The office location for this role is our Environment Agency office in Nottingham. A hybrid working pattern will be organised to suit the successful candidate. You can expect to be in the office for 5-8 days a month, combined with working from home. All employees are provided with the equipment needed to work safely and effectively from home. The role will require occasional travel to other Environment Agency sites across England, including overnight stays 1-2 times per month. You will support and help to run graduate network meetings, provide learning and development advice, and be central to building greater mentoring and coaching capacity in the Environment Agency.

This role provides a great stepping stone, with opportunities to progress in the future. If you need to work part-time rather than full time, please contact us before applying.

We encourage all our staff to spend time on their development and you will have access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities through our Learning Zone.
The team
You will be part of a proactive, supportive, and friendly national team, dedicated to building talent in our workforce. Positioned within the Flood and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) Directorate, we maintain and enhance the skills of colleagues across our early careers programme in both FCRM and other departments. The team supports wider workforce planning and skills activity in the Environment Agency, with exposure to a wide range of business support and delivery functions.
Experience/skills required
You will have a passion for the learning and development of others, helping young people develop their careers. You will be a supportive team player, be delivery-orientated, and apt at driving tasks forward to meet deadlines.

Essential:

The ability to work both independently, using your own initiative, and as part of a team to achieve planned outcomes. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), with effective interpersonal and people skills. Well organised and have the ability to manage the demand of multiple tasks, activities and workstreams and be able to prioritise as needed. Confident with technology such as the range of applications available through Office 365, particularly SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel, and MS Teams. Strong time management and problem-solving skills.


Desirable experience (but not essential):

Early careers development such as graduate training schemes, apprenticeships and industry placements. Mentoring and coaching skills. Marketing or communications. Contact and additional information
If you would like to know more about the role, you can join the on-line information session on the 4th June 12:00 to 12:30 via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/information-session-early-careers-and-skills-officer-vacancy... If you are unable to make this session or have any questions, please email: esgradscheme@environment-agency.gov.uk .

On-line interviews will be held w/c 7th July via MS Teams.

Ideally you will live in the East Midlands to aid travel to the EA Office in Nottingham and/or have the means of travelling to the office once or twice a week.

Everyone that joins us is required to participate in incident response duties when the need arises. There are a range of roles and full training is provided. Further information on this and how to apply please read the Candidate Pack.
Length of contract
Up to 15 months
Competence 1
Achieves Results
Description
PLEASE NOTE: Your answers to all three questions will be used for interview selection. Please state in your response the transferable skills and experience you have that are relevant to this role. Use the full wordcount available to provide your answers and information about you. For additional guidance on how to support your answers you can refer to our Capability Dictionary here: https://en.calameo.com/read/004433680aab41adf893b


You may find it helpful to research the STAR approach when formulating your response.



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.



Provide an inspiring example when you had to achieve a particular outcome and deliver specific results.



Consider:

Why did you set yourself this goal? How did you plan and prioritise your work to meet your goal? How did you monitor progress? What was the outcome? What were your learning points and is there anything you would do differently if in a similar position in the future? Competence 2
Communicates Effectively
Description
Description: Conveys information and ideas clearly, accurately and persuasively through speech and writing. Understands the needs of both the technical and management audience. In this role you will need to communicate regularly and clearly with others to deliver results.




Please give an example where you used the full extent of your communication skills effectively to achieve a successful outcome.



Consider:

What different communication styles did you use, and how do you know they were effective? What was the outcome? How did you ensure you listened and heard others, or adapt your approach to be more inclusive? Competence 3
Builds and Sustains Relationships
Description
Description: Develops and maintains effective working relationships. In this role, you will need to build working relationships with various people and teams across the Environment Agency.




Please describe an instance when you had to work hard to build a positive working relationship with others, persuading them to make time to work with you to achieve results.



Consider:

Why was the relationship important to the result/outcome? Who was the relationship with and what were the circumstances? How did you secure and sustain their commitment? What benefits were achieved for you and for them? What did you learn?

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.

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.