Environment Agency Hiring for Business Services Advisor (Recruitment) G5 at Chichester Full Time

The successful candidate will help shape, coordinate and contribute to the delivery of the programme of work which will help to achieve the ambition in our People Strategy. You’ll work as part of a collaborative three-way relationship procuring expertise from Defra Group HR professionals and working with local and national EA teams, to shape and implement an organisation-wide approach to deliver the People Strategy.

The Business Services Advisor is a leadership role which provides assurance around workforce planning and resourcing for business units. The role will include:

• Workforce planning; producing workforce plans to identify workforce gaps and scenario planning.
• Data management; managing business unit headcounts, forecasting data scenarios and analysing our workforce data on our Qlik system (EA IT system for capturing people information).
• Recruitment; plan and lead recruitment campaigns.
• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with recruiting managers to deliver a top-quality recruitment service from advert to onboarding.
• Problem solving issues relating to recruitment and induction and liaise directly with DEFRA HR and our other partners critical to our success.
• Input into leadership conversation to support our measures of success which include improving equality, diversity & inclusion, time to hire and candidate experience.

The team

Our geographical area teams are an inclusive, diverse and passionate part of our organisation. Our vision is for the organisation to thrive and improve so we can create a better place for people, wildlife and the environment.

Business Support plays a huge part in enabling us to achieve our goals and our work covers a range of activities including recruitment, assurance & risk, health, safety & wellbeing, customer enquiries, engagement and communications. Come join us!

Experience/skills required

Whilst relevant work experience would be an advantage, it’s less important to us than your ability to demonstrate the key transferrable skills and the personal qualities that we’re looking for. As with all of our roles, full on-the-job training will be provided.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a positive, proactive and hard-working attitude.
• Be a highly organised, flexible person who can 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 at all levels of an organisation.
• Have strong IT skills, especially Microsoft Office 365, Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Have good leadership and management skills (as some roles will require line management).

Contact and additional information

There are a mixture of permanent and Fixed Term Contract roles available. Please thoroughly read the Candidate Pack as this outlines what’s available and where. Please also make it clear on your application which location you are applying for.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We are striving to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

For any queries about the role please contact: Rhianne Locke – [email protected]

Interviews will be held virtually during the fortnight commencing 12th September.