Strategic Stakeholder & Engagement Lead

Environment Agency; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

The Environment Agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled stakeholder engagement lead to drive collaboration across delivery teams, suppliers and leadership on the Flood Investment Programme.

You will set engagement standards, manage risks, and embed guidance to ensure compliant and effective engagement across nationally. This role requires resilience, adaptability and ability to work autonomously in a changing environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to influence and lead discussions to integrate stakeholder management into programmes.
• Knowledge of using evaluation to improve engagement efficiency, innovation and quality.
• Ability to spot risks and opportunities and communicate with leaders for mitigations.
• Proven to form and maintain relationships with internal/external stakeholders; capable of running networks.
• Strategic thinker, sees interdependencies before delivering.
• Collaborative decision-making within established processes.
• Resilient, adaptable in ambiguous, changing situations.

Responsibilities

• Set engagement standards and expectations for suppliers.
• Define, report and manage engagement risk.
• Assure engagement compliance and performance across the Flood Investment Programme.
• Develop and embed engagement guidance and tools.
• Facilitate collaboration and engagement networks.
• Build relationships and link delivery teams, suppliers and leadership with data.
• Operate strategically to mitigate risks nationally across the business.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Engagement strategy

Facilitation

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Adaptability

Job description

The Environment Agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled stakeholder engagement lead to drive collaboration across delivery teams, suppliers and leadership on the Flood Investment Programme.

You will set engagement standards, manage risks, and embed guidance to ensure compliant and effective engagement across nationally. This role requires resilience, adaptability and ability to work autonomously in a changing environment.