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The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people’s day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

Everyone who works with us or in one of our agencies and public bodies has a part to play in achieving our vision of ‘creating a great place for people to live’. The work we do impacts the lives of everyone living in the UK.

About the Biosecurity, Borders and Trade Programme

Leaving the EU provides us with the opportunity to deliver ambitious reforms and improve our agriculture, fishing and food and drink sectors to make them as productive and competitive as possible, whilst also incentivising environmentally sustainable farming and ensuring we achieve the highest standards of animal welfare.

Through an effective system of compliance, enforcement, and assurance we will ensure high standards and satisfy trading partners that the regulation of animal health and welfare, plant health and veterinary medicine/pesticide residues in food is fit for purpose. We will refresh the Plant Biosecurity Strategy for GB and continue to implement the goals of the Tree Health Resilience Strategy.

We are looking for candidates who enjoy the challenge of working through complexity, have a real drive to deliver and make the world better for their stakeholders. You will be experienced in working in multidiscipline teams with a complex stakeholder group, both within and outside government and be able to demonstrate project delivery skills and expertise. You will have worked on and supported projects delivering large-scale business and operational change, digital transformational change, and infrastructure delivery.

We are looking for people who:

• Are experienced Project delivery professionals having worked on and supported multiple projects with varying degrees of complexity.
• Are able to demonstrate the required level of technical competence for a HEO project Support Officer as shown in the Governments Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF)
• Have good Microsoft Project skills, being able to build and maintain a Project schedule tracking dependencies and milestones using best practice and appropriate governance.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate well in person and in writing are required
• At ease with working in an environment of ambiguity and change

Your personal qualities will be as important as your professional experience; and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you believe you have the skills and qualities we are looking for, then we would like to hear from you.

The Defra group is dedicated to having a diverse workforce which represents people in our communities and an inclusive culture where everyone feels they can be their authentic self at work, belong in the organisation and can speak up to challenge. We want everyone to be able to contribute to the success of our organisation, regardless of your background.

The post holder will manage/support;

• Planning and scheduling – Implement and maintain appropriate systems to enable effective planning and scheduling.
• Monitoring and reporting – Establish and maintain project controls, keeping the project manager aware of the project status. Prepare project performance reports, presenting statistics and researching new information.
• Admin – Ensure organisational tasks are carried out efficiently. Manage and monitor compliance of the project with Departmental Security, Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, Business Continuity and Business Planning.
• Stakeholder – Manage professional relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, and act as lead point of contact for some external parties. Draft and sign-off correspondence.
• Risks and issues – Manage potential risk areas, working with risk managers and escalating as appropriate

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion - We have strong staff networks covering mental health, disability and other needs. We also have a range of special leave policies for hospital appointments and will put reasonable adjustments in place for people who need them. The department places significant emphasis on talent programmes that help everyone to achieve their full potential. The Civil Service as a whole is committed to providing a work environment free from discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation. Support available includes a Bullying and Harassment network and mediation services.

Pension - Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package.

Defra contributes at a rate between 20% and 24.5%, dependent upon salary. Pension contributions you make are deducted from your salary before tax is taken.

Generous Annual Leave & Bank Holiday Allowance - Defra offers 25 days’ annual leave (rising, over 5 years, to 30 days) for full time new entrants to the Civil Service. Employees receive 8 public holidays a year.

Staff Recognition - We have a Staff Recognition Scheme to reward exemplary work.

Learning & Development - All new employees joining (and returning to) Defra will have an induction to the department, our work and policies. You will have access to a broad range of learning and development opportunities with world class providers.

Mentoring & Coaching - Mentoring is way of developing your career and boosting your confidence that benefits both mentor and mentee. All our employees have the opportunity to work with a mentor or coach, if they wish to.

Volunteering - Defra employees are entitled to 3 days’ special leave with pay, each year, for volunteering. We encourage our employees to take this up: it can be a great way to share skills with worthy charitable causes, while developing new insights and stronger links with the civil society sector.

Reservists - We fully support reservists and offer 15 days’ special leave with pay for training.

Bicycle Loan Schemes - Defra offers interest-free loans towards the cost of a bike and the Cycle to Work scheme. Defra ‘lends’ you a bike for your commute as a tax-free benefit. At the end of the loan period, you have the option to buy the bike, saving 30% of the original cost.

Season Ticket Loan - We offer interest-free season ticket loans to all Defra employees with more than three months’ service, for purchasing train and bus season tickets, as well as station car parking.

Sick Pay - We have a supportive sick pay policy. Pay progressively increases, by length of service, beginning at one month’s sick pay in your first year.

Employee Discounts -

Defra employees have access to a range of discounts at hundreds of top retailers via our employee discount scheme.

Give As You Earn - Defra is registered with the Give as You Earn scheme, which enables you to make regular deductions directly from your salary, in support of a chosen charity. This is simple and tax efficient.

Flexible Working - Defra is committed to providing a great place to work and is open to smarter ways of working that let you choose how, when and where you want to work in line with business needs. This includes the ability to work from home, work compressed hours and choose from a range of locations suited to when and where you need to be.

Blended Working

Defra operates a blended working policy subject to business need, giving people the flexibility to choose when and where they work and collaborate with others.

Individuals are expected to work from one of the office locations stated in the advert to connect with their colleagues, as required by their role and business team needs. There is flexibility to split the working week, spending minimum of 40-60% in the workplace, unless exceptional circumstances apply and/or you are a contractual home worker.

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