Competence Questions
Please provide statements below describing your skills and experience relevant to each of the
stated competencies.
Each answer should not exceed 250 words.
Programme and Project Management: Description: Selects, plans and manages contractors,
programmes or events to achieve a set of Environment Agency priorities cost-effectively.
Please note that your answers to the capability questions will be used for shortlisting
purposes. Your examples do not necessarily have to be work related, please use the best
example from any area of your life. You may find researching the STAR technique
(Situation, Task, Action, Result) useful when answering the questions. It is highly
recommended that you read this and the EA capability framework before answering.
Please tell us about your experience of delivering a defined project or programme of works,
demonstrating how you delivered the work using the resources available.
• What was the project/programme of works?
• What did you do?
• How did you do it?
• What resources did you use?
• What was the outcome? *
I am a Clerk of work for Openreach managing the delivery of full fibre to homes across the
county. I was tasked with delivering the final 1000 homes required in deal in quarter 3. There
wasn't a lot left, all the simple areas had already been provided and I had to sift through the
rest. I Planned and delivered. This involved working out of hours, liaising with the council to
get permits granted using reroutes to avoid expensive blockages.
One in particular had been put on hold for a long time, a blockage in the road prevented 100
houses being connected.
The road was small and did not allow for traffic management to be set up it would require a
very costly road closure. After a site visit with the council I managed to get a permit to work
out of hours for one evening and one evening only. I arranged some direct labour to come
along with the De-silter. Although this didn’t clear that blockage I had planned a few re-
routes as backup and we found a route. We also pulled in the cables required to alleviate the
need to access these Carriageway boxes again and allowing the contractors to work safely
during the day.
83 of 250 words
I am a Clerk of w ork for Openre
One in particular had been
