Policy Advisor, Roads Planning and Environment

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Transport Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 352760**Salary**:

- £32,603- National minimum - £32,603, London minimum - £36,466**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Roads Transport Group - Roads Strategy**Type of role**:

- Environment and Sustainability
- Planning
- Policy**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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Location
- Birmingham, Leeds, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Have you got a passion for the environment?

Do you have strong communication skills and can adapt and communicate complex information various audiences?

Can you build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders?

Have you got good organisational and project management skills?

**If so, we have an exciting role working on top priority work where you can really help to make a difference and we would love you to apply**

**Job description**:
We are recruiting for an HEO policy advisor to work within the Roads Planning and Environment (RPE) division, part of the wider Roads Strategy directorate.

Our team’s aim is to support the planning, development and operation of strategic roads in England in being compliant with the government’s environmental legislation.

Through proactive engagement with stakeholders from National Highways, the wider department and across government, the team leads on key Ministerial environmental policies of air quality, noise, and litter, within the national roads context. In achieving this, the role also supports the wider RPE team in contributing to their related environmental objectives such as reducing carbon emissions from road constructions and maintenance, adapting and being resilient to climate change, biodiversity net gain and water quality.

**Responsibilities**
- Working on air quality (NO2 and PM5), litter, noise pollution in the team and support on additional environmental policies, such as carbon, water and biodiversity, where required. Ensure the needs of the strategic roads sector and any associated impacts are considered in wider policy making, developing strategies or legislation. This will involve regular engagement with National Highways, departmental colleagues, and other government departments.
- Understanding of complex information and being able to put that information into clear and concise briefings.
- Build and maintain strong and effective links with teams elsewhere in the department and other Departments across government working on air quality, litter and noise.
- Proactively working with all our stakeholders to set priorities and objectives, monitoring the policy progress of improving environmental outcomes on the road network, identifying risks and resolving issues efficiently.
- Coordinate roads environment briefing papers, often covering a range of complex issues, and summarising these clearly for Ministers and senior officials. Contribute to ministerial advice and information requests on behalf of strategic roads, working with internal and external stakeholders of varying seniority to ensure timely delivery of information.

For more information, please see the attached Role Profile.

**Person specification**:
**About You**

To thrive in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following:

- Evidence of environmental experience and/or passion for the environment.
- Ability to communicate complex information to a general audience.
- Organisational skills, to effectively plan and manage important environmental workstreams within the directorate.
- Experience building excellent relationships and working effectively across the team, the wider Department and externally.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior officials and stakeholders.
- Good drafting skills and attention to detail.
- Policy development background, or willingness to learn.

**Additional information**

A minimum of 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.

The role may require occasional travel to other DfT locations and to visit stakeholders.

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

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- 1. Strategy 1.1. Policy Context and Purpose Level 1: Developing Define the sought impacts and outcomes of a policy.
- 2. Democracy 2.1. Working with Ministers Level 1: Developing Deliver effective internal communication. Write for different audiences and purposes, including scrutiny.

**Benefits**:
Being part of our brilliant Civil Servi

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