Senior Policy Advisor

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Department for Transport Full time

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

- 342155**Salary**:

- £40,808**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFT - Decarbonisation, Technology & Strategy Group (DTS) - Transport Decarbonisation**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery
- Policy
- Strategy**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Hastings, LeedsAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you looking for your next policy role in transport decarbonisation?

Can you see the big picture, taking into account the changing political landscape?

If so, then this is the perfect role for you

The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) is at the forefront of devising and implementing policy to transition the transport sector to net zero emissions by 2050. It is a joint unit working within two government departments - the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).

This is an exciting position that will provide you with valuable insights into policy, operational delivery, engagement and political facets of a major environmental policy.

**Job description**:
**_ Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: _**
- Lead on the policy for the Plug in Van and Truck Grants, ensuring that the grants support environmental objectives, represent value for money for taxpayers, and are affordable within budgets.
- Manage the operational side of the wider plug-in grants including the team’s relationship with grant applicants, key delivery partners in DfT’s agencies, and the payments process.
- Support OZEV’s work on affordability of zero emission vehicles, working closely with HM Treasury to ensure the taxation system supports this transition.
- Draft submissions and provide briefings for ministers and senior civil servants.
- Line management of Policy Advisor - Zero Emission Vehicle Incentives.

For more information, please see the attached Role Profile.

**Person specification**:
**About you**

To thrive in this role, you will
- Be proficient in using Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams and OneNote.
- Have experience in drafting clearly and concisely for a range of audiences, producing high quality written material.
- Possess experience of managing priorities to meet a tight deadline, including working flexibly and proactively.
- Have strong inter-personal skills with experience of building good working relationships across teams including with senior managers.
- Possess the ability to work collaboratively across external organisations and agencies to deliver shared objectives.

**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.

Learn more about our Policy Roles here

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

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

**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 Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.**How to apply**
- Experience in drafting clearly and concisely for a range of audiences, producing high quality written material.
- Experience of managing priorities to meet a tight deadline, including working flexibly and proactively.
- Strong inter-personal skills with experience of building good working relationships across teams including with senior managers.
- Experience of working collaboratively across external organisations and agencies to deliver shared objectives.

The sift is due to take place 18th March 2024.

The Policy exercise and Interviews are likely to be held from week commencing 1st April 2024.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be pro


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