Policy Adviser

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom Department for Transport Full time

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

- 339511**Salary**:

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

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Environment and Sustainability
- Policy
- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 5Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Leeds, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Do you fancy a role in one of the most innovative areas in government?

Are you passionate about climate change, cars and making a difference?

If so, the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) needs you to help the UK's transition to Electric Vehicles.

**Job description**:
The office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) is recruiting five policy advisors who are passionate about supporting the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), a critical component of the UK’s transport decarbonisation and Net Zero goals.

OZEV is a joint unit sitting across the Department for Transport and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, leading on essential strategy, policy and regulatory frameworks to deliver the transition to zero emission vehicles.
- Strategy and Vehicle Policy
- Consumer Data and Policy
- Vehicle Incentives
- Private Charging
- Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund
- _**Responsibilities include but are not limited to**:

- Drafting submissions and providing briefings for ministers and senior civil servants on policy and delivery.
- Building and maintaining close relationships with the internal and external experts needed to support policy development, including the charge point industry, vehicle manufacturers, fleet operators, local authorities and NGOs.
- Collaborating with colleagues in other Government departments to ensure the EV transition is built into wider priorities. This may include working with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ofgem, the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities, HM Treasury and Number 10.
- Contributing to wider cross-cutting work across OZEV.
- Drafting responses and statements to members of the public and the media.

For further information, and more specific responsibilities, please see the attached Role Profile.

**Person specification**:
**About you**:
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our teams within OZEV. Someone who can help support our cross-cutting agenda and deliver on high profile policy development, often to tight timescales.

Excellent organisational skills are required and you will be able to manage and filter workflow as well as organise and prioritise your work to maximise productivity and achieve all deadlines. You will be highly adaptable and flexible, adjusting to the requirements of the role.

We are looking for someone who has exceptional communication skills and can express themselves in a confident and concise manner with colleagues at all levels. You will represent the department both professionally and clearly, ensuring key messages are delivered to both internal and external stakeholders in a timely fashion.

**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.

**At interview we will ask you for your choice of role. Please note, that we will be appointing for this role based on merit and so your preference will be considered (if successful) but this is not guaranteed.**

You may be required to travel to other DfT offices to attend meetings. This is on an adhoc basis and not a regular requirement of the role.

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

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

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

- Democracy - 2.1. Working with Ministers - Level 1: Developing

**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

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.- Excellent communication and drafting skills, being able to draft high-quality pieces of information to present/share with othe


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