National Security Futures and Emerging Technologies

3 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Department for Transport Full time

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

- 341510**Salary**:

- £40,808**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFT - Aviation, Maritime and Security Group (AMS) - Transport Security Directorate (TSD)**Type of role**:

- Science
- Security
- Strategy**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Birmingham, LeedsAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Can you work collaboratively within a team environment and construct a systems approach to problem solving?

If so, we’d love to hear from you

**Job description**:
This role is within the Department for Transport’s Transport Security Directorate (TSD). TSD is a major player in delivering CONTEST, the Government's counter-terrorism strategy, and the Department for Transport's strategic aims and enablers of “Safety and Security” and “Science and Technology”.

This is a critical position in supporting the Transport Security Directorate’s efforts to future proof science and technology advice, evidence, and capability. This will strengthen our resilience to uncertainty and ensure we are on the front foot to the changes we see in a more contested world.

The post holder will be fully supported in their professional development including through coaching and mentoring. The post holder will have the opportunity to gain exposure to the wider work of the Directorate and Department’s role in National Security and Resilience.

**_ Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: _**
- The role holder will drive and deliver the development of NSSR’s Futures and Emerging Technology function.
- The role holder can expect to bring own their own ideas to the table, test those with others, analyse feedback and make recommendations to Senior Civil Servants on the way forward.
- Lead engagement and ensure that NSSR has effective and efficient information flows and is able to draw from and inform wider departmental and cross-government work.
- The role holder will Line Manage interns hosted by the Science and Technology Strategy Team.

For more information, please see the attached Role Profile.

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

To thrive in this role, you will:

- Have a strong science, social science, technology or engineering skills, which can be translated into an ability to take on new, in-depth, technical issues quickly.
- Possess a strong delivery focus, with an ability to plan and prioritise to deliver outputs that will have the most impact, working effectively with key stakeholders and with DfT’s processes to achieve success.
- Have strong interpersonal and team working skills to build strong working relationships with colleagues inside the Department, across government and beyond.
- Have excellent oral and written skills, with an ability to distil complex evidence into clear messages for a range of specialist and non-specialist audiences.

**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.

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

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving

**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 and Experience.**How to Apply**

Please tailor your CV to suit the role. For your Personal Statement, please provide detailed evidence of the following:

- Experience of working to deliver objectives whilst planning and prioritising outputs that will have the most impact.
- Experience of building and maintaining effective working relationships with various stakeholders at all levels and working effectively within a team.

The sift is due to take place 6th and 7th March 2024.

Interviews are likely to be held from week commencing 18th March 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 provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:

- An interview.

This interview could be conducted online via

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