Transport Security Research and Advice Lead

3 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Department for Transport Full time

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

- 344130**Salary**:

- £40,808**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFT - Aviation, Maritime and Security Group (AMS) - National Security Science and Research**Type of role**:

- Analytical
- Science
- Security**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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Location
- Birmingham, LeedsAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you able to build and maintain relationships with a range of stakeholders who may have different priorities to you?

Can you engage and liaise with a wide range of senior stakeholders and officials?

Have you got experience of managing a fast-paced and complex portfolio of work?

If so, we’d love to hear from you

**Job description**:
The Transport Security Directorate (TSD) works across the Department for Transport, HMG, and with partners to mitigate the threats the transport sector faces domestically and internationally.

We are looking for someone with a science background to join the National Security Science and Research (NSSR) Division of TSD. This is a very busy team working in a fast-paced environment. We provide scientific and technical advice across a wide range of disciplines, from physics and chemistry to engineering, human factors and ergonomics and support responses to security incidents on the Transport network.

Your role will be to lead the Department’s thematic transport security research and development projects and be a focal point between NSSR and our transport security policy teams. You will establish and run a range of technical projects that provide advice on understanding threats to transport, and also suggest and evaluate options for mitigating the threats or reducing their impact.

**_ Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: _**
- Lead the commissioning, delivery and exploitation of transport security research and development projects.
- Build strong tactical and strategic relations with key sector operators, for example, Transport for London, British Transport Police, Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Port operators.
- Influence and leverage related research and development taking place internationally, including representing the UK at bilateral meetings with partner Countries.

For more information, please see the attached Role Profile.

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

To thrive in this role, you will
- Have experience of working in a scientific or technical area, including leading or overseeing technical delivery.
- Have an understanding of science and technology for security.
- Possess the ability to manage team and stakeholder relationships.
- Have experience of making effective decisions to deliver against requirements.
- Have experience of communicating scientific principles to a non-technical audience.

**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 other DfT workplaces, will also count towards this level of attendance.

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

- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing

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

- Engagement with Others

**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, Experience and Technical skills.**How to apply**

You will be asked to provide a CV and Personal Statement (750 words). Please tailor your CV to suit the role. For your Personal Statement, please provide detailed evidence of the following:

- Experience of working in a scientific or technical area, including leading or overseeing technical delivery.
- Experience of communicating scientific principles to a non-technical audience.
- Experience of making effective decisions to deliver against requirements.

The sift is due to take place from the 8th April 2024

Interviews are likely to be held from week commencing 22nd 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 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:

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