Transport Policy Advisers

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

- 354615**Salary**:

- £39,500 - £45,720-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMT - Enterprise and Growth**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- This post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road), or Darlington (Feethams House).About the job

**Job summary**:
If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you

**Job description**:
**About the Group - Enterprise and Growth Unit**

The Enterprise and Growth Unit (EGU) promotes sustainable economic growth and higher productivity for the UK. We provide analysis and advice on enterprise, innovation, private sector investment and a cost-effective transition to a low-carbon economy. The Enterprise and Growth Unit has a varied and exciting agenda and we work closely with a wide variety of other teams across the Treasury.

We also work alongside other departments and government organisations to ensure that we are thinking creatively, spending wisely, and acting boldly to deliver these goals. These organisations are:

- the Department for Business and Trade,
- the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero,
- the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs,
- the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology,
- the Department for Transport,
- the Department for Culture, Media & Sport,
- the Competition and Markets Authority,
- HM Land Registry, and
- UK Export Finance

**About the Team - Transport Team**

The Transport team is a challenging but fun team in EGU, responsible for managing the costs of building, maintaining and decarbonising the transport network as well as considering the role of transport in boosting economic growth to level up communities across the UK. We work collaboratively with the Department for Transport (DfT) and No.10 to meet our policy objectives.

The role sits in the Local Transport and Roads branch, one of four branches in the team, which is responsible for spending control across local transport (e.g. Transport for London, Transport for Greater Manchester), buses, roads, aviation, maritime and freight.

**About the Jobs**

These are high-profile roles offering an excellent opportunity to work across a breadth of policy and spending issues, and suitable for someone looking for a promotion to G7/Range E. It will involve significant interaction with No10, senior officials in Department for Transport (DfT) and senior roads and international transport industry stakeholders.

The next year will be an exciting time to work in the team, with the opportunity to influence DfT’s agenda and spending plans ahead of the next Spending Review.

**Role 1 - Policy Adviser, Roads and International Transport**

You will be the HMT policy and spending lead on local roads, an area affecting millions of journeys every year and high on the Government’s local transport agenda. The current post-holder has led on the “Major Roads Network” programme of around 100 schemes, as well as record spending on local roads maintenance.

You will also be the policy and spending lead on international transport, including spending on aviation, maritime and freight. This work is often high profile, attracts significant ministerial interest and is high-paced, meaning the role would be particularly suitable for someone looking for a mixture of longer-term strategic work and work that requires quick and effective decision-making.

There is scope to tailor the role to the individual, and areas of responsibility will adapt over time in line with priorities, but the current key responsibilities in this post include:

- Leading on policy and spending strategy on local roads. You will be expected to develop a deta