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We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.
Have you got experience of leading on programmes / projects including financial and risk management?
Do you have strong leadership qualities with the ability to work confidently and professionally with a wide range senior stakeholders?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Local Transport Directorate within the Department for Transport as part of our high profile, flagship Network North programme.
The Local Transport Directorate is right at the heart of the Department for Transport’s business. Most journeys made in this country are short and local. They are the journeys that we all make, if not every day, many times a month. Our work makes a huge difference to the daily lives of millions, across England and across the UK, whether they are by bus, tram, walking or cycling.
The Prime Minister announced that Bus Services will be transformed by a series of funding programmes, which will deliver:
- Higher frequency services to make it easier for people to get around at any time of day.
- More ‘turn up and go’ routes where people won’t need timetables to plan journeys.
- New priority schemes so buses avoid congested routes.
- More affordable, simpler fares.
The successful candidate will lead the strategically significant BSIP (Bus Service Improvement Plans) programme and ensure the delivery of over 500 projects underway across the country. We want you to identify the issues, set the agenda, and work with the Bus Reform team and local authorities to ensure bus transformation is delivered. There will be a particular focus on delivering Network North; and as well as managing the programme you will also represent the Department in its relationship on buses with one or more of the major cities in the north and Midlands.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Leading programme delivery of the £1,085m BSIP programme in 37 local authorities, and £160m BSIP+ programme in 62 local authorities.
- Programme management and financial management, including tracking progress and identifying risks and issues, resolving and escalating where appropriate.
- Being the Relationship Manager for two or three of the largest and/or most challenging Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) in receipt of BSIP funding, providing both support and challenge to their delivery, being their primary point of contact for queries and ensuring they meet the terms of their funding agreements.
- Building relationships with variety of external and cross-Government stakeholders.
For further information, please see the attached Role Profile.
Person specification
About you:
We are looking for enthusiastic and proactive candidates with strong leadership qualities who can communicate clearly and confidently to a diverse range of stakeholders, including senior officials and ministers.
You enjoy building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including at times at a very senior level. You are confident and skilled in providing challenge where necessary to ensure the best outcomes are delivered. You take an evidence-based approach, are highly organised and able to effectively prioritise workload to adapt to changing demands. You keep in mind the bigger picture and look beyond the status quo to see how things could be improved.
You will have experience leading on programmes or projects, including financial management and handling of complex data sets. You will also have excellent written skills.
Additional Information:
Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement, for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.
CVA minimum 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.
You will be required to travel monthly to other DfT offices and attend meetings and visits around the UK.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Managing a Quality Service
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- 1. Risk and issue management.
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
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a CV, Personal Statement and evidence of 1 behaviour. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
For your Personal Statement, please provide detailed evidence of the following:
- Experience leading on programmes or projects, including financial and risk management and handling of complex data sets.
- Building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including at times at a very senior level. In public and private sectors.
- Take an evidence-based approach, are highly organised and able to effectively prioritise workload to adapt to changing demands.
For your behaviour examples please provide evidence of when you have demonstrated the following behaviours:
- Managing a Quality Service.
Your Personal Statement will be limited to 750 words. Each behaviour example will be limited to 250 words.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead behaviour which is Managing a Quality Service. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to interview.
The sift is due to take place from week commencing 11th March 2024.
Interviews are likely to be held from week commencing 22nd 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.
- Presentation.
This interview will be conducted online via MS Teams. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
You will be assessed against the Risk and issue management element of the Project Delivery Profession: Project Delivery Framework.
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, DfT is committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
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If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.
Further Information
For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.
Pre-employment Checking
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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