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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.
Are you a resilient individual who can work in a fast paced environment?
Do you have excellent communications skills?
Would you like to play a key role in emergency responses dealing with high pressure situations that emerge suddenly?
If so, then we would love for you to apply!
Job description
This is an exciting and high-profile leadership role within the Department for Transport, where you will have regular exposure to Senior Officials and Ministers. You will be a core part of the Operations team within the central resilience and security team in the department responsible for leading and co-ordinating whole of department response activity.
You will need to be resilient, capable of working at pace and happy to work in an environment where roles might need to be flexible at times. You also need to be confident in communicating with peers, seniors and key stakeholders within the DfT family and across Whitehall. You will need to operate with a team first mentality in a fast-paced environment to support and achieve together. This role is an exciting operational response role. You will be required to take part in emergency responses dealing with high pressure situations that emerge suddenly. Because this job responds to the unexpected there will be times when you are required outside of normal work hours.
You will play a key role in supporting the DfT response team and the wider Department to be operationally ready to deal with large scale incidents on the transport network. The post holder will provide critical support across all aspects of the division’s work, covering security, counter terrorism and civil contingencies.
Responsibilities
Key accountabilities of the role include:
- Supporting the Department’s operational response incidents impact the transport sector.
- Supporting your line manager to manage and maintain Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs), you will ensure DfT has effective contingency arrangements in place; embedding a more agile and resilient response across the Department.
- Horizon scanning for near term risks, and interpreting how real time incidents may affect the Transport Network and in turn what actions your team need to take.
- Ensuring DfT has effective operational crisis management equipment and infrastructure in place to support incident response activity and that these are regularly reviewed and tested.
- Supporting the Department’s situational awareness through management of central inbox and operating TSOC’s bespoke situational awareness tools.
- Work with subject matter experts within DfT and its agencies to ensure DfT has effective operational crisis management procedures in place.
- Represent the Department at cross-Government meetings acting as an advocate for DfT’s interests.
- Form a core part of the Department’s out of hours on-call rota.
- Fill key roles within the Departmental Operations Centre during a response.
For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile.
Person specification
You will need to demonstrate being resilient, capable of working at pace and happy to work in an environment where roles might need to be flexible at times. You can operate with a team first mentality in a fast-paced environment to support and achieve together. You are someone who is confident in communicating with peers, seniors and key stakeholders within the DfT family and across Whitehall. You can identify risks from incomplete or limited data and have the ability to mitigate risks following prescribed processes.
Additional Information
A 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.
Occasional travel to other DfT offices will be required.
The role holder will need to take part in evening and weekend duty on-call rotas, and will need to be available to work in the event that an out of hours incident requires it. You will therefore receive a Recruitment and Retention Allowance, in addition to your salary, in recognition for fulfilling on-call duties and working out of hours.
You will be on a rota approximately one week in six to monitor and receive any emergency calls.
This allowance will be subject to regular review and may be changed or removed. You will receive a 6 week notice of any change, or withdrawal of this allowance.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
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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How to apply
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role, and within your CV and Personal Statement please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:
- Ability to identify risks with incomplete or limited data and react within a set process.
- Your experience of being resilient and quickly adjusting your priorities to ensure outcomes are delivered.
- Your experience of working at pace to deliver pieces of work to a high quality.
- Your experience of using effective communication skills to relay a message to others so it is clear for them to understand.
Your personal statement will be limited to a maximum of 1000 words.
The sift is due to take place from 3rd April
Interviews are due to take place from w/c 15th April
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 will be conducted online. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
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.
Please see attached candidate notes for further information about our recruitment process.
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are 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.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
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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