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SalaryDWP is looking to fill tworoles in the Corporate Transformation directorate.
The roles available will be based in a DWP Corporate Hub: Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Blackpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, London or Cardiff. Please note for vacancies advertised in Wales, ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
You will be asked for your preferences for up to 3 locations, these will tell us where you would prefer to work if you are successful. Please do not select a location unless you are prepared to accept a role in that location.
As part of the application process, please specify which role you are applying for:
- Role - Sustainable Transport Lead
- Role - Sustainability Strategy and Governance Lead
- Role - Both
These job roles may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles here. Successful candidates will be posted in merit order based on your location preferences, where appropriate, and the geographical requirements of the business. Dependent on your position on the merit list, if none of your location preferences remain at the point we make a job offer DWP may offer you a role at an alternative advertised location. If we are unable to offer you a role in any of your preferred locations, and you are unable to accept a role at an alternative advertised location, we will add you to the reserve list if one is being held.
Successful candidates can expect to be involved in a range of the following:
Sustainable Transport Lead
- Develop and implement a DWP Sustainable Travel Strategy, including delivery and embedding.
- Ensuring the identification and management of opportunities for change that deliver upon the strategy, monitoring progress against set targets.
- Coordination and production of sustainable travel data and information for DWP’s annual Sustainability Report, which is published in its Annual Report and Accounts.
- Ensuring travel emissions data is accurate, complete and produced in time for quarterly Greening Government Commitments travel reporting.
- Coordination of external suppliers, e.g. to ensure travel emissions are reported.
Sustainability Strategy & Governance Lead
- Implementation of programme management of the Departmental Environmental Sustainability Strategy and Sustainability Governance. Development of new strategy to run from 2025.
- Identify and manage opportunities for change that deliver upon the strategy.
- Lead stakeholders across DWP and its Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) to ensure that sustainability is embedded into activities and processes.
- Report against Sustainability Strategy performance, delivery and risk to all levels including the Sustainability Leadership Forum and the Department’s Executive Team.
- Coordinate and produce DWP’s annual Sustainability Report, which is published in its Annual Report and Accounts, and sustainability risk management, including reporting aligned with Taskforce on Climate-related Disclosures.
For full details of what will be included in these roles please consult the Candidate Information Pack
