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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.
Would you relish the chance to make a tangible and direct impact to rail passengers?
Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment?
If so, we are looking for two hardworking individuals to join our Rail Resilience team to support the delivery of an excellent response to rail incidents, and we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Everything we do at the Department for Transport (DfT) is focused on connecting people and places. We aim to develop and deliver a transport network that works for everyone. Through our work, we aim to make people's journeys better, faster and easier, both for today and in the future. Rail Group's objective is to lead a world-class railway that creates opportunity for people and businesses.
You will be joining our Train Strategy and Operations Division, the home of expert analysis, advice and specialist support on rail industry operations. This is an essential part of understanding how the industry is performing and whether it is delivering the service the passenger deserves.
As a Senior Rail Resilience Adviser, you will play a key supporting role in improving our rail resilience capability. You will primarily work in one of three workstreams within the rail resilience team: planning, response, or improvements and capabilities, and have the opportunity to work across the portfolio at times. This will provide you with an excellent understanding of resilience risks, whilst developing your expertise and transferable skills. You will be responsible for supporting large projects and delivering important pieces of work. This will give you the opportunity to work with a wide variety of colleagues and partners, both within Department for Transport (DfT) and the rail industry.
These roles require you to be resilient, capable of working at pace and to be happy working in an environment where roles might need to be flexible at times. You will be asked to join an on-call team and expected to contribute to crisis response activities, which will involve out of hours working, unsociable hours and shift working.
If you would like to find out more about what it's like to work at DfT Rail, please click here.
Your key responsibilities will include supporting:
- Rail resilience planning activities: working with the Transport Security Operations Centre and other modes on risks and commissions, embedding contingencies into response procedures, routine reporting and providing advice on risks, resilience and disruption, supporting the development of plans, procedures and processes.
- Rail resilience response activities: supporting volunteers and on-call team, engagement with rail industry, helping to gather situational awareness and providing reports and advice around disruption and incidents.
- Rail resilience improvements and capabilities activities: supporting the development of a Concept of Operations, developing and delivering a programme of training and exercising, taking part in incident debriefs and identifying and embedding lessons, supporting the recruitment of volunteers and on-call team.
Person specification
About you
You will be a confident communicator to engage with peers and senior leaders within and outside of the Department and to produce quality reports and Ministerial submissions.
You will enjoy working collaboratively across different teams and with industry partners to successfully deliver outcomes.
You will display excellent organisation skills and be comfortable co-ordinating workloads and working across projects with tight deadlines. You will work well independently and as part of team and enjoy taking the initiative to prioritising key tasks and solve issues.
You will be resilient and adaptable and have the capability to provide a responsive service and deliver large projects in a fast passed environment.
Additional information
You will have the option to be based in our London office attracting the London salary, or in Leeds or Birmingham attracting the National salary. Occasional travel may be required both inside and outside London, expected to be 2-4 days per month.
A minimum of 40% 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.
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.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
A minimum of 40% 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.
Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.
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When considering your experience, please tailor your CV and personal statement (maximum word count of 750) to provide evidence of the following:
- Experience of working closely with individuals across many different teams, or between different groups of stakeholders, to achieve common goals.
- Experience of working independently, prioritising key tasks and managing the delivery of projects, involving others where necessary.
- Experience of working under pressure and promptly responding to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
The sift is due to take place by 05/07/2023.
Interviews/assessments are likely to be held week commencing 17/07/2023.
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 could be conducted online via Teams or face to face at one of our offices. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
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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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.
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 Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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