- Support the team in ensuring that holding to account policy is sufficiently developed and delivering the necessary requirements for the pre-legislative scrutiny for the draft Rail Reform Bill.
- Organise engagement with other DfT policy teams and external stakeholders, such as the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and Transport Focus, to understand policy positions, including scheduling meetings and recording policy positions.
- Lead on maintaining and updating the Team Planner and leading discussions on this during team meetings.
- Coordinate policy advice, including but not limited to, Ministerial briefings, Parliamentary business, freedom of information requests and correspondence. �
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Working Together
- Policy Profession Standards and Descriptors: Strategy Policy Context and Purpose Level 1 - Developing
- Policy Profession Standards and Descriptors: Democracy Working with Ministers Level 1 � Developing
Legislation and Accountability Policy Advisor - Birmingham, United States - UK Civil Service
Description
Job summary
We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) 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 passionate about policy development and interested in the legislative process?�
Would you relish the chance to be involved in decision making for Rail Reform, helping make a difference to millions of rail passengers every single day?
If so, we have a fantastic development opportunity for a Policy Advisor to join our Legislation and Accountability Policy Team, and we would love to hear from you.
Job description
The Plan for Rail seeks to reform Britain�s railways to ensure our vital rail system continues to benefit passengers and support a stronger, fairer economy.� Reform requires legislation to change the sector structure. Rail legislation is complex and attracts significant interest both inside and outside the rail sector.�
You will join the Legislation and Accountability Policy team, which sits at the heart of the Rail Reform Directorate, at a unique juncture as we support the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Rail Reform Bill.�
As a multi-disciplined team our work is both varied and exciting and covers a breadth of areas. You will be responsible for supporting on legislative policy work across the governance and accountabilities workstream. This will include a focus on how an integrated rail body would be held to account, particularly by the regulator, the Office of Rail and Road, and Transport Focus, a passenger watchdog.�
You will have the opportunity to have regular engagement with colleagues across the Rail reform Directorate, and policy teams across the Department for Transport (DfT), as well as external stakeholders, including responding to the queries of parliamentarians.
This is a fantastic time to join a friendly team and help shape and drive work in a high-profile area, and provides an excellent opportunity to gain experience in stakeholder engagement, policy development, primary legislation, and project delivery.
Responsibilities
You will:
For further information, please see the attached Role Profile
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Person specification
About You
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who will thrive in a fast-paced environment and is looking to develop policy and legislative experience whilst supporting the wider team. You will have effective decision-making skills and enjoy proactively taking the initiative to find solutions to problems.
You excel at written and verbal communication and can effectively deliver information in a clear, confident and professional manner.
You will be someone who can build rapport with key stakeholders both internally and externally and enjoys working collaboratively with people at all levels.
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. If based in Leeds or Birmingham, occasional travel to our London office will be required for key meetings and team events.
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.
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.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
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.�
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