Job Description

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Reference number

434943
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Salary

32,005 - 39,328
London: 36,237 to 39,328 ; Regional: 32,005 to 35,141
GBP
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Job grade

Executive Officer
Grade E#

Contract type

Permanent#

Business area

ORR - Highways#

Type of role

Analytical#

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time#

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester, York

About the job

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Job summary

The strategic road network (SRN) in England (the motorways and main A-roads) is critical for growth, commerce and leisure. The SRN is managed, operated and enhanced by National Highways, a government-owned company. The Office of Rail and Road's Highways Team makes sure that the company efficiently delivers better, safer roads and smoother journeys on behalf of road users, taxpayers and communities.#

Job description

The analyst position in the ORR's Highways Monitor team is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of a small, agile, expert team that delivers at pace across a range of policy, economics, safety, performance and capital delivery areas.


We are offering a generous employment package and a working environment that encourages personal development and supports collaboration.


We are looking for someone with a range of skills and experience to support our work monitoring, challenging and reporting on National Highways' performance. Your decisions could influence a company responsible for 24 billion of investment and affecting millions of daily journeys.


You will develop knowledge of performance areas and work closely with other members of the team when supporting larger cross-team pieces of work. You will gain experience pushing National Highways on delivering its targets and play a key role in producing and publishing our annual assessment of National Highways' performance in Parliament. You will also help shape how we publish data in the future by managing and developing online performance dashboards.


Ideally you will be a self-starter, who has the ambition to be proactive and develop the role; with a track record of getting things done, improving processes and innovating.

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Person specification

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.


At ORR, our hybrid working means that we currently work from our workplace location a minimum of 40% of our working week, although requirements to attend other offsite locations for official business, also count towards this level of attendance. Working arrangements are subject to continuous review.

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Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:


Communicating and Influencing Changing and Improving Delivering at Pace #

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:


Strong analytical skills, including the ability to independently construct and implement forms of analysis for specific tasks, for example to support decision making or to address challenges on policy proposals. Advanced use of Excel, PowerBI or other analytical software to support the production and publication of high-quality outputs and briefing, suitable for a range of audiences including senior decision makers and non-specialists.

Benefits

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A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution of 28.97%


Details of our employee benefits can be found in the attached Candidate Information Pack.


Find out what our colleagues have to say about their ORR careers Our people Office of Rail and Road (orr.gov.uk).

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
For information on the selection process, please see the attached Candidate Information Pack and .



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.#

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.#

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) 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
Further information on nationality requirements
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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.#

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.#

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Iain Ritchie Email : iain.ritchie@orr.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : peopleservices@orr.gov.uk #

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact ORR via email: peopleservices@orr.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website here: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-complaints