Job Description

Details

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Reference number

441663

Salary

54,453 - 61,532
London 58,827 - 61,532


Regional 54,453 - 57,187
GBP

Job grade

Grade 7
Grade C

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

ORR - Strategy, Policy & Reform - Access & Licensing

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

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

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

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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 team deals with all ORR's statutory access and licensing casework and policy. This includes approving contracts to access track, stations and depots, connection contracts, and issuing licences and exemptions needed by all operators.

Job description

As Head of the Passenger Track Access team, you will lead your team in the transition from the existing ORR railway capacity allocation regime to the future one. Your project management and leadership will ensure ORR's current statutory access duties for passenger operators are delivered while shaping the future of access monitoring under rail reform. As part of the access and licensing leadership team, you will regulate railway infrastructure managers and operators as well as shaping ORR's strategic impact. This is an exciting time to join the team, as your work will be critical to supporting and implementing the design of the future access regime having an immediate impact on industry, Government, and ORR objectives.


This high-profile role sits within our Strategy, Policy and Reform Directorate and involves managing a team of up to three, as well as matrix-managing colleagues on others on projects.


As a highly motivated candidate, you will enjoy leading an experienced team to progress regulatory and policy initiatives at pace. You will build strong relationships with senior stakeholders to confidently demonstrate the value of regulatory evidence and advice. The role requires clear, persuasive communications, the ability to interpret complex and sometimes conflicting evidence, and strong project management skills to deliver outcomes.


You'll quickly develop an understanding of technical processes (Railways Act, Network Code and Access and Management Regulations) and use this knowledge to shape the future regime. Success will depend on your ability to link technical details to strategic objectives and provide direction in a dynamic environment.

Person specification

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Additional Information

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.

Behaviours

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


Leadership Making Effective Decisions Changing and Improving

Technical skills

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


Demonstrated ability to apply project management skills to successfully deliver policy development or monitoring framework outputs within challenging timescales. Strong capability to quickly develop a solid understanding of technical subjects and effectively apply that knowledge to achieve results.

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).

Things you need to know

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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

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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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Gareth Clancy Email : gareth.clancy@orr.gov.uk
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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