About the job

Job summary

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 embrace the opportunity to support and develop business-critical models, to support decarbonisation?

Do you enjoy collaborating and have the ability to communicate complex data and ideas clearly to a range of audiences?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity available and would love to hear from you!

Job description

As Maritime and Aviation Emissions Analyst, your role will specifically focus on the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) model within the aviation modelling suite, and the maritime emissions model. The aviation model forecasts passenger demand and associated CO2 emissions, and the maritime emissions model is a new model being developed to forecast global maritime emissions to support the Maritime decarbonisation pathway. You will be responsible for supporting and developing these business-critical models, both of which have important bearing on policy development.

You will sit within the Maritime and Aviation Appraisal and Modelling (MAvAM) Team, which is one of seven teams within the Aviation, Maritime and Borders Analysis (AMBA) Division. You will collaborate with other analytical colleagues and internal and external industry partners, working flexibly across team boundaries, supporting each other to deliver against the priorities for the Aviation, Maritime and Security Group.

You will be responsible for communicating technical concepts to a range of audiences, both internal and external to the department. Therefore, you will need to have an understanding of the importance of Quality Assurance and be committed to upholding best practice throughout your work.

Prior experience or knowledge in Maritime and Aviation isn’t essential, but you will need to gain a thorough knowledge of Transport Modelling principles, and wider Transport Modelling and Appraisal methods. The Department for Transport is committed to the professional development of its analysts, and this post offers significant benefits to help boost the career of an analyst wishing to learn and progress in the field and gain broader skills.

It is important to our team that we have a breadth of experience and thought to draw on. Therefore, this role is not being advertised as a specific profession, but welcomes applications from existing members of/new applicants to:

• Transport Modelling Profession
• Government Operational Research Service
• Government Statistical Service
• Government Economic Service

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking bespoke analysis and producing model runs to inform the development of departmental aviation and maritime decarbonisation policy.
• Supporting the development and use of the aviation and maritime models.
• Responding to detailed queries and requests for information on the model from a variety of stakeholders, including extracting data from the model and previous analysis where appropriate.
• Producing and updating technical documentation of model operating procedures, structure and form.
• Commissioning modelling and research from external consultants, project managing their work and assuring outputs.

For further information, please see the attached Role Profile

Person specification

About you

You will have a keen interest or understanding of coding languages, and willing to learn new concepts of a highly technical nature. Additionally, you will also have utilised models to make informed decisions.

You will feel comfortable working within a rapidly changing policy environment, and will demonstrate flexibility, prioritising workload appropriately when required. You will be able to deliver progress on long term model development activities by managing your time and resources effectively.

You will be a proactive and creative thinker who is confident to bring forward your own perspective to discussions. You will have experience of analytical project management and understand the importance of Quality Assurance and be committed to upholding best practice throughout your work.

You will be an articulate communicator, both verbally and in writing, who can comfortably relay technical concepts to a range of audiences, both internal and external to the department. You will have excellent decision making skills, with the ability to review and synthesise evidence. 

Additional Information

This role is available to individuals who wish to be spending their office time in London, Leeds or Birmingham, and we would also expect the individual to be willing to occasionally travel to visit alternative DfT offices.

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. 

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.

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

How to Apply

You will be assessed against one of the following analytical professions depending on your current professional membership, or your preference of which to join:

• Transport Modelling Profession.
• Government Operational Research Service.
• Government Statistical Service.
• Government Economic Service.

Please see the attached Role Profile for the specific assessment frameworks.

When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role, and within your CV and Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words) please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:

• Effective analytical project management, including managing complexity (e.g. prioritisation of tasks, working with incomplete data sets) and ensuring appropriate and proportionate quality assurance checks are implemented.
• Building and/or using mathematical and/or computer models to inform analysis.
• Communicating complex data and ideas clearly and tactfully to a range of technical and non-technical audiences in an authoritative, informative and engaging manner.
• Drawing evidence-based insights from datasets while considering analytical uncertainty in results and communicating this to users of the analysis.

Please highlight within your CV which profession you belong to, or would like to join, and would like to be tested against. Your CV will be assessed to determine if you meet any necessary qualification criteria. 

Please see the attached Role Profile for further information on the Technical frameworks.

The sift is due to take place from 11/01/2024

Interviews/assessments are likely to be held from 25/01/2024

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
• a presentation

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.

You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.

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.

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Further Information

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.

Pre-employment Checking

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. 

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

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) (opens in a new window)
• 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 (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

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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). 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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.