About the job

Job summary

Team information

There are route teams for each of Network Rail’s regions. The teams carry out inspections, investigations, enforcement and liaison with Network Rail regions and routes. They also have lead responsibility for yellow plant operators.

Job description

Job Purpose

This is an exciting opportunity for you to lead Railway Safety Directorate’s (RSD) monitoring of Network Rail's delivery plan for health and safety.

Periodic reviews are one of the principal mechanisms by which ORR holds Network Rail to account and secures value for money for users and funders of the railway.  We have recently set out our decisions on Network Rail’s outputs and funding for control period 7 (CP7), which runs from 2024 to 2029. This role will be responsible for ensuring Network Rail meets the commitments set out in its health and safety delivery plans for CP7 and future control periods.

Safety was one of our four key objectives for the 2023 period review (PR23). This role will ensure Network Rail delivers the outputs expected to maintain health and safety performance. You will be expected to assess and monitor Network Rails plans and progress to ensure they are delivering on time and achieving the desired outcomes for priority safety programmes.  

Person specification

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Benefits

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

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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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.For information on the selection process, please see the attached Candidate Information Pack and Job Description.

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

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. 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.