About the job

Job summary

Summer intern programme – Starting 1st July

You will undertake a single placement in the Strategy, Policy and Reform Directorate working specifically in the Regulatory, Strategy and Reform team.

Commencing 1 July 2024, this development programme runs for 8 weeks until 23 August, and is packed with a variety of opportunities, designed to provide you with first-hand experience of our sector. Your programme will offer you hands-on experience with the Regulatory, Strategy and Reform team. By working on live projects and activities, you will gain a broad grounding of what drives our organisation and what we deliver. 

During this summer placement, you will gain meaningful and valuable work experience which will support you in your ongoing career journey.

You’ll be set clear objectives at the start of your placement and will complete mid placement and end of placement reviews with your placement manager.

Job description

The successful intern will assist the Regulatory, Strategy and Reform team  with at least one policy project – the project itself will be determined by priorities in the team at the time but could include researching an environmental issue, a stakeholder engagement project or getting involved in rail reform or AI. This is a great opportunity to see how policy gets developed in a regulatory environment, and you will have the opportunity to write a paper recommending the way forward. You will be given an outline problem statement to develop, be asked to conduct desk-based research and also to engage with colleagues across ORR to help complete your project. You will be supported by members of the team to help shape and refine the task and the output, and will be able to work across the organisation.

There will also be some general administrative tasks including arranging meetings, including room bookings, where requested and taking minutes at any such meetings.

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.