About the job

Job summary

Do you have a high functioning experience of MOT enforcement?

Are you someone who always aims to deliver at high-quality as standard?

Can you coach and develop others to improve performance?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Job description

The successful candidate will be required to work within MOT Enforcement Delivery primarily as a people manager, leading and supporting a team of remote working enforcement colleagues. The role of their team is to assess MOT Vehicle Testing Stations (VTS) providing an impact to enable better enforcement outcomes and directly impact upon road safety.  

They will lead and implement change within their teams and ensure concerns from customers and stakeholders are dealt with at the appropriate level to DVSA expectations.

The role holder will ensure their team operate a high standard of service to ensure better enforcement outcomes working within legislative, policy and procedures.  They will ensure that their team is working to intelligence led enforcement to ensure stakeholder compliance.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to;

• Ensure effective, open, and trusted communication takes place with a geographically dispersed team, ensuring regular team briefings take place and promote DVSA’s vision, strategy, and objectives
• Drive improvements to the performance and compliance of the team, recognising and rewarding good/exceptional performance and tackling issues promptly to enable better enforcement outcomes
• Ensure the delivery of operational targets by taking responsibility for monitoring and ensuring that the team fully understand DVSA’s operational targets and priorities 
• Champion best practice and customer service excellence, highlighting potential system improvements and supporting and advocating new ideas or innovations.
• Demonstrate leadership by providing guidance to staff to support the delivery of objectives. Manage and engage with honesty and integrity, and upholding the reputation of the Agency, Department and Civil Service
• Case review and compliant/appeal handling.
• Providing on the ground intelligence and expertise. 

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Candidate Pack.

Person specification

We are looking for individuals who have:

• Data analysis skills; able to interpret data and information to make sound decisions
• Coaching skills to develop others and improve performance.
• High functioning experience of MOT Enforcement.
• Delivery of Operational targets to a high-quality standard
• Experience of high-quality casework submissions
• Flexible attitude to work, to deliver targets

Additional Information

Whilst we welcome applications from candidates seeking part time/flexible working hours. There will be a business requirement for candidates to work a minimum of 32hours per week over 5 days.

This role can be based in Ashford, Leatherhead, Crawley, Hastings or Chichester where your presence at this location will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model with the expectation that you will spend a minimum 60% on a DVSA site or on official business giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work.

You may be required to travel to various DVSA locations in order to carry out your role and there is potential for overnight stays.

Please take note that DVSA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

About Us

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.

We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

We’re working hard to:

• make roads safer
• improve services for our customers
• make road transport greener and healthier
• harness the potential of technology and data
• grow and level up the economy

We’re committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams where everyone is valued. You can grow, develop and progress, and make a real difference to society.

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice and welcome and encourage applications from everyone, such as ethnic minorities, women, disabled people and those who identify as LGBT+.

To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website. 

Benefits

• An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance
• Exceptional pension with an employer contribution of an average of 27%
• Generous Annual Leave - 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 each year of service, up to 30
• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday
• Latest IT and Tech devices
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues
• Excellent learning and development tailored to your role including paid apprenticeships up to Masters level
• Wide range of discounts schemes on high street names
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing
• Cycle to work scheme and Gym membership offers
• For more information see visit our careers page

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

How to Apply 

As part of the application process you will be asked to provide Personal Statement.

For your personal statement, please use the word count of 750 words to provide evidence of when you have:

• Used your data analysis skills; able to interpret data and information to make sound decisions
• Used coaching skills to develop others and improve performance
• Implemented high functioning experience of MOT Enforcement
• Delivered on Operational targets to a high-quality standard
• Experience of high-quality casework submissions

Please note, there are mandatory qualification requirements for this role and evidence of this will be asked for prior to interview.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:

• an interview

The sift is due to take place on 15th & 16th February 2024

Interviews are likely to be held from 28th February 2024

This interview could be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.

We’ll try to meet the dates we’ve set out in the advert. But there may be occasions when these dates will change. We’ll give you plenty of notice of any important dates.

If you would like to find out more about what it’s like to work for DVSA and how to apply, we will be holding virtual sessions to find out more. Please click here to secure your place at one of our upcoming events. 

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

The Department for Transport recruits using Success Profiles. For each role, we consider what you need to demonstrate 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.

You can read more about Success Profiles here.

Reasonable Adjustments

As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are 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.

Document Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.

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

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (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.