About the job

Job summary

Team information

The team manages the governance around our regulatory processes allowing us to hold Network Rail and the railway industry to account for compliance with key obligations.

Job description

Job Purpose

We are looking for someone who is immediately available to join our team. You will play a key role in holding Network Rail Scotland to account, working with colleagues to scrutinise and challenge its performance, and taking appropriate action to resolve concerns as early as possible. You will have significant responsibility for building strong and independent relationships with senior leaders in Network Rail’s business, and with its customers and Network Rail Scotland’s funder, Transport Scotland. You will also have a crucial role in maintaining the highest standards of rigour and objectivity in the way we bring evidence together to understand and anticipate Network Rail Scotland’s performance. As part of this, you will be responsible for understanding and providing context about Scotland region to support internal decision-making. 

You will be expected to work closely as a cohesive team with the other Senior Regulation Managers, and act as a catalyst in evolving and shaping ORR’s approach to regulating Network Rail in CP7.

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 and Experience.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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.