Sustainable Transport Lead / Sustainability Strategy and Governance Lead
Department for Work and Pensions
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 5th May 2024
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Job summary
DWP is looking to fill two roles in the Corporate Transformation directorate.
The roles available will be based in a DWP Corporate Hub: Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Blackpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, London or Cardiff. Please note for vacancies advertised in Wales, ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
You will be asked for your preferences for up to 3 locations, these will tell us where you would prefer to work if you are successful. Please do not select a location unless you are prepared to accept a role in that location.
As part of the application process, please specify which role you are applying for:
- Role - Sustainable Transport Lead
- Role - Sustainability Strategy and Governance Lead
- Role - Both
These job roles may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles here. Successful candidates will be posted in merit order based on your location preferences, where appropriate, and the geographical requirements of the business. Dependent on your position on the merit list, if none of your location preferences remain at the point we make a job offer DWP may offer you a role at an alternative advertised location. If we are unable to offer you a role in any of your preferred locations, and you are unable to accept a role at an alternative advertised location, we will add you to the reserve list if one is being held.
Job description
Successful candidates can expect to be involved in a range of the following:
Sustainable Transport Lead
- Develop and implement a DWP Sustainable Travel Strategy, including delivery and embedding.
- Ensuring the identification and management of opportunities for change that deliver upon the strategy, monitoring progress against set targets.
- Coordination and production of sustainable travel data and information for DWP’s annual Sustainability Report, which is published in its Annual Report and Accounts.
- Ensuring travel emissions data is accurate, complete and produced in time for quarterly Greening Government Commitments travel reporting.
- Coordination of external suppliers, e.g. to ensure travel emissions are reported.
Sustainability Strategy & Governance Lead
- Implementation of programme management of the Departmental Environmental Sustainability Strategy and Sustainability Governance. Development of new strategy to run from 2025.
- Identify and manage opportunities for change that deliver upon the strategy.
- Lead stakeholders across DWP and its Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) to ensure that sustainability is embedded into activities and processes.
- Report against Sustainability Strategy performance, delivery and risk to all levels including the Sustainability Leadership Forum and the Department’s Executive Team.
- Coordinate and produce DWP’s annual Sustainability Report, which is published in its Annual Report and Accounts, and sustainability risk management, including reporting aligned with Taskforce on Climate-related Disclosures.
For full details of what will be included in these roles please consult the Candidate Information Pack
Person specification
Key Criteria:
Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Demonstrable and considerable professional expertise in management role/s leading teams on sustainability or environmental issues with a remit that sits outside of or extends beyond the built environment. (Lead Criterion)
- Experience of emissions data reporting and the production of related Management Information
- Significant experience of leading teams to deliver a sustainability strategy or program from start to finish across a large organisation, setting prioritisation, delivering at pace and working to tight timescales. Well-developed strategic planning, delivery and risk management skills and experience of continuous improvement.
- High level of proven experience leading on delivering change through influence and coordinating stakeholders, with good negotiating skills and the ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with colleagues at all levels.
- Leads effectively and in partnership with colleagues to ensure best and appropriate course of action, calling upon own expertise and judgement, and commissioning the input of others to assist with decision-making.
- Influential and excellent communicator with the ability to communicate technically complex and difficult subject matter to a broad audience of stakeholders.
- Commercially astute with evidence of managing budgets and key supplier management including performance management and managing/escalating issues to resolution where required.
- Extensive experience of analysing and reporting on data and trends from a wide variety of sources, presenting technical information to non-technical audiences, and using data to drive decision making.
- In depth experience, knowledge and understanding of complying with related statutory, regulatory frameworks and legislative or policy requirements and ensuring that other areas of an organisation are aware of and understand their obligations
Desirable
- Qualifications in sustainability or environment desirable
- Membership of a relevant professional body
- Experience working or advising on sustainable procurement
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Changing and Improving
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Strategy Development and Delivery
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Location
Applicants should apply for suitable posts where they can travel to and from their home office location daily within a reasonable time.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. Relocation costs will not be reimbursed.
Hybrid Working
This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and 1000 word personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Selection will be by written sift followed by an interview via MS Teams covering strengths, Behaviours and Technical Knowledge.
Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.
Please note for vacancies advertised in Wales, ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
You will be assessed against the following behaviours: Leadership, Changing and Improving, Seeing the Big Picture and Making Effective Decisions at Level 4.
The Civil Service uses a Behaviour Framework to assess candidates’, knowledge and skills.
Written Sift
There will be an initial sift of applications based on the Personal Statement only, so please ensure you evidence how you meet the Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience requirement contained in the vacancy in this section. This will form a short list for interview.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead critieria:
Demonstrable and considerable professional expertise in management role/s leading teams on sustainability or environmental issues with a remit that sits outside of or extends beyond the built environment.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
As part of the application process, please specify which role you are applying for:
- Role - Sustainable Transport Lead
- Role - Sustainability Strategy and Governance Lead
- Role - Both
Interview
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview. This will be via MS Teams. The interview panel will be a minimum of two people. The interview will assess: Behaviours, Technical Knowledge and Strengths. The interview aims to be more of a conversation exploring the candidate’s capability for the role.
Further Information
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A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.
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New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
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Reasonable Adjustment
At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.
We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via DWPrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the “Reasonable Adjustments” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Tim Saxon
- Email : tim.saxon@dwp.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dwprecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission. Click here to visit the Civil Service Commission.
