đź’·Salary:ÂŁ44,241 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
🕒Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Join the Department for Transport’s Low Carbon Fuels Directorate, where you’ll help accelerate the shift to greener transport and play a vital role in tackling climate change. Working in a high-performing, supportive team, you’ll build expertise in green transport policy, low carbon fuels and emerging energy systems. This is a fast-paced, priority policy area at the forefront of government ambition—perfect for motivated professionals passionate about sustainability and driving real-world decarbonisation.
The vacancies will be spread across two divisions:
* Sustainable Aviation Fuel Revenue Certainty Mechanism
Key Responsibilities
* Developing the UK’s strategic approach to Low Carbon Fuels in transport by assessing policy options, drafting key documents, compiling evidence, scoping research projects, and planning stakeholder engagement and workshops.
* Monitoring and developing policy and contributions relating to low carbon policy across Government, supporting the team’s wider work.
* Leveraging technical expertise to inform the design of Revenue Certainty Mechanism policy.
* Managing own workstreams with autonomy, identifying issues and proposing innovative solutions. Taking a key role in project management across all workstreams in the team.
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
* 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
* Access to the staff discount portal.
* Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
* Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
* 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
About you
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:
* Transport decarbonisation, STEM, climate change policy or sustainability. This could be from work, study, or taking a personal interest in these topics.
* Engaging and managing stakeholders, including communicating complex information to different audiences.
* Making decisions or recommendations based on the best available evidence, even when the evidence is complex, incomplete or contradictory.
đź“…Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 19th April 2026
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