Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a new team, working across some of the highest priority areas in DfT Maritime?
Would you relish the chance to add value to our priority project and policies, to be asked to quickly understand key issues and shape the way forward?
If so, we'd love to hear from you!
The Maritime Delivery Unit (MDU) tackles urgent and high-profile challenges across the Maritime directorate. The team will take on issues not addressed through business-as-usual work and be a deployable resource to deal with emerging political, directorate or departmental priorities.
The work of the MDU is guided by the issues that Ministers, our DG and Director are concerned about but cannot be delivered by business as usual (BAU) teams. We deliver short term (3 months) interventions to help BAU teams deliver effectively.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
+ 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), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday
+ Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DfT: Department for Transport Central - Department for Transport Careers, While the exact nature of the work depends on the project requiring our support, some of the work could include:
+ Early discovery projects
+ Early development of new policies
+ Review of existing policy/legislation
+ Short-term primary or secondary legislation projects including policy options, legal instructions
+ Business case development
+ Developing Funding schemes
+ Surge support for for large and high-profile events
You will be comfortable working with ambiguity and across a number of projects. You will have experience of delivering workstreams in a dynamic environment with many stakeholders. You will have, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and be able to communicate complex ideas clearly.
You will support the G7 MDU Project Lead in delivering priority projects. This could include collating inputs for a new policy area, or helping define legislation in a separate policy area. Other activities could include:
+ Working closely with the Programme Team and G7 MDU Project Lead on project set-up, completion of project initiation documents, inputs and updates to plans, gathering information to inform evaluation and handover.
+ Leading on key deliverables for the project, scoping and delivering policy options, stakeholder mapping, and briefing seniors and Ministers. These will address complicated policy and delivery challenges.
+ Establishing relationships and networks with a wide range of stakeholders, internal and external, and arranging meetings and opportunities for discussion.
+ Continually developing MDU capability by offering support across the team and to other divisions to upskill and learn new ways of doing things.
+ Working collaboratively with the business-as-usual teams you will be supporting, ensuring MDU's involvement leaves a positive legacy.
+ Providing feedback and lessons learned on project delivery, contributing to growth and development of MDU to inform best practice.
These will be demanding roles on high-profile issues. You will have experience of quickly understanding new areas of work and rapidly delivering insightful policy products for high profile stakeholders.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process., Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.
This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.
The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.
Occasional travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Working Together
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Communicating and Influencing, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Stage 1: Sift of CV and personal statement
Stage 2: Interview
You must be successful at sift each stage to progress to the interview.
Stage 1: Sift
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:
Experience - you will be asked to provide a CV (unlimited wordcount) and personal statement (750-word count). Please provide evidence of your Experience of the following:
+ Policy development - you will be able to analyse information; be creative in suggesting ideas and assessing options; and communicate findings clearly to senior colleagues to inform decision making.
+ Resilience - experience of picking up new subject areas quickly; as well as working at pace, balancing a number of priorities.
+ Drafting - translating complex information, into clear and concise text.
Please note: the sift will be completed on a rolling basis whilst the campaign is still live, so you may receive your sift scores before the advert closing date.
The sift will take place week commencing the 1st of September 2025.
Stage 2: Interview.
At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:
+ Behaviours - (Working Together, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing)
+ Experience
You will also be required to create and deliver a presentation to assess the Behaviour Seeing the Big Picture. Guidance will be provided if you are invited to interview.
The interviews will take place from the 22nd of September 2025.
This interview will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
You can find out more about our hiring process, how to apply, and application and interview guidance on our careers site (opens in a new window).
Please note that we will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change.
Further information on the selection process
We will also hold a 12-month reserve list for this role, which may lead to potential opportunities beyond the role you applied for. You can read more about our reserve lists here.
During your application, you should indicate which location(s) you wish to be considered for and, if successful, you will be placed on an individual list of candidates for each location. Candidates will be held on that list and drawn from it in merit order. We advise you to carefully consider which locations you wish to be considered for. If you decline an offer for a location you have expressed a preference in or have expressed an interest in more than one location and accept an offer, you will be withdrawn from any lists you may be held on. We may also offer candidates a location that they have not expressed a preference for where we have the requirement to do so but this will again be done on the basis of your place in the overall merit order and, in this event, you will not be removed from the list if you decline.
Appointments for this position will be made in order of merit. If you are successful in the selection process but there are no further available posts for the advertised role, you may be contacted to discuss an offer for a lower graded role (with similar experience and responsibility requirements).
If you are unsuccessful in the selection process, your application may be considered for a lower graded position if your demonstrated skills and experience meet the requirements of the alternative position. Candidates will be considered in order of merit.
AI Tools and Platforms
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jpreview.cgifor more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
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.
You will be proactive and resilient with strong policy, project and communication skills, enabling you to get up to speed quickly on new areas of work, work collaboratively with BAU teams and deliver high quality policy projects within a short space of time. You will know how to bring together different professions - particularly analysis and legal - to deliver objectives, as well as be comfortable handling a wide range of stakeholders.
We are looking for a diverse range of skills and people across the team, both to support the diverse range of projects undertaken and to create an environment where people can share and learn from each other's experience.
You will need to demonstrate experience of the following as part of your application:
+ Policy development- you will be able to analyse information; be creative in suggesting ideas and assessing options; and communicate findings clearly to senior colleagues to inform decision making.
+ Resilience- experience of picking up new subject areas quickly; as well as working at pace, balancing a number of priorities.
+ Working collaboratively- confident in building strong relationships with internal stakeholders
+ Drafting- translating complex information, into clear and concise text.
Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements
Alongside your salary of £42,848, Department for Transport contributes £12,413 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
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.
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Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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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
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.
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