Directorate Support Manager

Office of Rail and Road

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Reference number

368374

Salary

£31,224 - £38,032

London: £35,353 - £38,032 or Birmingham: £31,224 - £33,979

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Grade E

Contract type

Fixed term

Length of employment

up to 12 months

Business area

ORR - Highways

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support
Operational Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

Location

Birmingham, London

About the job

Job summary

ORR is responsible for monitoring National Highways performance and efficiency in its role as steward of the motorways and major A roads in England.

Job description

As the Directorate Support Manager for the Highways Team, you will manage the work of the team, including projects, finance, procurement, learning and development, high level meetings and risk for a team of 24 people. You will also act in a PA role to the deputy director. The post will involve a mixture of project-based work and administration and will give you exposure to senior colleagues and decision making.

This is an exciting and pivotal time to be joining the Highways Team, during a period of growth. It will give you the opportunity to work within a team that is helping to shape the future of the sector; to work with stakeholders across the industry; and to support the development of our approach for the third road period, starting in 2025.

Additional Information

At ORR, our hybrid working means that we currently work from our workplace location a minimum of 40% of our working week, although requirements to attend other offsite locations for official business, also count towards this level of attendance.  Working arrangements are subject to continuous review.  

Person specification

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Delivering at Pace
Seeing the Big Picture
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Benefits

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%

Details of our employee benefits can be found in the attached Candidate Information Pack.

Find out what our colleagues have to say about their ORR careers Our people Office of Rail and Road (orr.gov.uk).

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

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

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Mike Barlow
Email : mike.barlow@orr.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : hr.recruitment@orr.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact ORR via email: hr.recruitment@orr.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website here: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-complaints/