
Head of Vehicle Emission Standards
- Public sector
- Leeds
- 06/05/2025
- £54857.00 /yearly
- Permanent
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This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in shaping the future of emission standards for road vehicles in the UK. Air quality remains the largest environmental harm to human health in the UK. Whilst the transition to zero emission vehicles is anticipated to bring significant benefits for air quality, new and emerging challenges remain in ensuring road transport emissions continue to reduce and contribute towards achieving future air quality targets.
Within this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and delivering future emission standards for new road vehicles being placed on the UK market. This will involve working closely with teams across the department, including analyst and lawyers to ensure the delivery of evidenced and robust new regulations to achieve future air quality goals.
Achieving this will require working with international partners, research organisations, NGOs and vehicle manufacturers within the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, to deliver these standards wherever possible through internationally harmonised regulation. Consequently, there will be some need for international travel.
Whilst driving forward air quality improvements is the primary aim of this role, emission standards have a key role to play in achieving and unlocking the benefits of the UK's transition to zero emission vehicles. You will therefore be required to work closely with other policy teams across the Department for Transport, including the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, to ensure that the UK's emission standards are complementary in achieving the decarbonisation of road transport.
The primary responsibilities of the post are:
The post-holder will oversee DfT's technical work on the following areas:
For further information, please see the attached Role Profile
To be successful in this role, the primary requirement will be a strong motivation to achieve the desired outcomes, coupled with the knowledge and expertise to command respect and influence across other teams and key stakeholders from both other governments and industry.
You will need to have the skills to:
Additional Information
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.
Occasional travel to other DfT offices will be required. There will be a requirement for international travel. The frequency of travel is variable, but a typical expectation is about once every two months.
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Please note, the above example is based on the National minimum salary. The employer pension contribution will be 28.97% of your specific salary.
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
When considering applying please look at how your experience relates to the role. Please tailor your CV to match the role and its responsibilities and within your Personal Statement please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:
Your personal statement should be no more than 750 words.
The sift is due to take place week commencing 19th May 2025.
Interviews/assessments are likely to be held week commencing 2nd June 2025.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
This interview will be conducted online via Teams. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
You're encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.
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.
Complete the 'Assistance required' section in the 'Additional requirements' page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email [email protected] for assistance.
Further Information
For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.
Pre-employment Checking
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.This job is broadly open to the following groups:
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