Directorate Support Manager

at  Office of Rail and Road

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.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

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.
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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.

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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