Internship - Regulatory, Strategy and Reform team (Strategy, Policy and Reform)

at  Office of Rail and Road

JOB DESCRIPTION

The successful intern will assist the Regulatory, Strategy and Reform team with at least one policy project – the project itself will be determined by priorities in the team at the time but could include researching an environmental issue, a stakeholder engagement project or getting involved in rail reform or AI. This is a great opportunity to see how policy gets developed in a regulatory environment, and you will have the opportunity to write a paper recommending the way forward. You will be given an outline problem statement to develop, be asked to conduct desk-based research and also to engage with colleagues across ORR to help complete your project. You will be supported by members of the team to help shape and refine the task and the output, and will be able to work across the organisation.
There will also be some general administrative tasks including arranging meetings, including room bookings, where requested and taking minutes at any such meetings.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

QUALIFICATIONS

Are you an undergraduate or graduate with at least two years of your degree studies completed?

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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

• Proficient in MS 365, particularly MS PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

Benefits
Details of our employee benefits can be found in the attached Candidate Information Pack.
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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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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