AMS PSR

On behalf of The Department for Transport, we are looking for a Rail Services Lead (Inside IR35) for a 12 months contract based Hybrid - London.

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As a Rail Services Lead, your main responsibilities will be:

• Leading and managing relationships with senior level executives of SWR, including the negotiation and the resolution of complex issues, ensuring outcomes are consistent with affordability constraints, represent value for money and are in the interests of taxpayers and passengers.
• Leadership in several areas, including advising internal and external stakeholders, Ministers, DfT senior leaders on matters. This can include providing material to the Ministerial and Press teams, sometimes within challenging timescales.
• Management responsibility of a team as well as organising, reporting and planning information and their workloads.
• Managing the contract/agreement and having a clear understanding of the key levers the Department can use to maximise passenger benefits while minimising risk to the taxpayer.
• Developing relationships and working collaboratively with DfTO, NR and Train Operating Companies as part of Shadow Great British Railways (SGBR). 
• Build knowledge and play a key role in the bedding in to the new public ownership Services Agreement, including working closely with the Public Ownership Transition (POTP) team and DFTO.
• Effective use of management information to challenge and support the operator highlighting key trends and issues using data and putting in place improvement plans when necessary.
• Taking the lead on identifying and driving forward solutions, supported by analysis of a range of credible options, to overcome problems. This could include leadership of specific projects such as on rolling stock or cross-cutting issues.
• Using commercial expertise to support effective wind down of National Rail Contracts, working collaboratively with Public Ownership teams.
• Covering for and assisting the Senior Rail Services Lead, on the development, resilience and recruitment for the wider team, or across regional teams, to improve the overall effectiveness and productivity.

Essential:

• The ability to build and establish collaborative commercial relationships with multiple stakeholders at Board level.
• Experience of solving complex commercial problems in a fast paced and high-profile environment.
• An understanding of market and change in commercial drivers and the ability to develop strategies to exploit these, considering financial, legal and commercial implications.
• A high degree of personal resilience, with the ability to work under pressure and maintain your performance levels under challenging circumstances.
• Be able to demonstrate or quickly build understanding of strategic relationship management including contract management processes

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DfT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DfT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".