Senior Strategy and Engagement Advisor – Transport Infrastructure Decarbonisation

The Infrastructure Decarbonisation Division (IDD) is a newly formed and growing team within the Portfolio and Project Delivery Directorate. It was established to lead change, building a culture of whole life carbon reduction across DfT to help ensure that we are planning and delivering our infrastructure in the most carbon-efficient way.

This role is at the forefront of the Government’s wider environmental and decarbonisation ambitions, with growing interest from Ministers and industry stakeholders. Infrastructure decarbonisation cuts across a busy and complicated stakeholder landscape, and you will be leading the development and management of our relationships with ALBs, senior stakeholders in the department, other government departments (OGDs), both internal and external experts, Ministers and special advisers. You will also work to influence wider government policies and strategies, using DfT’s infrastructure portfolio to aid in the adoption of modern methods of construction, low carbon materials and other innovations.

This role reports to the Infrastructure Decarbonisation Strategy and Engagement Lead and provides the opportunity to develop strategy and policy development, project delivery and communicating and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

Key accountabilities of the role include:

• Designing a strategy setting out how DfT can deliver transport infrastructure in line with wider Government policies and its legal duty to reach net zero by 2050 and, in the long-term, aiding in the delivery and monitoring of its implementation.
• Leading development of IDD’s stakeholder engagement strategy to ensure IDD is effectively influencing stakeholders and is kept informed of the latest policies affecting infrastructure decarbonisation across DfT, our ALBs, wider government and industry.
• Leading the Division’s engagement with DfT’s Environmental Strategy Team to ensure that relevant Boards are kept abreast of the team’s progress in supporting the management of DfT’s principal risk on reducing environment impacts.
• Leading engagement on wider decarbonisation and environmental policies both within DfT and across Whitehall to ensure cross-cutting DfT policy objectives are recognised and properly embedded, including policies such as low carbon fuels and materials, R&D, and procurement.
• Leading on the briefing and correspondence for the team.

For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile.