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Are you familiar with the key regulatory frameworks and vehicle type approval processes within the automotive industry, and are you confident in applying this knowledge in a professional setting?
Have you got an understanding of government policies or legislative processes, particularly those related to reducing vehicle emissions or advancing automotive technologies?
If so, this is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in shaping the future of emission standards for road vehicles in the UK, and we would love to hear from you!
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.
You will 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.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Overseeing and delivering a programme of regulation to implement new emission standards in the UK.
* Leading UK engagement at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) working party on vehicle pollution and energy.
* Overseeing and steering procurement of research to provide the necessary evidence base to support policy development and influence international negotiations.
* Line management responsibility for two SEO and one HEO science and engineering professionals, building effective and inclusive team culture.
* Building productive working relationships with other relevant policy teams within the Department, our executive agencies, other Government Departments, representatives of other Governments and with stakeholders from the wider automotive sector.
For further information, please see the attached Role Profile
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