Freight Modelling Lead 11 views

📍 Location: Birmingham, Leeds, London (Hybrid)

💷 Salary: National – £57,515 / London – £62,034
Accredited Transport Modellers at this grade receive a £4,000 annual retention allowance.

🕒 Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

This role offers the chance to lead important analytical work, shape how modelling is improved while promoting TASM analysis within and outside of DfT, and support colleagues across policy and analysis to deliver impactful results. You’ll also help strengthen TASM’s modelling approaches more broadly. We can tailor responsibilities to your strengths along with TASM’s priorities if you are successful in your application.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Co‑lead the development and ongoing improvement of the Freight Analysis and Modelling Environment (FAME) centred on a multimodal freight model
• Integrate FAME into our national modelling system and work with stakeholders to boost its effectiveness
• Lead freight forecasting and policy testing while enhancing TAG guidance on freight modelling

Benefits

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
• Access to the staff discount portal.
• Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
• Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

About you

We’re looking for people who bring passion, curiosity, and a willingness to learn. If you enjoy solving problems, thinking creatively, and working with colleagues from different backgrounds to deliver meaningful insights, you’ll fit right in. With your strong technical capabilities, you will drive change, improve how we model and analyse transport, clearly communicate impacts to a range of audiences, and confidently bring your own perspective to discussions.

A strong interest in programming and automation will really help you succeed, and we’re keen to support you in developing new skills that strengthen TASM’s analytical capability.

📅 Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 5th April 2026