Senior Policy Adviser, Road Safety Data

460541 Senior Policy Adviser, Road Safety Data

Department for Transport

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 31st May 2026

📍 Location: Birmingham, Leeds, London (This role is suitable for hybrid working)

💷 Salary: National – £44,241; London – £48,581
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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

🏆️ Available Positions: 1

The Road Safety Division in the Department for Transport is an exciting, fast-paced environment where your work directly contributes to reducing casualties on our roads. In January 2026, we published a new Road Safety Strategy – the first in over a decade – underpinned by the Safe System approach. This recognises that while human error occurs, collisions are not inevitable but preventable and focuses on delivering evidence-based interventions to improve safety for all road users.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of road safety in the UK. You will play a key role in shaping the future of emerging road safety data policies and delivering projects that make a real-world impact. If you are motivated by challenge, enjoy working collaboratively across teams and sectors, and want to contribute to high-profile, high-impact programmes, this role offers the chance to support our vision for a safer future on our roads for all.

You will be the lead for the Data Policy. This means taking forward the multi-million-pound digital project focused on delivering the end-to-end system, leading the relevant work packages to deliver the policy, owning correspondence, and briefing senior officials and Ministers. This is a great opportunity to develop your overall leadership skills.

Top Responsibilities

Owning the running and delivery of the different phases of the Road Safety data programme digital projects such as the FCIA, by setting clear policy intent and delivery objectives, overseeing progress against agreed milestones, managing risks and dependencies, and working closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure solutions meet user needs, policy requirements and statutory obligations. This may include a level of contract management in the future.
Leading the identification and articulation of the expected data and information requirements across the road safety data programme, working cross‑functionally with policy, digital, analytical and operational teams.
Support the Team Leader in working with analytical colleagues on the business cases, research projects, including those which have already been commissioned and those still in the planning stages. Work with the contractors who are leading each piece of research to ensure robust delivery, including financial reporting. These pieces of research will be the underpinning evidence to support the business cases for further funding under future Spending Reviews.

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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

The successful applicant will be:

Confident working with emerging technologies and digital projects, and have a strong attention to detail and nuance.
Highly organised with an ability to work in a structured way, with strong programme and project management skills.
Have the ability to work at pace and in an agile manner and be adaptable to the changing needs of the team.
Have excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing, with the ability to adapt your delivery to suit a wide variety of audiences, maximising both impact and understanding.
Confident in dealing with and sometimes leading a diverse range of stakeholders, including high-profile people such as ministers.
Someone who gains rapport quickly with others as you build effective working relationships with both colleagues and stakeholders.
Have strong strategic thinking and policy skills – you will be able to analyse information; be creative in suggesting and assessing options; and exercise sound judgement in making decisions.

How to Apply

👉 Read the full description and apply here: https://bit.ly/4v1aLnP

This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 31^st May 2026