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460921 Transport Modeller

Department for Transport

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 24th May 2026

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

💷 Salary: National: £35,663; London: £39,553 – 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

Maritime and Aviation Appraisal and Modelling (MavAM) is made up of economists, operational researchers and transport modellers who work on a variety of aviation and maritime transport models.  MAvAM plays a pivotal role in providing robust and influential modelling and appraisal outputs to shape aviation, maritime, and surface access to airports.

AMBA (Aviation, Maritime and Borders Analysis) is a multi-disciplinary analytical division with around 50 members who provide expertise on transport modelling, economic analysis, statistical analysis, operation research, social research and advice on appraisal and evaluation to shape strategic thinking and policy development.

This role will assist the production of forecasts of passengers, air traffic and CO2 emissions at UK airports using the Aviation Forecast Model Suite. This role involves liaison with a range of external stakeholders and other modelling teams within DfT to ensure that the department has an accurate evidence base for decision making.

Top Responsibilities

• Maintaining and improving parts of the existing Aviation Modelling suite
• Work with stakeholders and other transport modellers to understand requests
• Applying the National Airport Passenger Allocation Model and Aviation CO2 model
• Producing clear outputs to convey complex analysis to a range of audiences
• Contributing to continuous improvement of the team’s modelling capabilities

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.
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.

About You

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Working on, updating, and improving analytical models, with a desirable emphasis on transport modelling
• Conducting and presenting complex analysis to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Manipulation of large datasets, and programming experience ideally in R, Python, or SQL (BigQuery)

How to Apply

👉 Read the full description and apply here: https://bit.ly/4wAP5QY

This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 24^th May 2026