Location

Swansea

About The Job

Job summary

Do you have excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills?

Are you highly organised and able to prioritise your work to achieve outcomes?

Would you like to work in a diverse and varied role, where no two days are the same?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to be part of our team here at the DVLA. We are very proud of our performance in this area and want to continue to champion, promote and monitor environmental awareness across the Agency.

Job Description

You will work closely in a small, dynamic team to ensure the Agency is compliant with relevant environmental legislation, meets its environmental targets and manages its resources in a sustainable manner.

You will report to the Senior Sustainability and Environment Manager and will play a key part in supporting and managing initiatives to achieve environmental and financial benefits to DVLA in line with our strategic objectives and targets.

We will also look to you to monitor the generic mailbox, promptly responding to queries whilst also working collaboratively with team colleagues and stakeholders to ensure quality, timescales and standards are met.

You will need to be a proficient user in Microsoft Office packages, particularly Excel.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

Managing the Agency’s ISO14001 documentation. Helping to maintain the agency’s ISO14001 accreditation including monitoring compliance, performing and organising audits, maintaining records and reviewing update of documents and management of the environmental management system.
Assuring procurement, estate and operational functions at the Agency consider sustainability and environmental issues and that they help achieve the Agency’s targets.
Support analysis of agency environmental data to identify trends and anomalies and use that analysis to work with Sustainability and Environmental Managers to ensure that all environmental data and initiatives are being effectively managed in line with policy, legislation and agreed procedure and assisting the agency in achieving its environmental targets.
Providing administrative support to the wider sustainability team including management of the shared inbox and minute taking for meetings.

For further information about the role please see the attached role profile.

Additional Information

Applications will be accepted from full time/part time/job sharers. Full time roles at DVLA consist of 37 hours per week. Part time and/or flexible working may also be available subject to the needs of the business. If you have a flexible or part time working requirement, you should contact the vacancy holder in advance of making an application to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your desired working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role. To contact the vacancy holder, please use the job contact details listed under ‘Contact point for applicants’.

Person specification

We would love someone to join us who can build rapport quickly with key stakeholders both internally and externally and enjoys working collaboratively with people at all levels.

You will have strong communication skills and can communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. You can deliver information in a clear, confident and professional manner.

You will have excellent organisational skills, effectively prioritising and planning your work, allowing you to deliver targets to tight deadlines, as well as managing multiple work streams.

You will have the ability to gather and analyse data, identifying trends to support decision making.

You will be a team player with the ability to work on your own initiative and have a keen willingness to learn.

Due to the evolving nature of the business, vacancies can become available at any time. Therefore, this campaign may create a reserve list to fulfil demand if it arises which will be held for a period of 12 months.

Memberships

Associate member of IEMA (AIEMA)

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Changing and Improving
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £29,525, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £8,553 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

Best in class learning and development tailored to your role.
An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Generous employer contribution of 28.97%, depending on chosen pension scheme.
25 days holiday, increasing by one day each year up to 30 days pro rata.
Access to the staff discount portal.
24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the office over a month, with flexibility dependent on balancing business and individual need.

There are many more opportunities and great benefits of working at DVLA, visit our Careers website for further information.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

How To Apply

As part of the application process f or this role you will need to submit a CV with a Personal Statement of up to 1000 words. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

For your CV and Personal Statement, please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following essential criteria:

Stakeholder management, building relationships and working with customers and colleagues at different levels to support the delivery of business objectives.
Excellent organisational skills, effectively prioritising and planning your work, allowing you to deliver targets to tight deadlines.
Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing with the ability to adapt your delivery to suit a variety of audiences.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Click here  for further guidance on writing a CV and Personal Statement.

The sift is due to take place from week commencing Monday 16th December 2024.

Interviews will be held from Tuesday 7th January 2025.

This interview will be conducted on site at DVLA, Swansea. Further details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

If invited to interview, this may consist of a range of question types. These could include questions around behaviours and how you would respond in any situation as well as specific examples of things you have done.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:

             an interview.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website .

Please take note that DVLA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

If your application is successful but you have been dismissed from the Civil Service within the last 12 months, your application could be removed at the pre-employment checking stage.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview is truthful and factually accurate. Applications may be rejected if plagiarism is detected. Examples of plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or concepts generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Reasonable Adjustments

As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Document Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

This job advert contains links to the DfT Careers website . Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email DRGComms@dft.gov.uk for assistance.

Further Information

For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the How We Hire page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.

Pre-employment Checking

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality Requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Harry Harding
Email : harry.harding@dvla.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website Here

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