Team Leads - Ports and Shipping Policy x 2

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities. Can you build and maintain relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders? Are you able to demonstrate resilience and calmness under pressure? If so, we have 2 exciting opportunities in the Ports and Shipping Division within the Department for Transport's Maritime Directorate, and we would love you to apply! The Maritime sector is a vital economic enabler for the UK - ports and shipping move 95% of goods into and out of the country. It is estimated that in 2019 the sector directly supported just over £55 billion in business turnover, £18.7 billion in GVA and 227,100 jobs for UK employees. The sector's direct GVA contribution of £18+ billion is more than the Air and Rail transport industries combined. The maritime sector and government maritime policy will play a significant role in the delivery of this Government's missions - particularly economic growth, opportunities for everyone and becoming a green energy superpower. There are two posts available in the Ports and Shipping Division within the Department for Transport's Maritime Directorate. The ports and shipping team are responsible for championing Ports and Shipping across the department and government in order facilitate their economic contribution to the UK and so our policies have a real positive impact on our sector and the wider economy. The team is focussed on understanding and overseeing ports and shipping legislation, maintaining close engagement and an in-depth understanding of the sector, their challenges and opportunities and the avenues within Government we can influence on the sector's behalf to ensure it realises it economic growth potential and enables other sectors to grow and trade. This is a dynamic team that is in the process of driving forward a number of policy and legislative improvement opportunities for the sector., Head of Port Infrastructure and Connectivity

• Lead the finalisation of and continual update of industry facing guidance, to allow the ports / freight industry to contribute the right types of evidence at the right time into government road and rail investment decision making, to increase likelihood of approval for port related schemes.
• Establishing governance and engagement mechanisms across government / DfT to ensure no opportunities for bettering port transport connectivity are missed.
• Coordinating work with Network Rail colleagues to put together bids for port rail-freight schemes for funding under the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline, and National Highways colleagues to feed into the Road Investment Strategy.
• Work with road, rail, national highways and network rail colleagues and analysts to continually assess the status of and prioritise the port sector's long list of road and rail connectivity requirements.
• Lead the work necessary for a high level cost/benefit analysis of port transport connectivity priorities in readiness for the next and future Spending Review.
Head of Autonomous Shipping and Maritime Technology
• Working on ongoing legislation being introduced on maritime legislation as part of the Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) project.
• Considering future options for introducing legislation to support the maritime autonomy sector and lead this work forward while manage a complex network of Government and private sector stakeholders.
• Working with industry, academia, OGDs, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to understand the requirements of the sector on autonomous shipping and developing policy to meet that need.
• Ensuring government intervention is best positioned to stimulate sector growth and innovation.
• Co-ordinate across industry, academia and Government, particularly HMT, DESNZ, DSIT, DBT, DEFRA, the Devolved Administrations, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), and the National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) on autonomy related structures. In particular close working with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, who are technical leads on maritime autonomy.