Regulatory Analyst

Job summary

We are looking for an 18 Months Fixed Term Regulatory Analyst to join ORR's Periodic Reviews & Monitoring team that sits within the Economics, Finance and Markets (EFM) Directorate. The directorate leads ORR’s work on the funding of railway infrastructure in Great Britain, financial and economic analysis within ORR, and ORR’s competition work. The team’s focus is on the funding process for the railway infrastructure and assessing how Network Rail is delivering against its commitments. We work closely with colleagues across ORR, as well as with governments, Network Rail, and other stakeholders.

Job description

You will play a key part in preparing for the next funding process for the railway infrastructure in Great Britain. The next funding process will determine what the railway is expected to achieve during the five years from 1 April 2029 and the level of funding available for the infrastructure.

​You will have a unique opportunity to be a part of making the UK Government’s vision for the railway a reality, with plans for Great British Railways (GBR) to take on Network Rail’s responsibility for the railway infrastructure in England & Wales alongside running many of the passenger services on the railway network. You can read more about the government’s plans for the rail industry in its consultation response.

​ORR will assess Great British Railways integrated business plans for England & Wales and Scotland for the next control period before advising funders on whether they meet each funder’s objectives and represent value for money. These plans will demonstrate how outcomes and budgets for the rail network and publicly-owned passenger services will be aligned.

​Working within a small multi-disciplinary team, your work will focus on two key areas:

​1) ORR's review of Network Rail's annual business plans to determine whether it is on track to deliver what it is required to do and also supporting our review of periodic updates to Network Rail’s business plan. This includes supporting the development of high-level advice to funders on whether Network Rail is on track to deliver its commitments.

​2) Providing support to other important projects within the team. This includes preparatory work for the next funding process and potentially other areas such as supporting our competition or other case/project work.

Person specification

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Additional Information At ORR, our hybrid working means that we currently work from our workplace location a minimum of 40% of our working week, although requirements to attend other offsite locations for official business, also count towards this level of attendance. Working arrangements are subject to continuous review.

Behaviours

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

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

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

• Formal academic qualification (degree or equivalent) or experience and evidence of continued professional development in a discipline with high analytical content.
• Planning, organising and managing projects: ability to apply project management principles and techniques to manage projects and resources
• Summarising and presenting complex information: ability to navigate a large amount of complex or technical information to help identify key issues, including communicating aspects of this to a non-technical audience.

Benefits

A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution of 28.97%.

Details of our employee benefits can be found in the attached Candidate Information Pack.

Find out what our colleagues have to say about their ORR careers Our people Office of Rail and Road (orr.gov.uk).

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.For information on the selection process, please see the attached Candidate Information Pack and Job Description.

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 theCivil 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 : Pete Neech
• Email : Pete.neech@orr.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : peopleservices@orr.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 ORR via email: peopleservices@orr.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: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitme…

Attachments

ORR Job Information Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 1205kB)Job Description - Regulatory Analyst Opens in new window (pdf, 118kB)