Policy Manager


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£57,515 - £57,515
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Birmingham
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	10 Aug 2026
Closing date:	1 Sept 2026

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Summary

Can you provide clear policy advice on complex and high-profile transport issues?

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, influencing decisions and driving meaningful outcomes?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

DfT is a high-profile department at the heart of UK government. We work with agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest to make journeys better.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

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), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at DfTc

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This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape policy on connected and emerging vehicle technologies, helping to maximise innovation while managing risks around safety, data protection and cyber resilience. Working closely with ministers, government departments, industry and international stakeholders, you will support the safe deployment of new vehicle technologies and influence standards development. Based in the International Vehicle Standards Division, the role contributes to improving road safety, environmental outcomes and the future regulation of transport technologies.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

Lead the collaboration across the Department to deliver Connected Vehicle Services
Lead work to secure access to historical emergency call (eCall) data
Shaping discussions across Government on the risks around connected vehicles
Task management of 2 SEOs

Flexible resourcing

Colleagues are expected to work with a degree of flexibility, meaning responsibilities may change to support priority delivery.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile which is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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