Senior Policy Advisor


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£44,241 - £44,241
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Birmingham
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Aug 2026
Closing date:	31 Aug 2026

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Summary

Can you build effective relationships with stakeholders, collaborate across teams or organisations, and use influencing skills to deliver?

Do you have experience in developing policy by analysing evidence and balancing multiple objectives?

Do you manage workstreams confidently, solve problems proactively, and communicate clearly?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The Department for Transport 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 moving 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 Policy

The Department for Transport’s Low Carbon Fuels directorate leads strategy, policy and operational delivery work to promote the use of low carbon fuels – such as those used in road vehicles and aircraft – and support transport decarbonisation.

This role sits within the team responsible for the policy design and implementation of the SAF Mandate, the Government’s flagship policy to reduce aviation emissions.

We are seeking a commercial policy specialist with understanding of the aviation industry and fuel supply chains to support the implementation of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate and wider decarbonisation policies.

The post involves working across government and with industry stakeholders to diagnose complex and high-profile issues, develop and implement policy, support compliance with SAF Mandate obligations, and ensure low carbon fuels and other decarbonisation policies effectively deliver towards net zero targets.

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

Establishing strong, collaborative relationships with industry stakeholders
Mapping and tracking low carbon fuels market behaviours, trends and changes
Developing DfT positions and policy on high-profile, complex issues
Providing high quality advice and briefing to Ministers, other Government Departments and senior officials

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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