Head of Aviation Environment Analysis
| Posting date: | 28 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £67,313 to £72,189 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National salary: £67,313 London salary: £72,189. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 August 2025 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 418594/3 |
Summary
Can you lead a talented team with empathy and purpose, delivering high-impact insight on complex environmental challenges?
If so, we'd love to hear from you!
Aviation, Maritime and Borders Analysis Division is a multi-profession analytical hub providing a full suite of analysis services to Aviation and Maritime policy Directorates. It is a cohesive team with a strong ethos of multi-profession analysis and close joint working with policy professionals to deliver evidence-based robust policy outcomes. AMBA is led by a leadership team of two Deputy Directors and six Grade 6 team leaders.
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 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 DfT: Department for Transport Central - Department for Transport Careers
This team leader role is responsible for all analysis supporting aviation environment policy, including aviation decarbonisation, noise and air quality. It’s a fascinating and high-profile area in which to work as delivering greener transport is a key ministerial priority.
Key priorities for the team over the next twelve months include:
- Lead analysis of UK aviation CO₂ forecasts and abatement options to shape the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan and wider decarbonisation strategy, including Carbon Budget 7.
- Support UK policy on airport expansion by delivering robust environmental impact assessments to inform a revised Airports National Policy Statement.
- Collaborate with DESNZ on UK Emissions Trading Scheme design, including Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) integration, non-CO₂ impacts, and greenhouse gas removals.
- Provide analytical leadership for UK positions at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), including key input to the 2025 General Assembly and ongoing negotiations.
- Lead UK input to ICAO technical groups and research to inform policy on net zero, NOx regulation, and GHG removals.
This role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive analysis division leading a dedicated and skilled team underpinning nationally important policy decisions with good evidence.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Lead analytical support to all aspects of aviation environment policy:
- Build and maintain close relationships with the senior leaders of the aviation environment policy team to understand their objectives and work plans and ensure that analysis is integrated into those.
- Oversee your team’s work plans, prioritising well to ensure that analytical resources are used to achieve greatest impact.
- Be responsible for the delivery of your team’s agreed outputs, ensuring they are on time and fit for purpose adhering to analytical quality assurance standards.
- Balance delivery of outputs in the short term with investing in your team’s capability to provide outputs policy teams will need in future.
Lead a team of 8 analysts:
- Create an empowering environment in which your team can deliver to their full potential. The team will have undergone some staffing and other changes so the postholder will have an important role to play in shaping team culture and identity.
- Role model inclusive behaviours, valuing team members’ unique contributions.
- Invest in development of your team’s skills and capabilities.
- Be an active part of Division leadership, creating cohesion between teams, supporting your peers and jointly addressing leadership challenges that arise.
Be an analytical leader within DfT:
- As part of the senior cadre of analysts with DfT, be active in ensuring the health of the function.
- This post holder will ensure that analysis is well-integrated into policy development providing the right evidence at the right time and quality to achieve DfT’s objectives.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile 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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