R&D Portfolio Lead
| Posting date: | 19 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £34,233 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 422297/1 |
Summary
Can you work well both independently and as part of a team?
Do you have excellent communications skills?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Science, Innovation and Technology Team plays a vital role in ensuring the DfT remains at the forefront of transport innovation. We identify, develop, and implement cutting-edge solutions to address current and future transport challenges. We collaborate with a wide range of partners across industry, academia, and government to deliver impactful research and development (R&D) programmes.
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: Project Delivery - Department for Transport Careers
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join our team as an R&D Portfolio Lead. You will play a key role in supporting delivery of the Department's R&D portfolio, ensuring that it is appropriately managed, and that the right data and insights are available to our key customers, including the Chief Scientific Adviser and the Department’s R&D Board. You will be responsible for developing and embedding a robust project and programme management culture to ensure that the department’s R&D activity aligns with our strategic objectives and delivers maximum impact for the UK transport system.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Lead the oversight of the departmental R&D portfolio, including governance, budget management, and spendEngage with colleagues across the DfT to coordinate, support, and report on the R&D portfolioMonitoring and reporting on impacts from R&D investment in DfTAct as a central point of contact for project work across the Science, Innovation and Technology TeamFor 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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