National Enforcement Services Manager
| Posting date: | 20 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,848 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 422700/2 |
Summary
Do you have experience of working in a management capacity with a national operation, and working with senior stakeholders?
Have you proven experience of working with multiple stakeholders to manage expectations and needs?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
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 DVSA: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - Department for Transport Careers
This is a key role at the centre of DVSA’s Enforcement directorate, responsible for the management of the National Enforcement Office, the central hub for Enforcement. The National Enforcement Office works on behalf of the Enforcement Senior Leadership Team (ELT) to ensure that all aspects of the day-to-day management of national enforcement are well managed and that the enforcement viewpoint is fully represented in cross-agency decision making.
Working in tandem with a colleague, your joint responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Management of the National Enforcement Office, providing a clear point of escalation to enforcement staff on sensitive or emergent issues to ensure Corporate Senior Leaders (CSLs) are well briefed.Leading the coordination of Enforcement activities, ensuring the delivery of national engagement objectives/products across Enforcement. This includes workforce planning and recruitment initiatives.Develop, maintain and deliver effective, cross directorate communications and events, ensuring that these reflect business needs (e.g. well briefed and engaged staff) and develop in line with future communication requirements.Provide leadership to deliver and develop the Impounding, Cabotage, DVSA and PtS capability within the Directorate.Act as contract manager for various contracts.Act as information asset owner for various systems.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 attached 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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