Transport Modeller
| Posting date: | 11 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £35,663 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35,663 (National) 39,553 (London) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2026 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 460921/3 |
Summary
Do you enjoy working collaboratively with analysts and technical specialists on transport modelling and wider analytical projects?
Have you produced, interpreted, and presented model outputs, using tools such R, Python, or PowerBI?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Maritime and Aviation Appraisal and Modelling (MavAM) is made up of economists, operational researchers and transport modellers who work on a variety of aviation and maritime transport models. MAvAM plays a pivotal role in providing robust and influential modelling and appraisal outputs to shape aviation, maritime, and surface access to airports.
AMBA (Aviation, Maritime and Borders Analysis) is a multi-disciplinary analytical division with around 50 members who provide expertise on transport modelling, economic analysis, statistical analysis, operation research, social research and advice on appraisal and evaluation to shape strategic thinking and policy development.
Team members work flexibly across team boundaries, supporting each other to deliver the priorities for the Aviation, Maritime and Security Group. Roles in AMBA provide the opportunity to work closely alongside other analytical colleagues and internal and external industry partners. AMBA is at the heart of some of DfT’s priority policy areas, including decarbonisation and airport expansion.
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 DfTc: Department for Transport Central - Department for Transport Careers
This role will assist the production of forecasts of passengers, air traffic and CO2 emissions at UK airports using the Aviation Forecast Model Suite. This role involves liaison with a range of external stakeholders and other modelling teams within DfT to ensure that the department has an accurate evidence base for decision making.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Maintaining and improving parts of the existing Aviation Modelling suiteWork with stakeholders and other transport modellers to understand requestsApplying the National Airport Passenger Allocation Model and Aviation CO2 modelProducing clear outputs to convey complex analysis to a range of audiencesContributing to continuous improvement of the team’s modelling capabilitiesFor 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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