UK Airport & Airline Engagement Leads
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 08 Mehefin 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £35,663 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Mehefin 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Birmingham |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 464674/1 |
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Do you enjoy analysing market trends, identifying emerging issues, and helping shape effective decisions and policy outcomes?
If so, we would love to hear from you.
Aviation is vital to the UK’s economy and connectivity, and a strong relationship between the department and the sector is key to its success. As a Policy and Engagement lead for UK Airlines or Airports, you’ll be at the heart of shaping the Department’s relationship with the sector. Your work will provide regular insight into how the UK’s airports and airlines are performing and responding to government policy, helping ensure government decisions are grounded in real-world insight, supporting a sector that millions of people rely on every day.
These roles sit within the within the Aviation Strategy, Markets and Regulation Division. As a division, we pride ourselves on being approachable and friendly, supporting one another and leading vital work at the heart of the Directorate. The Aviation Commercial and Engagement team plays a key role in maintaining our understanding of the sector, and ensuring commercial insights are reflected in Government policies.
These roles are exciting positions with opportunities to develop commercial awareness, be on the front line of governments aviation agenda and gain insights into how the aviation sector works.
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 Policy: Policy opportunities at the Department for Transport - Department for Transport Careers
These are dynamic roles where you’ll be engaging directly with the sector, monitoring market trends, and providing insight that helps inform policies which work for the sector and passengers alike. As a small team, you can expect a stretching and fulfilling role, acting as the department’s key point of contact for airports and airlines, working with a variety of teams and other government departments, ensuring Ministers and senior officials are well-prepared for discussions with industry leaders.
You’ll also support monitoring of the sector’s health and any emerging issues, working closely with analytical, the CAA and colleagues in other government departments, playing a critical role in ensuring we can respond effectively to commercial challenges such as airline insolvencies.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Engagement - Manage the Department’s external engagement with UK airports, airlines and key partners, taking an active role towards fostering strong relationships and ensuring effective understanding of key issues.
- Commercial monitoring – Support the embedding of a process to monitor and analyse the aviation market to assess sector health and identify emerging issues. This will include arranging and note taking for meetings regular with senior representatives for the UK’s airports and airlines to understand market outlook and the challenges facing the sector.
- Strategic advice - Provide advice and briefings to senior officials and Ministers on airport and airline-related This supporting drafting of a State of the Market pack and submission to present to senior officials and ministers.
- Commercial policy and understanding – Collaborate with policy teams in DfT and other Government Departments to ensure policies are informed by robust commercial and policy insight and to keep the sector informed of wider policies that might affect them.
- Respond to commercial situations – Support the response to ad hoc emerging commercial situations that may need Government involvement, to ensure timely and coordinated action across government.
- Insolvency Policy – Supporting maintaining the Departments preparedness for an insolvency situation and consider whether Government policy should be updated to help respond to large scale failures.
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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