Regulatory and Policy Graduate London 2024

One of RSSB’s functions is to develop railway standards on behalf of the railway industry in Great Britain. Standards are an agreed way of doing something. They support the railway to function as a whole system, help manage risks, open markets, and reduce costs as the industry does not have to keep reinventing the wheel.

The Standards Management, Policy and Strategy team leads three key workstreams to support the Standards Directorate.

• The ‘standards management’ workstream looks after and implements the governance arrangements for the development of standards and monitors compliance across the Standards Directorate. It also develops, manages and seeks continuous improvement of internal policies, processes and procedures.
• The ‘standards delivery’ workstream leads on economic assessments and supports the development of business cases to change standards. It also provides technical expertise on regulatory policy to projects and at cross-industry committees.
• The ‘policy and strategy’ workstream sets the strategic direction for the future development of standards. Its expertise in regulatory policy helps influence changes to legislation related to standards by working closely with other industry bodies like the Department for Transport (DfT) and Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

Our graduate programme is designed to give you exposure and experience across all workstreams. In addition, over the course of 24 months, you will work across RSSB to gain a holistic insight into how we work to help keep Britain moving with safer, smarter rail.

By the end of the programme, you will have built knowledge, experience and a professional network that will help you with your career within RSSB and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Provide regulatory and policy support to the development of business cases for projects to develop or change standards.
• Support the delivery of other high-quality outputs for acceptance by wider industry, such as standards, reports, papers and training.
• Support the delivery of the Rail Standards Strategy and the RSSB’s Business Plan commitments to time, quality and budget.
• Engage and collaborate with RSSB’s members, who represent various areas of the rail sector in Great Britain.
• Support responses to enquiries from internal and external stakeholders.
• Advise stakeholders on regulatory policy within the interoperability and safety frameworks that govern the rail sector.
• Promote good practice across the Directorate on the use of RSSB’s content management system.
• Support the improvement of internal policies, processes and procedures.
• Support the development and delivery of RSSB’s commercial offering, such as helping with the delivery of training or consultancy services.
• Provide regulatory and policy support to the RSSB cross-industry research programme.

Qualifications

Essential

• A minimum of a 2:1 bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• A willingness to learn about standards management, regulatory policy and other aspects of the railways.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365.
• Drive for achievement – willingness to take control of your own development by actively engaging with the graduate programme, identifying areas for improvement, and working collaboratively with your line manager to develop your personal development plan and evaluate your performance. To show determination and capacity to achieving challenging goals and proactively seeking opportunities to broaden your skills and experience within the workplace.
• Communication – ability to communicate to different audiences with a keen attention to detail. Active listening skills and the ability to extract the necessary information to get to the heart of the matter.
• Problem solving – you are able to see both the bigger picture and think critically to define a problem before finding suitable solutions.
• Adaptability and resilience – you adapt to the situation; you are open to new ideas and challenges from others. You can adapt to and positively view change within the workplace as well as manage and learn from challenging situations and work under pressure.
• Collaboration and teamwork – you are a team player with the ability to take on responsibility and where relevant manage and delegate to others. It’s about building positive working relationships that help everyone achieve goals and business objectives whilst appreciating others’ motives and concerns.
• Personal effectiveness – you can prioritise, work efficiently and productively, and manage your own time, you can show how you decide what is important to focus on and get done and how you go about meeting deadlines.
• Analytical thinker – you are able to work with different kinds of information, see patterns and trends and draw meaningful conclusions. Adopting a systematic and logical approach in order to identify the relevant points and evaluate the most appropriate options.

Candidates should note: The scheme will involve a rotation to include a placement internally or externally and flexibility would therefore be required to travel. Choose ‘Apply now’ to submit your CV and a short supporting statement, so that we can find out more about you. Please include your extracurricular activities and additional responsibilities and you will need to attach a short submission responding to the following question in no more than 500 words: ‘why do you want to work for RSSB and what interests you about the profession?’ If you’re successful there will be a telephone interview, followed by an assessment centre comprised of a face-to-face interview and a presentation.