Chief Operating Officer - Active Travel England - Department for Transport

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Recruitment Process

Application

To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online form. This should be completed no later than closing date of 9th January 2025.

The application will include:

  • A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
  • A Statement of Suitability (no longer than 1000 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the criteria in the person specification.
  • Failure to submit both documents will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.
  • As part of the online application process, you will be asked a number of diversity-related questions. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the particular characteristics, you will have the option to select 'prefer not to say’.

All monitoring data will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be provided to the selection panel. 
Should you encounter any issues with your online application please get in touch with us via g&dsearch@sandersonplc.com

Shortlist

  • Your application will be acknowledged when it is received.  
  • The panel will select a shortlist of candidates whose applications best demonstrate suitability for the role, by considering the evidence provided against the essential criteria set out in the Person Specification.
  • Candidates applying under the Disability Confident Scheme who meet the minimum selection criteria in the job specification are guaranteed an interview.

Contact

Should candidates like to discuss the role in more detail before submitting an application, please contact:

Josh Irving
Head of Search
Josh.irving@sandersonplc.com
07841 368249

Scarlett Horton
Consultant
IndiaScarlett.Horton@sandersonplc.com
07890 437914

Expected Timeline

This campaign is being run on behalf of the department by the team at Sanderson Government & Defence Ltd, an executive search firm specialising in the attraction, assessment and recruitment of senior civil servants. The team is regularly commissioned by departments and other government organisations to deliver end-to-end recruitment for some of society’s most important leadership and specialist positions and is a long term partner to the Department for Transport. Our work is regulated by the Civil Service Commission where necessary and supported by the equality campaign group Stonewall.

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