Department Background

At the Department for Transport (DfT) we’re working to improve every kind of journey. We’re harnessing new technology to create safer, more sustainable transport. And, creating better connections between people and places, we’re enabling greater growth opportunities for communities UK-wide. It all means that here, you are part of something very different and special.

DfT and our agencies employ around 15,000 staff, of whom about 3400 are in the core Department, and we have the largest and most complex capital project portfolio in Government, delivered principally through delivery partners including Network Rail, HS2 Ltd and National Highways.

We are broadening our presence around the country and are growing new locations in Leeds and Birmingham.

Our Secretary of State has set out five priorities:

• Improving performance on the railways and driving forward rail reform
• Improving bus services and growing usage across the country
• Transforming infrastructure to work for the whole country, promoting social mobility and tackling regional inequality
• Delivering greener transport
• Better integrating transport networks

More information about DfT can be found on our website here.

Departmental Vision

All DfT employees are guided by the Civil Service core values of honesty, integrity, impartiality and objectivity.

Everything we do to achieve this is reinforced by our values:

• Confidence: to challenge, to take action, to innovate.
• Excellence: in our professionalism, in our delivery, in our learning.
• Teamwork: we are inclusive, we collaborate and we support each other.

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