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Department for Transport (DFT)
Locations: Leeds
Salary: National £29,525
Number of places: 2
Security clearance: BPSS
Role type: Hybrid, 60% office attendance required
About the Department for Transport
The UK’s transport system is used by most of the population every day, whether travelling to and from work, school, shops, hospitals, or just meeting friends and family. Transport is key to growing and levelling up the economy, reducing environmental impacts and increasing the UK’s global impact.
The Department for Transport is investing to make journeys better: simpler, faster and more reliable. Our policies and regulations support jobs, enable business growth, and bring our country closer together.
Our analysis gives ministers fresh ideas about big, complex issues and deep insight into policy options. We analyse the wide-ranging economic impacts of transport schemes. We assess the social and environmental benefits and costs, to get a full picture of the impact of a scheme.
We look ahead at key trends in society, such as population growth or the number of trips people take, to forecast how demand for transport will change in the future.
The Apprenticeship Role
Our roles offer the chance to put your university studies into practice and gain experience as a government economist, in an organisation that genuinely values sound analytical thinking and the development of its people. There will be opportunities to apply your expertise to live policy issues that will influence how people travel now and in the future, to develop cutting-edge appraisal guidance, to use economics to inform the development of transport schemes, to determine transport’s contribution to our ambitious environmental agenda, and more.
DfT Analyst Community
DfT's has a diverse analytical community with around 400 analysts spanning the government analytical professions. Between us we have expertise in economics, transport modelling, social research, evaluation, operational research, statistics, data science, appraisal and science and engineering.
DfT sees analysis as central to its decisions, so is a great place for analysts to work. We aim to produce high quality, influential analysis and evidence to inform and shape Departmental decision making.
As a community we also place a strong emphasis on continuing to learn, with both personal and professional development.
We have a growing GES DAP apprenticeship community, currently consisting of 5 apprentice economists. Existing apprentices have settled well into our analytical community and are always willing to offer support and guidance.
Learning and Development Opportunities
Your manager will give you a thorough induction to your team and your role. They’ll be close by when you need them – for tips, technical guidance, or just a sounding board for your ideas.
You’ll be able to collaborate with and learn from peers, senior economists and other analytical professionals.
During your apprenticeship not only will you develop an excellent grasp of what it is being an economist in the Civil Service, you will also have developed your wider skills such as:
Communicating complex analysis in non-technical language to non-economists
Working independently but cooperatively
Managing projects
Being able to see how your work can add value to wider department and cross-government priorities.
Further Information
For further information on working as an apprentice in DfT, please contact Antony Wolfe (antony.wolfe@dft.gov.uk) or Cara Jamieson (cara.jamieson@dft.gov.uk)