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Appointment Brief

Moving Britain Ahead

April 2018

Foreword from the Secretary of State for Transport

The Government is committed to delivering a transport system that

works for everyone, by always putting its customers - passengers,

freight users and motorists - first, as well as making people’s

journeys safer, cleaner, faster and more affordable today, whilst

continuing to build the capacity we need for tomorrow.

The railway in Britain is the safest and one of the most reliable railways in Europe. Our

railways are a major success story with passenger demand amongst the highest it has ever

been. However, a growing railway brings its own challenges which require the whole sector

to work together to identify and achieve solutions to put passengers at the heart of the

railway - how to improve and sustain train service reliability while the number of services

increases, improving passenger satisfaction on a busy network which is undergoing major

enhancements, and effectively delivering on a programme of infrastructure investment and

rail reform to improve services. Setting out a vision for the future of railways that brings

closer working between track and train companies to offer better services for passengers,

and ensuring that our excellent rail safety record is maintained, is also critical.

Our major roads are vital arteries of the British economy, which is why, through the Road

Investment Strategy, we are investing heavily in them to improve and enhance the network

by building smart motorways, new roads and improving the ones we’ve already got. The

Office of Rail and Road, as the Highways Monitor, will hold Highways England to account for

its delivery of the strategy and its management of the strategic road network, driving better

outcomes for road users and the taxpayer.

The Office of Rail and Road plays a crucial role in achieving our current and future

ambitions. It is a champion for customers of the railway. It needs an inspirational leader with

a strong consumer focus and with knowledge of complex organisations and environments,

who has the experience, skills and passion we need to take on future challenges. In turn this

role will provide you with a unique and rewarding opportunity to make a major contribution to

road and rail customers, supporting economic growth and bringing our country together.

Thank you for your interest.

The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP

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Welcome Note from Baroness Sugg

Ministerial Diversity Champion

For the boards of our public bodies to effectively serve the public, they should also be representative of the public. We need our public appointments to be open to fresh talent, expertise and perspectives, to help us better understand the needs of the public they serve. That is why the Government is committed to making our public appointments more diverse in terms of ethnicity, gender, life experience and background. As Ministerial Diversity Champion for the Department for Transport (DfT), I want our public appointments to benefit from the strongest possible field of candidates. That means we need more candidates from a variety of backgrounds who can bring their experience and ideas to our boards.

If you are new to the DfT family or to public appointments, I would like to encourage you to apply for our public appointment opportunities and join a Department that is forward thinking and transforming Britain’s transport system. Our dedicated DfT Public Appointments Team would be happy to answer any queries you may have on the process, including how you can improve your application. They can be contacted at [email protected]. You will also find a candidate guide on public appointment application hints and tips to help you with your application on all DfT roles advertised on the Cabinet Office Public Appointments website.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Baroness Sugg CBE

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport

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The organisationThe Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is an important champion for the customers and funders of the railways and roads. The ORR oversees Britain’s railways, which are vital to national and regional economic growth. The ORR also monitors the performance of Highways England, who are responsible for the strategic network of Motorways and major A roads in England which saw 92 billion vehicle miles in in 2016.

ORR is a non-ministerial government department with around 300 staff and a budget of about £30 million each year. ORR’s rail activity is funded by the railway industry it regulates. ORR’s roads activity is grant funded by DfT to the order of £2.5 million in 2017-18.

ORR operates out of six offices that are distributed across the country. Over half of ORR’s staff are based in the London head office and around half are focused on safety. ORR is structured, staffed and resourced around directorates: safety, economics, planning and performance, legal, strategy and policy, and corporate operations.

Government strongly supports the independence of the ORR and its role in delivering a more efficient and effective railway, which works for all of its customers. This independence was reaffirmed in the recent review of the ORR1 and the Rail Strategic Vision.2

ORR’s Rail responsibilities

ORR plays a crucial role in standing up for rail customers, road users and taxpayers. It is:

The economic regulator of Network Rail as the owner and operator of the national rail network. ORR’s principal economic function is to regulate and enforce Network Rail's stewardship of the national network so that it delivers a more effective, efficient and customer-focussed railway.

The national health and safety authority for Britain's railways including the mainline railway, High Speed 1 (HS1), London Underground, light rail and the heritage sector and it provides resources for regulating the Channel Tunnel.

The licensing authority for the companies that operate Britain’s trains, stations, light maintenance depots and networks.

Responsible for facilitating new investment in the rail network. Responsible for establishing terms and conditions for train operators’ access to the

network. The competition authority for the railways, concurrently with the Competition and

Markets Authority. Responsible for exercising important consumer protection powers. Responsible for influencing the development of European economic and safety

policies. Responsible for publishing key statistics on the performance of railways (ORR is

accredited by the National Statistics Authority as a source of national statistics).

The ORR is not responsible for rail ticket pricing or the granting of franchises to train operators.

1 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/rail-regulation-call-for-evidence2 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-strategic-vision-for-rail

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ORR’s Road responsibilities

Since 1 April 2015 ORR has had the remit of holding Highways England to account for its day-to-day efficiency and performance and for delivering the Government’s major five year Road Investment Strategy.

The role of the ORR includes:

Monitoring the performance and efficiency of Highways England against the objectives and targets set in the different parts of the current Roads Investment Strategy (2015-2020).

Providing advice to support the setting of future Road Investment Strategies, including advice to confirm that the developing proposition remains deliverable and challenging.

Undertaking enforcement action.

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The role The Chair’s work falls into five main areas:

1. Strategic development and policy oversightWork proactively with the board and objectively with Government to:

Keep the strategic objectives under review so that the organisation has clear direction and leadership.

Build strategic consensus across the board and guide strategy development and delivery.

Provide strong and constructive challenge to the executive in ensuring policy delivery follows strategic direction.

Whilst acknowledging that ORR operates in a very complex and safety-critical environment, it puts customer needs at its heart.

2. The board members

Recruit and develop non-executive members and ensure effective succession planning.

Manage the non-executive board members to ensure good performance and engagement, making best use of their skills and experience through allocation to sub-committee or other work.

Maintain a well informed and authoritative board by working with the board secretary to plan an appropriate range of board activities outside regular meetings.

Ensure that executive board members also perform well as board members, working closely with the Chief Executive to review and secure their ongoing development.

3. Board business

Chair the board meetings so as to deliver collegiate decision making and consistent application of existing policy.

Ensure robust scrutiny by the board of recommendations by the executive ensuring shared understanding of complex issues and delivering decisions which are properly informed and well founded.

Scrutinise and consider regular reports to ensure that the information given to the board is sufficient and comprehensive enough to meet their statutory duties.

Oversee the forward board agenda to ensure that the board retains sufficient familiarity with and oversight of the diverse functions of the Office.

Engage with the Chief Executive and board secretary in setting the agenda for the board and ensuring that the board delivers all its duties and functions effectively.

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Liaise to ensure that the board is content that the papers brought to it by the executive are appropriate and achieve the right engagement between the board and executive.

Understand and balance the Office’s various duties set out in the legislation.

Ensure good governance is in place, maintained and reviewed.

4. Stakeholders

Ensure ORR’s responsibilities to Parliament are delivered, including protecting the ORR’s independence.

Deal effectively with parliamentary, media and public scrutiny and where necessary adopt a public profile as spokesperson for the ORR.

Maintain a network of agreed stakeholder relationships to support ORR’s strategic and business objectives, including maintaining strong and effective relationships with Ministers and senior officials.

5. Senior Leadership through change

Ensure appropriate succession planning is in place for key executive and board roles.

Ensure board members (particularly non-executives) understand and deliver their roles and responsibilities, especially during periods of change or uncertainty.

Take the lead on the recruitment of any replacement Chief Executive.

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Terms of appointmentTime commitment and salary

£85,000 for two days a week.

Contract

Appointments are made by the Secretary of State from among a shortlist of appointable candidates for a period of up to five years. Applications for an appointment of fewer than five years will be considered. However, the Secretary of State does not envisage making any appointment for a term of fewer than three years. Appointments may be renewed, subject to satisfactory appraisal and ministerial approval, but this is not automatic.

Location

Board meetings are usually held in ORR’s London office, but with occasional travel around the UK, including to regional offices in Glasgow, Manchester, York, Birmingham and Bristol.

About the selection process

This recruitment is being carried out under the Governance Code on Public Appointments3 published by the Cabinet Office in December 2016. Compliance with the Code is overseen by the independent Commissioner for Public Appointments. The appointments will be made by the Secretary of State for Transport from a shortlist of appointable candidates submitted by an Assessment Panel. The Secretary of State may wish to meet the appointable candidates before making a decision.

The members of the Assessment Panel will be: Olivia Grant OBE DL (senior independent panel member and panel chair); Polly Payne (Director General Rail Group); Ian King (non-executive director on the board of the Department for Transport).

All applications will be considered by the Assessment Panel.

Prior to interview with the Assessment Panel, shortlisted candidates may be invited to participate in a telephone conversation with the Department’s recruitment consultants and to meet with current members of the ORR’s board.

Pre-appointment

The role of ORR Chair is subject to pre-appointment scrutiny by the Transport Select Committee. The Secretary of State’s preferred candidate will therefore be expected to appear before the Committee in a public hearing before the appointment is confirmed and after the selection process has taken place.

3 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-code-for-public-appointments

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Indicative Timetable

Please note that these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change. Please let us know in your application letter if you are unable to meet these timeframes.

Advert Closing Date 3 June

Short List Meeting 5 June

Final Panel Interviews 5 and 9 July

Meeting with Secretary of State 19 July

Pre-appointment hearing with Transport Select Committee October TBC

How to applyPlease supply the following information by 23:00 on Sunday 3rd June 2018.

A CV setting out your career history and including details of any professional qualifications.

A short supporting statement (maximum two sides A4, minimum 11 font) giving evidence of the strength and depth of your ability to meet the criteria for the role.

In addition, please also complete and return via email the forms in the Annex relating to referees, diversity, nationality, political activity and conflicts of interest.

Completed applications should be emailed to: [email protected].

If you cannot apply online, please post applications to:

Denise Rose

Rail Markets Strategy Division (Area 3/18-19)

Department for Transport

Great Minster House

33 Horseferry Road

London

SW1P 4DR

Further information

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If you have any queries about this role, please contact Denise Rose on 07769234603 or email [email protected].

Equal opportunities monitoringThe Department for Transport and the Office for Rail and Road are committed to providing equal opportunities for all, irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, marital status, religion, sexual orientation and transgender.

As part of the application process we ask candidates to complete equal opportunities monitoring information. This will help us to monitor selection decisions to assess whether equality of opportunity is being achieved. The information on the form will be treated as confidential, and used for statistical purposes only. The form will not be treated as part of your application.

Interview Access Scheme for Disabled Persons As a member of the Employers Forum on Disability, we are committed to actively encouraging applications from people with disabilities. Applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the appointment. Declaring a disability for the purposes of a guaranteed interview is your decision and is entirely voluntary. A copy of the form can be found in the Annex.

Whether you choose to apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme or not you can still ask us to make particular arrangements for you when attending an interview. You can also contact us if you want to discuss the criteria for the role or have questions regarding your application.

Data Protection

The Department for Transport takes its obligations under the Data Protection Act seriously. Any data about you will be held in secure conditions with access restricted to those who need it in connection with dealing with your application and the selection process. Data may also be used for the purposes of monitoring the effectiveness of the recruitment process, but in these circumstances will be kept anonymous. The ethnic monitoring form is used for monitoring the selection process only. If you do not wish to have these details recorded please return the form uncompleted.

Our data protection policy is in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and the requirements of the Commissioner’s Code of Practice. The Commissioner’s requirements relating to the information we collect about applicants are set out below:

Your initial contact details, including your name and address will be held by the Department for Transport for a period of at least two years.

If you submit an application form, the form and any supporting documentation will be retained for at least 2 years.

Information held electronically, including your contact details and the monitoring information which you provide will also be held for at least two years.

If you would like these details to be removed from our records as soon as this recruitment exercise is complete, please contact Denise Rose on 07769234603.

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Please note: Expenses incurred by candidates during the recruitment process will not be reimbursed except in exceptional circumstances and only when agreed in advance with the Department for Transport.

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Appendix ASeven Principles of Public Life

The principles of public life apply to anyone who works as a public office-holder. This includes all those who are elected or appointed to public office, nationally and locally, and all people appointed to work in the civil service, local government, the police, courts and probation services, NDPBs, and in the health, education, social and care services. All public office-holders are both servants of the public and stewards of public resources. The principles also have application to all those in other sectors delivering public services.

SelflessnessHolders of public office should act solely in terms of the public interest. They should not do so in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends.

IntegrityHolders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might seek to influence them in the performance of their official duties.

Objectivity In carrying out public business, including making public appointments, awarding contracts, or recommending individuals for rewards and benefits, holders of public office should make choices on merit.

Accountability Holders of public office are accountable for their decisions and actions to the public and must submit themselves to whatever scrutiny is appropriate to their office.

Openness Holders of public office should be as open as possible about all the decisions and actions that they take. They should give reasons for their decisions and restrict information only when the public interest clearly demands.

Honesty Holders of public office have a duty to declare any private interests relating to their public duties and to take steps to resolve any conflicts arising in a way that protects the public interest.

Leadership Holders of public office should promote and support these principles by leadership and example.

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ANNEX

DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORTSUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

PART A: DIVERSITY MONITORING FORM

Public appointments are made on merit in accordance with the Cabinet Office Governance Code and the Public Appointments Order in Council. By completing the attached diversity monitoring form you will be helping us meet our public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2012.

Your personal data will always be treated in confidence and when anonymised with data from other applicants will help compile the Annual Statistical Bulletin of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

Full Name:

Position:

Date:

Residence

What is your principal place of residence?

Please enter the County or City that you live in along with the first part of your postcode e.g. Dyfed SY23; London SE18

Gender

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What is your gender?

Female Male Prefer not to say

Prefer to describe myself as:

Religion or belief

What is your religion or belief?

Buddhist Christian Hindu

Jewish Muslim Sikh

Other No Religion or Atheist Prefer not to say

Disability

Do you consider yourself disabled?

Yes No Prefer not to say

If yes, how would you describe your disability?

Guaranteed Interview Scheme Declaration

Please tick if you wish to be considered for the GIS.

I consider myself to have a disability as defined under the Equality Act 2010, and I would like to apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS).

Please tick if you require special arrangements and state any such adjustments below if applicable.

I do require special arrangements should I be called to attend an interview.

I require

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Ethnicity

Please mark the box that most accurately describes your ethnicity:

Asian

Bangladeshi

Chinese

Indian

Pakistani

Other Asian origin

Black

African

Caribbean

Other Black origin

White

British, Irish or other White Background

Mixed Ethnic

Of more than one ethnicity

Other

Prefer not to say

Age

Please mark the box the age band you fall into:

18 - 25 26 - 35 36 - 45

46 - 55 56 - 65 66 or older

Prefer not to say

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Sexual Orientation

What is your sexual orientation?

Bisexual Gay man Heterosexual

Lesbian Other Prefer not to say

Employment

What is your principal employment, if any?

Please describe your main employment and tick the occupational sector box that best describes you:

Employment:

Mostly Civil Service Mostly Private Sector

Mostly Third Sector

Mostly wider Public Sector

Mixed Prefer not to say

Ministerial appointments currently held

Is this your first ministerial appointment?

Yes No

Do you hold any other Ministerial appointments made by or on behalf of Ministers?

Yes No

If yes, please provide details:

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Personal details

Please tick here if you are content for us (as the appointing Department) to retain your CV and contact details and to share these with the Centre for Public Appointments in the Cabinet Office. Your details will be kept on file and you may be contacted about other opportunities that may arise in the future. All information will be handled in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Please specify how you became aware of this role?

Professional Referees

Please provide the names and contact details for two referees. These must be people who know you in a professional capacity to comment on your suitability for the role. They will be expected to have authoritative and personal knowledge of your experience and achievements. Referees will not be contacted without your prior agreement.

Referee 1 Referee 2

Name: Name:

Position:

Position:

Email: Email:

Phone: Phone:

In what capacity do you know them? In what capacity do you know them?

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Part B: Political Activity

Only the information provided in this section (Political Activity) below will be made available to the panel if you are called for interview.

Have you undertaken any political activity for a political party in the past five years?

Please indicate which of the following activities you have undertaken during the past five years by ticking the appropriate box and by providing details of your involvement. Please tick all relevant categories.

Holding Office

Public speaking

Made a recordable donation to a political party

Standing for election

No political activity

Other (please specify)

Name of party for which activity undertaken:

Details of involvement:

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Part C: Conflict of Interest and Integrity Form

Please tick the statement which applies. Either:

I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief neither I nor my spouse / partner / immediate family have any business or financial interests, shareholdings, positions of authority, retainers, consultancy arrangements or other connections with commercial, public or voluntary bodies which might conflict, or be perceived to conflict, with my official duties for this role.

I declare private interests below for consideration and have also set out the action I am taking to minimise the risk of these interests coming into conflict or perceived conflict with my official duties for this role. I certify that the information included within this register is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true and accurate and complete.

Signed:

Date:

In the box below, please provide details of:

•Any Directorships (held in the last two years), including relevant dates and the company, possible links to the role, the Home Office, or other Government Departments (directly or indirectly). Please include any partnerships.

•Any significant shareholdings in companies, which may have a relationship with the role or the Home Office, through Directorships, Trading arrangements or links (directly or indirectly) to any other Government Departments.

•Any possible conflicts of interests created by virtue of the employment, directorships or significant shareholding of a family relative or friend.

•Any other matter which may give rise to a potential conflict of interest.

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Are you involved, or have you been involved, in activities that could call into question your own reputation and/or damage the reputation of the body to which you are applying?

Any issue which may potentially draw adverse attention to the body or its sponsoring Department must be disclosed so that the panel may consider whether it may affect your application.

Yes No

If yes, please provide details:

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