Connected and Automated Mobility Services; CAMS Product Specialist- In Use Regulation – Technical

Job Overview

Would you relish an opportunity to collaborate with a range of professions to support the delivery of a future Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) products or services?

Do you have previous experience understanding transport legislation and policy, using this information to develop products or services?

Do you have experience in transport compliance?

Do you have a vehicle technical background?

If so, we have a fantastic opportunity, and we would love to hear from you.

Working as part of the Connected and Automated Mobility Services (CAMS) team the product specialist role will support CAM services development and deployment. The DVSA CAMs products cover Driver, Vehicle and Regulatorily services within the Automated Vehicle Act implementation programme, to deliver services within DVSA. As a CAMS technical product specialist, you will support the development, integration and implementation of various CAMS In-Use regulation technical products into the relevant DVSA services.

This will include working with vehicle data and telematics. You will also support operational delivery/trialling while monitoring and evaluating CAMS technical products.

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA

The post holder will need to develop policies by understanding the legislation and regulations that will govern CAM deployments on GB roads. This is a rapidly evolving technical environment and will require a proactive and flexible approach to personal development to keep up to date with technology development, use cases and GB Government objectives. The role will closely interact with Department for Transport (DfT), Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), industry, public sector and other government bodies, as well as DVSA teams including policy, operations, enforcement and digital services.

• Working with the product manager and other product specialists, support the development and delivery of the CAMS product(s) with a focus on vehicle technology to meet the team objectives.
• Using expert policy, service and technical experience provide detailed CAMS product knowledge to key stakeholders.
• Provide expert technical product/policy advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders and customers/end users on any component of the product lifecycle.
• This may include presentations to groups, dealing with telephone enquiries, handling written requests, incidents and complaints.
• Work with the CCAV and DVSA's user researchers to ensure excellent understanding of stakeholder requirements so that well-informed policy / service development and improvement decisions can be made.
• This will include analysing and interpreting information on customers/end users.
• Work with the product manager to design and develop product(s) from inception of legislation through to implementation and if necessary, closure which will include responses to technical progress, legislative changes and customer-led demand in order to improve the overall effectiveness of the product(s) and overall service provision.
• Analyse data and information to highlight the benefits of policy change by outlining costs, benefits, risks and potential responses to each, seeking input from key stakeholders to inform decision making and help build engagement.
• The post holder will use this information to present robust recommendations, proposals and option papers for the CAMS policy management.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile, the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.