Station Policy Advisor

Stations Policy Advisor

9 month contract

Central London

£615 per day

A Stations Policy Advisor is required to lead policy development work on the approach to managing and developing the stations portfolio on the national rail network and identifying what the government wishes the rail franchisees to deliver in respect of stations. You will be responsible for ensuring that these requirements are clearly stated, are consulted upon in the rail industry and key stakeholders and are fully incorporated into future franchise agreements.

Key responsibilities will include:
Understanding the current contractual and commercial framework around station management and operations, including:
Lease structure
Licensing and station access regimes
Commercial opportunities around station development;
Developing options for the future management and development of stations, with the express purpose of simplifying the operational interfaces and encouraging greater efficiency;
Identifying local stakeholder and community requirements from stations and opportunities for improving the interface between stations and their local communities;
Identifying commercial models for incentivising private sector investment into stations and their environs;
Identifying opportunities for the development at stations of schemes to encourage environmental sustainability;
Developing and maintaining a business case for any change in stations policy.

The following skills and experience are all essential:
Financial, commercial and operational characteristics of the UK rail industry and in particular of station management;
Procurement of complex service delivery through contractual relationships;
Economic and financial appraisal;
Managing external expert advisers;
Engaging and working constructively with a range of external stakeholders.

Essential Skills/Knowledge:
*Understand the commercial drivers that will influence a private or third sector organisation and the levers that can be used in negotiating/influencing contractual arrangements
*Be able to recognise and understand the commercial tools such as pricing models, open book accounting, supply chain management that commercial experts can deploy to extract value from contracts
*Work effectively with different organisations such as private sector (in Tandem with commercial experts) to commission and source solutions to achieve policy and organisational goals
*Interact confidently and effectively as an intelligent and highly credible customer with counterparts from the commercial delivery organisations and commercial experts
*Question and challenge the value being delivered through commercial arrangements with delivery partners

Desirable Knowledge:
UK franchised rail industry

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