Head of Road Safety Delivery, Strategic Road Network

• Vacancy details
• Vacancy title
• Head of Road Safety Delivery, Strategic Road Network
• Closing date
• 07/10/2026, 16:00
• Advertising basis
• Permanent
• Actual starting salary

A starting salary between £61,098 and £68,003 will be offered to the successful candidate based on their skills, knowledge, experience and performance at interview. This range is not negotiable. The pay scale of this role has a salary band between £61,098 and £73,057 in 4 annual increments. Pay progression is based on annual incremental advance to the next point on the scale (awarded subject to satisfactory performance) until the employee reaches the target rate.

• Salary range or pay band
• Grade 7 £61,098 to £73,057
• Allowances
• No
• Work pattern
• Full time (applications are welcome from people who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time)
• Group
• Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy Group
• Directorate
• Transport & Connectivity
• Branch
• Governance and Assurance
• Location (s)
• Pan Wales

‘Pan Wales’ means the post holder can be based in any Welsh Government office, subject to business needs. Roles based outside Wales, including London, are not available unless explicitly stated in the advert.

A list of the Welsh Government’s offices can be found on

www.gov.wales/welsh-government-offices

. Please note it may not always be possible to accommodate a preference for a specific office location.

The post holder’s travel from their home to their assigned Welsh Government office is considered their ‘ordinary commute’ and must be done in their own time and at their own cost.

Purpose of post

The Strategic Road Network (SRN) is one of Wales’ most significant public infrastructure assets, valued at approximately £21 billion. Although it represents around 5 per cent of the total road length in Wales, it carries approximately one third of all traffic and is critical to economic growth, community connectivity, access to essential services and the delivery of Welsh Government transport, climate and wellbeing objectives. Keeping the network safe is fundamental to everything we do.

As Head of Road Safety Delivery, you will provide strategic leadership for road safety across the Welsh Government's Strategic Road Network, helping to translate policy into practical improvements that make a real difference to people's lives.

This is a varied and influential role, acting as a key link between policy and delivery. Building strong relationships, working collaboratively and influencing others will be central to ensuring road safety interventions are evidence-led, effectively delivered and aligned with Welsh Government priorities.

You will lead the road safety function within the Strategic Road Network Division, providing oversight of programmes, risk management and assurance activities that support the delivery of the Safe System approach. You will also play an integral role in building strong partnerships and fostering collaboration to improve outcomes.

The role offers opportunities to contribute to advice for Ministers and senior officials on road safety matters, helping to shape decisions that influence road safety policy and delivery across Wales.

This is a unique opportunity to influence national priorities, shape investment decisions and contribute directly to improving safety on one of Wales' most important infrastructure assets.

We welcome applications from candidates from a range of professional backgrounds who have experience of improving road safety outcomes through leadership, collaboration and delivery.

Key tasks

What You Will Be Doing?

• Road Safety Leadership and Delivery
• Lead road safety activity across the Strategic Road Networ
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elping to shape priorities and deliver improvements that contribute to safer journeys across Wales.

Support delivery of Welsh Government road safety priorities, the Road Safety Partnership Plan and the Safe System approach, ensuring national ambitions are translated into effective delivery on the network.

Promote an evidence-led approach to decision-making, ensuring road safety investment and interventions are informed by data, professional expertise and lessons learned.

Embed road safety considerations across the Strategic Road Network Division, supporting colleagues to identify opportunities to improve safety outcomes through investment, operations and maintenance activities.

Lead the development and delivery of programmes and initiatives that improve road safety outcomes.

Identify opportunities for innovation, learning and continuous improvement.

Partnership Working and Influence

Build strong relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues and partners to support the successful delivery of road safety priorities.

Influence decision-making across the Strategic Road Network Division, promoting the integration of road safety considerations into programmes, projects, operational activities and investment decisions.

Act as a key link between policy and delivery, ensuring practical delivery experience informs future policy development and that policy priorities are effectively translated into operational activity.

Champion the Safe System approach and use evidence, professional expertise and effective relationships to influence positive road safety outcomes.

Represent Welsh Government within road safety forums and professional networks, helping to identify emerging issues, share learning and bring innovative approaches and best practice into Wales.

Provide clear advice and recommendations to senior leaders on road safety matters.

Team Leadership and Professional Expertise

Lead a small team, creating an inclusive and supportive environment.

Promote knowledge sharing and professional development.

Provide oversight of road safety risks, standards and technical considerations to support effective decision-making.

Development opportunities

This role offers a unique opportunity to lead road safety delivery across Wales' Strategic Road Network, working on issues that have a direct impact on communities and public safety.

You will work at the interface between policy and delivery, helping to shape how national priorities are translated into practical improvements on the ground. The role provides opportunities to strengthen your strategic leadership skills, influence decision-making, build partnerships and lead a specialist team.

As part of the Strategic Road Network Division, you will also have opportunities to broaden your experience through wider divisional and corporate activities, helping to shape the future of road safety delivery in Wales.

Other vacancy related information

A reserve list may be held for this opportunity. Any candidate who is successful in being offered a reserve status, will remain on the reserve list for 12 months in line with WG policy.

Professional Requirements

Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional qualification in road safety, transport, engineering or a related field. Qualifications to be checked at onboarding stage

Travel Requirements

This is a pan-Wales role and can be based at any Welsh Government office. The successful candidate will be expected to attend their nearest office regularly, typically around two days per week.

The role requires travel across Wales to attend meetings and undertake site visits. As some locations may not be accessible by public transport, a valid UK driving licence is required and occasional overnight stays may be necessary.

Merit order

In the event of two or more candidates having the same total score, the following list will be used to determine a merit order/which candidate will be appointed.

• Experience
• Leadership
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Vetting level
• Basic
• Number of posts
• 1
• Contact point for further information regarding the post
• est-nmdmailbox@gov.wales
• Welsh language requirements
• Welsh language requirements

3 - Welsh language skills are not essential for this opportunity; you do not need Welsh language skills to apply. However, as the Welsh Government is a bilingual organisation, Welsh language skills are desirable and will be considered if two or more candidates receive the same score at the application or interview stage.

• Understanding by reading
• 0 - No skills
• Speaking and being understood
• 0 - No skills
• Understanding by listening
• 0 - No skills
• Writing and being understood
• 0 - No skills
• Working for the Civil Service
• The
• Civil Service Code

sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our

AI candidate guidance

for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection Process and Stages

Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

The selection process and stages are:

Number of Stages:

• 2 stage process
• Stage 1
• Application Form
• Stage 2
• Interview
• Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these Behaviour criteria during the selection process.

Behaviour 1:

Leadership

Leadership

Inspire and motivate teams to be fully engaged in their work and dedicated to their role.

This will be tested at stage 1: Application Form

This will be tested at stage 2: Interview

Behaviour 2:

• Working Together
• Working Together
• Actively build and maintain a network of colleagues and contacts to achieve progress on shared objectives
• This will be tested at stage 1: Application Form
• This will be tested at stage 2: Interview

Behaviour 3:

Seeing the Big Picture

Seeing the Big Picture

Bring together views, perspectives and diverse needs of stakeholders to gain a broader understanding of the issues surrounding policies and activities.

This will be tested at stage 2: Interview

Experience

We'll assess you against the following Experience criteria during the assessment process.

Evidence to provide

Experience questions

Experience 1:

Please provide a specific example from your own experience of leading the delivery of road safety improvements, demonstrating how you influenced others and worked with partners to achieve improved road safety outcomes.

Please ensure you explain:

what the objective was;

your personal contribution;

how you worked with others to achieve the outcome;

any challenges you encountered; and

the impact of your work.

• This will be tested at Stage 1: Application Form
• This will be tested at stage 2: Interview
• Eligibility

You will be asked about your nationality and if you are legally allowed to work in the United Kingdom. This is to find out if you are eligible to apply for this vacancy. This is a requirement for working within the Civil Service.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

If you do not meet the eligibility criteria your application will not progress. If it becomes clear at a later stage in the process that you are not eligible to apply, your application may be withdrawn, or the offer retracted.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Social Model of Disability

Welsh Government has adopted the social model of disability, which recognises that barriers in society

act to disable people who have impairments, or health conditions, who are neurodivergent or who use British Sign Language.

We are committed to removing barriers in the recruitment process so that all (or potential new) staff can perform at their best.

Recruitment adjustments can be made at any part of the recruitment process for candidates with an impairment or health condition, who are neurodivergent or who use British Sign Language.

Please get in touch with

DiversityInRecruitment@gov.wales

to discuss adjustments for any part of the process.

• Inclusive Interview Schemes
• We are committed to inclusive recruitment and offer interviews to eligible candidates who meet the
• minimum criteria

for the role through the following schemes:

Disability Confident

The Welsh Government is a Disability Confident Leader. As part of our commitment to this scheme we interview any candidate with an impairment, health condition, who is neurodivergent or who uses British Sign Language if they meet the

minimum criteria

for the post.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The Welsh Government operates the Great Place to Work for Veterans Initiative. As part of our commitment to this scheme we interview any eligible candidates who meet the

minimum criteria

for the post.

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service employers can offer an interview to a fair and proportionate number of civil servants who are at risk of redundancy and who meet the

• minimum criteria
• for the post
• By ‘
• minimum criteria

’ we mean that candidates must provide us with evidence in their application (and/or test) that they meet the minimum level of competence for the role - usually defined as

a minimum score of 4 per criterion.

Social Partnership

In Welsh Government, the relationship between the employer and trade unions is based on social partnership. We believe our goals can best be achieved by management and trade unions working together.

Our 3 recognised trade unions are:

• PCS
• Prospect
• FDA

This relationship is underpinned by a partnership agreement. This sets out how our unions work with Welsh Government on issues such as:

• Pay
• Terms and conditions
• HR Strategy, policies and procedures
• Health, safety and well-being
• Organisational change

Our Welsh Government trade union colleagues work together to give their members a real say in the workplace. They make sure that the interests of their members are promoted and protected. They also help reduce inequalities and improve terms and conditions.

The Welsh Government has an excellent track record of working in partnership with its trade unions. We support you to join a recognised trade union, to ensure your voice is heard in the workplace. We encourage you to learn more about our trade unions, partnership working and to get involved in their work.

Benefits

All Welsh Government staff are members of the Civil Service, and as a result are eligible for:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme
• 31 days annual leave (pro-rated for part time)
• training and development opportunities
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Smart Working flexible working arrangement
• Green Car Scheme (subject to availability)

If you are an active Civil Service Pension member you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us.

• Recruitment principles and complaints
• We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition. Please see the
• Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles

on the Commission's website.

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and wish to make a complaint please email

complaints@gov.wales

. Please ensure that you refer to the vacancy reference number.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Welsh Government, you can contact the Civil Service Commission:

info@csc.gov.uk.