Gavin James Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

I advise the Secretary of State for Transport, other ministers and senior officials on matters relating to Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland.I am responsible for the Department for Transport’s relationship with the Scottish and Welsh Governments and the Northern Ireland Executive as well as with local authorities and other organisations.

London, England, United Kingdom

I ran the Union Connectivity Review for Sir Peter Hendy CBE. The review was the first UK-wide, multimodal study of transport connectivity in over two decades.

London, United Kingdom

Chief Advisor to the Secretary of State for Wales on all matters relating to infrastructure in Wales, including transport, digital and energy.

London, United Kingdom

Founded the DfT Lab to bring together policy teams and technology specialists to develop creative policy solutions to complex challenges.Led DfT’s user research team, a change management team and the digital adoption function (training civil servants to use digital tools). Established the digital, data and technology profession in the DfT Group, including building cross organisation networks at all levels up to CIOs. Implemented a new competency framework.Was part of the leadership team for the Department for Transport’s Digital Service, comprising 130 staff. Restructured three separate divisions into one, rebranded and launched the new service, set the vision and strategy, and fostered a new, user-focused culture.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for driving transformation of the rail industry to make it a world leader in the use of technology, telecoms and data. Lead the delivery of the rollout of free Wi-Fi across trains in England and Wales, and the development of policy to improve mobile communications for passengers.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for sponsoring the Digital Railway programme, including the European Rail Traffic Management System, and mobile and fixed telecommunication services (including GSM-R).

London

Responsible for development of business cases for major rail projects in the UK.

London

Led for the Department on climate change (mitigation and adaptation) and energy security.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for advising Ministers and the Government's Senior Responsible Owner for Transport on strategic and operational issues during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Took a strategic role in troubleshooting transport issues working with teams across Government and the transport sector to keep London moving and to keep transport off the front pages during the Games. This role involved working in shifts round the clock, seven days a week, in the lead up to and during the Games. During some shifts I took on the role of Lead Policy Official, leading the Government's strategic centre for Olympics transport.

London, United Kingdom

Outsourcing shared services (HR, payroll, finance and procurement). Responsibilities include resolving issues related to staff transfer from the public to private sector (including TUPE and pensions liability), trade union negotiation, developing the payment mechanism, financial modelling to inform investment appraisal and negotiation in a competitive dialogue process.Invited back in November 2012 to lead the commercial evaluation of bids. The deal is now saving millions of pounds for the taxpayer.

London, United Kingdom

Project manager during the Spending Review 2010 for budgets totalling £600m (including aviation and maritime spend). Responsible for assessing savings options and advising the Secretary of State for Transport. My project team was part of the wider Spending Review team that won the Financial Management Award at the Civil Service Awards 2011.Project manager responsible for reviewing the Department's investment appraisal and decision making processes as part of the Coalition Government's pledge to reform the way transport projects are assessed.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for managing the Department's approach to transposition of EU Directives. Advising senior management on the risk of infractions and proposing remedial action. Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, in particular, with devolved administrations e.g. Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, etc.UK Government lead on the EU Urban Mobility Action Plan. Responsible for establishing an agreed UK position across thirty policy areas and supporting negotiations at the Council of the EU.Successfully applied for a highly competitive European Commission two week attachment programme (Erasmus).

London, United Kingdom

Developed proposals to improve governance and scrutiny of London Underground’s procurement and delivery of tube upgrades (~£20bn investment programme). This now exists as the Independent Investment Programme Advisory Group, which reports directly to the Mayor of London. This was my first job in the civil service. In my first week I briefed Treasury officials and, in my second, the Permanent Secretary. Led on UK Government response on all State Aid issues relating to the collapse of Metronet, the company responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of two thirds of the London Underground.Facilitated negotiations between the Department and Transport for London (TfL) on an agreement to upgrade the Oyster card infrastructure in order to accept national standard ITSO cards. Sign off on the agreement had been delayed by two years, as disputes over key elements of the agreement had remained unresolved within the Department. I identified the contentious areas and brought the relevant decision makers together. With these decisions made we were able to negotiate properly with TfL.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Strategic lead on marketing and communications policy for Union with 30,000 members based on eleven campuses across three countries (UK, Malaysia, China).Produced three year strategy for Union’s digital communications and market leading interactive website (www.su.nottingham.ac.uk - limited functionality available for non-members). Strategic lead on governance of Union with an annual turnover of over £2million and ran largest Students’ Union elections in the UK. Reformed governance to comply with Charities Act 2006.One of three officers responsible for setting staffing policy for 250 employees.Elected to the position in a cross-campus ballot with a majority of the 6,000 votes cast by members of the Union.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Director without portfolio. UNU Services Ltd is a trading company (convenience shops, restaurant, bars, travel agent and print shop) with an annual turnover of £5million and over 100 staff.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Responsible for management of theatre hosting fourteen plays a year and numerous other events. This involved running an eight man crew; organising the booking of the theatre by staff, students and external companies; ordering materials and organising the technical aspects of plays; and monitoring and controlling expenditure against budget.

Bsc (Hons), Psychology, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Deputy programme controller and presenter on URN (student radio).

Master Of Science - Ms, Occupational And Organisational Psychology, Distinction

Acma, Management Accountancy

Eight Week Filmmaking Programme

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