Operational Development Manager

This role can be based at any of our office locations: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, York, Glasgow. At ORR we have adopted hybrid working and are currently expected to work from a workplace location for a minimum of two days per week or 40%. 

Rail safety, strategy & policy team delivers a range of policy, regulatory and corporate functions as well as providing strategic direction to RSD’s work through risk ranking and prioritisation

We are recruiting a fixed term Operational Development Manager (ODM) to join the Railway Safety Directorate (RSD). As part of our Capability Team, reporting directly to the Capability Programme Lead, you will work alongside other ODMs and other RSD colleagues to deliver key aspects of our L&D strategy for RSD. You will play a significant role in the development and delivery of our NEBOSH-accredited regulatory training programme (RTP) and technical training programme (TTP) for new trainee inspectors, specialist inspectors and inspector assistants. The training programmes can take 36 months to complete, and we may have multiple cohorts at different stages of the programmes. ORR moved its initial training delivery in house in 2021, and we now need to recruit an ODM to ensure we can continue to meet the increased demands of delivering quality training for our new staff.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Job Information Pack for further details.

Find out what our colleagues have to say about their ORR careers at Our people | Office of Rail and Road (orr.gov.uk).  

Operational Development Manager
£54,453 to £64,237 per year London £58,827 - £64,237 Regional £54,453 - £59,920
Temporary - Full-time
Posted 29 days ago
Closing date: 19/01/2026
Job reference: LS1464281LonODM
Documents
Job Description - Operational Development Manager.pdf
ORR Job Information Pack.pdf