Highways Agency

The Recruitment Process

Thank you for your interest in applying for a job with the Highways Agency. Like all government bodies, the HA recruits people through a defined process.

Everybody who applies for and completes one of our applications will undergo the same types of screening and assessment. This way we can be sure that the recruitment process is fair, objective and open to all candidates.

In order for us to make a fair and balanced assessment of your skills, we require you to complete an application form and a diversity questionnaire.

The diversity questionnaire is not compulsory, but this information allows us to monitor where our candidates are coming from in the community, and to learn if we are meeting our policy targets. The information you supply here is not used to assess you - only the information you supply in the application will be used to assess you.

If you have any queries about the recruitment process after reading this, please call the recruitment line for more information.

We are currently recruiting in two Groups within the Safety, Standards and Research Directorate.  We invite you to read the information on these Groups and the vacancies within them.

Due to the differing nature of these Groups, please note that we are running two separate campaigns.  You may apply for vacancies in both groups however, we require you to submit a separate application form for each Group.

Find out more about our recruitment process.

Application forms

• For the Safe Roads Operation Group Vacancies
  If you wish to apply for more than one role at the same PayBand you can use the same application form.  Please state clearly on the application form which post(s) and location(s) you wish to apply for. If you wish to apply for roles at different PayBands you must use separate application forms. Please note that applications may be considered across the range of posts which have been advertised within this Group.
• For the Pavement, Geotechnics and Structures Group Vacancies
  Please state clearly on the application form which location(s), in order of preference, you wish to apply for within this Group.

Before you apply please ensure that you have read the job description(s) and guidance notes.  You then must complete and return the following documents by the closing date:

• Application Form (367KB DOC)
• Diversity Monitoring Form (204KB DOC)

Interviews

If you pass the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend an interview. We will contact you at least five days before the event to ensure that you have time to make appropriate arrangements.

Please note the interview contains competency based questions; please read the Competency Based Interview guidance if you are not familiar with competency based interviewing.

Please note that there may be observers at the interview. We will contact you after your interview when results have been scored to advise you of the outcome.

If you are successful at the interview, you may be offered a role with the Highways Agency, pending satisfactory pre-appointment checks, including security checks.

If you consider that you may have a disability and are eligible under the GIS scheme, you will automatically be put forward to the second stage provided that you satisfy the minimum criteria described under the eligibility and score the minimum acceptable in each of the competencies on the achievement record.