Transport Strategy Officer

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £37,410 - £40,083 per annum (pro-rata for part time) Pay Award Pending

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed Term (18 months)

Closing Date: Sunday 24th November 2024

Interview Date(s): TBC

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an 18 month temporary contract for a Transport Strategy Officer to join our Transport Strategy and Policy Team and lead the project management for the development and implementation of Local Transport Plan 4.

The successful applicant will join a motivated, friendly team of professionals committed to support the development and implementation of Local Plans and the Local Transport Plan to deliver transport infrastructure to enable economic growth, support the delivery of new homes across the County and meet the transport needs and requirements of our communities.

As a Transport Strategy Officer, you will enjoy a competitive salary, as well as a generous benefits package, including pension, flexible working, and annual leave. You will also have access to training and development opportunities, as well as support and guidance from your colleagues and managers.

Leicestershire County Council is committed to smarter working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service. Our diverse team operates a hybrid working approach partially working from our offices in County Hall, Glenfield and partially working from home. The successful applicant will also be expected to undertake site visits and attend in person meetings, when required.

About the Role

Your role will support the Team Manager with the project management of the Local Transport Plan 4 project and support the delivery of the focussed strategies, Multi Modal Area Investment Plans and County Wide Strategic Investment Plans.

A key element will be to develop transport evidence bases through the interpretation of data evidenced approach and analysis on integration of national planning and transport policy published by the Government.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• A relevant qualification and/or demonstrable experience commensurate with the role.
• Experience of in the development and/or delivery of transport and land use strategies, policies, plans, associated evidence and alignment with national planning and transport policy.
• Experience of data interpretation and analysis to inform policy and strategy development or understand a developments transport impacts.
• Experience of maintaining effective partnerships and working relationships with internal and external stakeholders which can include statutory, voluntary, private agencies and communities.
• Experience of working to tight timescales to deliver projects and/or programmes on time, to quality and cost.
• Excellent communication, presentation and report writing skills.
• A customer focused approach where the customer experience is central to the delivery of the service.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Ben Simm, Team Manager

0116 305 1371

[email protected]

How to Apply

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.

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