Principal Transport Planner (Internal Applicants Only)
Principal Transport Planner (Internal Applicants Only)
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Job Description
PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Leicestershire County Council County Hall Championship Way Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: per annum (prorata for parttime) (10% Market Premia at top of grade)
Working Hours:37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 9th May 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
Leicestershire County Council is seeking to recruit a Principal Transport Planner with significant experience in Highway Development Management.
About the Role
As the successful candidate you will be an essential member of the Highway Development Management Team. You will provide support to the Team Manager in the management of the team with specific responsibilities in respect of responding to consultations on strategic development proposals throughout the development process negotiating S106 agreements supervising and guiding other team members and managing the case load of team members for whom you have supervisory responsibility.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
- Hold a degree in a relevant subject Orequivalent demonstrable work experience of a senior position within highway development management;
- Experience of representing the department at a senior level;
- Conducting and managing packages of transport analysis or assessment work;
- Supervising and managing members of a team with varied workload both in technical aspects and performance management;
- Strong knowledge of the planning process as it relates to highways and transportation;
- Lead and deliver sustainable collective high performance through leadership the setting of clear priorities and a strong approach to performance management;
- An understanding of and commitment to Equal Opportunities and the ability to apply this in the management of staff.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand 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 individuals 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 termtime working parttime 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 Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Harry Horsley
Email:
How to Apply
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 Applysection 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 telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Intern
